Cai Guo-Qiang: Saraab
With works occupying eight rooms and featuring the exterior of the recently developed Mathaf, Cai Guo-Qiang’s first solo exhibition in…
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Salla Tykkä
The principle player in Salla Tykkä’s film Airs Above the Ground (2010) is a white Lipizzaner stallion. As the film’s…
Libia Castro & Ólafur Ólafsson
A warning rather than an announcement, a reminder for all those in a coma of nationalism, Your Country Doesn’t Exist…
Virginia Overton
Tim Saltarelli: Your sculptural works employ an economy of materials, repurposing furniture, tools and building materials, often held in a…
Sanja Iveković
Roxana Marcoci: Your work came of age in the post-1968 period marked by student uprisings all over Europe, not least…
Life after the Miracle
“In 1990 We Spoke about Freedom, Now We Speak about Money.” Dan Perjovschi’s pertinent words on the condition of contemporary…
Helen Marten
Maurizio Cattelan: I liked that blue woolen sweater you wore yesterday. Helen Marten: Thanks. I borrowed it. It’s actually really…
Henrik Olesen
In an infamous scenario fit for a William Burroughs’ novel, the English mathematician and computer scientist Alan Turing (1912-1954) was…
Edward Kienholz
Recently, the art of Edward Kienholz returned to the fore of discussion in Los Angeles as part of the Getty…
Elad Lassry
Untitled (Presence 2005) by Elad Lassry, featuring six members of the New York City Ballet, confirms the artist’s deep interest…
Asia at a Glance II
Flash Art Asia delves into the Asian contemporary art phenomenon that has exploded on the international art scene. Returning with…
Takashi Murakami
Massimiliano Gioni: Let’s start with the title of the exhibition: “Murakami – Ego.” Takashi Murakami: “Murakami – Ego” is a…
The Collectors Show: Chimera
“The Collectors Show: Chimera” at the Singapore Art Museum, comprising 28 contemporary works by 18 Asian artists from private collections,…
George Henry Longly
Wendy Vogel: You included a Diptyque candle in the exhibition “Glaze” that you curated at Bischoff/Weiss, appropriating this understated “signifier…
Jeremy Shaw
Klaus Biesenbach: Your visual arts career is your second successful profession. Why did you decide to not pursue your promising…
Hallyu
Lately, the main buzzword around the South Korean cultural scene is “hallyu,” the so-called Korean wave. Pop music, soap operas,…