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Anche in Storia della civiltà europea. Vol. 16 - il Novecento. Arti visive, pp. 104-108. Dal mondo antico allʼinizio del terzo millennio: migliaia di saggi e oltre 10.000 immagini, un imponente corpus testuale e iconografico organizzato... more
La collection Arts & esthétique propose de remettre en circulation des textes courts - recueils d’articles, essais, entretiens, aphorismes ou fragments - qui éclairent des productions artistiques passées et présentes sans distinction de... more
This study focuses on the artworks of artist-academic İlker Yardımcı. The perspective put forward in the study is built on the aesthetic status of the scientific and technological aspects of İlker Yardımcı's artwork. Based on this... more
Performance at Tate explores the history of performance art at Tate from the 1960s to 2016. Arising from a two-year AHRC-funded research project, this online publication offers a new appraisal of the place of performance art and... more
This folio documents the exhibition RETURNS, curated by David Teh for the 12th Gwangju Biennale, 2018. The exhibition was conceived as a walk-in magazine, a lounge space in the Biennale Hall populated by a series of art historical... more
RESUMO: A iconologia do anjo, analisada à luz das reflexões de Walter Benjamin e de Jean-François Lyotard, leva-nos a investigar os efeitos de presença e a presentificação da ausência que essa figura gera nos diversos meios da criação... more
This text investigates the intellectual legacy of "Hand and Eye Work", the first art-based curriculum officially introduced by the Gold Coast colonial government through the Educational Code of 1887. With a nod to Foucault's... more
English edition of the book on Emilio Tadini. The book revolves around the figure of the Italian artist and intellectual Emilio Tadini. A prolific painter and writer, Tadin still deserves to receive the broader recognition as a leading... more
Written for the Haystack Mountain School of Craft monograph series, this strategic meander sorts through various examples that affirm and defy the categories we use to organize art, craft, and design. Underlying concerns include the scope... more
Članak govori o Bijelom gradu, četvrti Tel Aviva s brojnim reprezentativnim primjerima građevina podignutih u stilu internacionalne moderne arhitekture u razdoblju između dva svjetska rata, a u povodu izložbe održane u... more
editor's presentation of "Dossier Supports/Surfaces de Jacques Lepage"
Folding screens, known as byôbu in Japanese, are treasures within any museum’s collection and are beloved by the general public. This beautiful publication brings together the very finest screens from the world-renowned collections of the... more
Review of Kirk Varnedoe, Pictures of Nothing: Abstract Art Since Pollock.
Stanford University recently unveiled a new statue on its campus titled Hello by Xu Zhen's acclaimed artist. The bronze and stainless steel sculpture is a Greek column with a Corinthian cap, coiled like a snake. "The work fuses the... more
Prikaz knjige: Ive Šimat Banov, Hrvatsko kiparstvo od 1950. do danas, Zagreb, Naklada Ljevak, 2013.
Indonesian-Canadian Ari Bayuaji‘s interest in environmental injustice and issues plaguing society during the pandemic inspired him for Weaving the Ocean. Repurposing found and ready-made objects is his trademark
The third and fourth edition of eva-edition video art, dedicated to the THEORIES OF VIDEO ART is just issued: The comprehensive two volume-anthology provides an invaluable source for an interdisciplinary study of video, media- and... more
Durante mucho tiempo el arte africano fue considerado como primitivo, resultado de lo instintivo, y sobre todo como refiriéndose a sí mismo con una magia y una fuerza interna. También lo podríamos llamar Art Brut próximo al arte de los... more
The extraterritorial space of the transit zone manages problems of human movement across international space by transforming the border from a two-dimensional doorway or hinge into an indeterminate volume in which effective state control... more
Современное искусство. Pro et contra
Журнал "Русская галерея XXI век". №5, 2015. С. 44-47
Журнал "Русская галерея XXI век". №5, 2015. С. 44-47
This is a summary of César Aira's On Contemporary Art, together with some brief comments and critical reflections. It was originally published as a post on John Rapko's blog (https://johnrapko.com/blog)
Guglielmo Achille Cavellini (Brescia 1914 - 1990) costituì una delle più importanti collezioni italiane d'arte contemporanea; continuamente aggiornata ad iniziare dagli anni Cinquanta, dalle tendenze astratte europee fino alla New York... more
Котломанов А.О. Генри Мур — книжный график // Книга: исслед. и материалы. 2004. Сб. 82. С. 171—181.
Kotlomanov A.O. Henry Moore — book illustrator. Book: research and materials, 2004, issue 82, pp. 171—181 (In Russian).
Kotlomanov A.O. Henry Moore — book illustrator. Book: research and materials, 2004, issue 82, pp. 171—181 (In Russian).
Kotlomanov A.O. Twilight Biennale: Russian art life as if it mattered. Vestnik SPbSU. Arts, 2018, vol. 8, issue 2, pp. 320–324. (In Russian) Котломанов А.О. Сумерки биеннале: российская художественная жизнь, как если бы она имела значение... more
SAVIO, S.M. Interseccions between Art and Archtechture- Study of Case - Olafur Eliasson.2015. 183 f. Dissertação (Mestrado) - Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, 2015. The reflection... more
My new book from Thames & Hudson. Published in early 2019. Currently translated into Korean, Chinese, Turkish, and Russian..... 'Seven Keys to Modern Art' is intended for anyone interested in modern and contemporary art. This means it... more
The Gallery at Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar is very pleased to present the work of Manar al-Muftah as part of the annual series Qatar Now. Curated by Donald Early, Halim Choueiry and Jochen Sokoly The Qatar Now series... more
The posthuman summons up a complex of both tangible challenges for humanity and a potential shift to a larger, more comprehensive historical perspective on humankind. In this article we will first examine the posthuman in relation to the... more
Kondor was an apostle of flying: a group of about hundred works in the oeuvre deals with a certain topic from the long history of flight and flying machines. From ornithopters, which imitated the flight of birds, and the figure of Louis... more
Devices promising to manage stress, sleep disorders and give relief from “exhausting” daily life are nothing new. Pinhole glasses with black perforated lenses, also known as stenopeic glasses, have been sold since the1950s with claims to... more
Many of the collections that form the core of the museums in the United States were assembled by women. While much literature looks at female collectors’ individual lives in-depth, few compare collectors through a steady narrative. To do... more
It is the body that allows us to be physically situated in the world, and to combine internal and external resources effortlessly and fluidly. 'Embodied' approaches in psychology, phenomenology and art emphasise the role of the body in... more