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Grillo Meets Toorop: Painting, Stained Glass and Religion as a Symbiotic Relationship
Contemporary Nigerian artist Yusuf Grillo is a highly influential figure in Nigerian art history. Born in Lagos in 1934, he is celebrated for his inventive use of color, especially his… Read more
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Reflections on Brotherly Love and the Intimacies of Men in David Chariandy’s ‘Brother’
A short reflection based on Michael Bucknor’s essay ‘That Body Always Just a Skin Away’: Brotherly Love and the Intimacies of Men in David Chariandy’s ‘Brother’. Read more
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Layo Bright: Let America Be America Again
I keep returning to the surfaces and details of this self-portrait by Layo Bright, and its title, drawn from Langston Hughes—my favorite poet—Let America Be America Again (1935). A 90-years-old… Read more
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Gallery Tour: ‘Conversations’ at Esther Schipper Seoul
Esther Schipper presents Conversations (25 March–10 May 2025), a group exhibition exploring one of the most symbolic colours in the history of art, and how it has been used and… Read more
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Roemer Visscher, l’art de l’emblème et la tulipomanie dans l’Âge d’or des Provinces-Unies
Roemer Visscher était un négociant néerlandais prospère, mais aussi une figure éminente de la vie intellectuelle et culturelle des Provinces-Unies. Homme cultivé et passionné de littérature, il s’illustra notamment dans… Read more
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Africa Basel 2025: A Vital New Platform for Contemporary African Art in Basel
Launched in mid-June alongside Art Basel, one of the world’s top contemporary art fairs, Africa Basel set out to spotlight artists from Africa and its global diaspora in the heart… Read more
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Ha Chong-Hyun at Kukje Gallery, Seoul
Born in 1935 in Sancheong, Korea, Ha Chong-Hyun graduated with a B.A. in Painting from Hongik University, Seoul, in 1959. He began exhibiting in Korea and Japan soon after, eventually… Read more
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Kenjiro Okazaki: Composing Form, painting Time
From April 29 to July 21, 2025, the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo presents a major solo exhibition dedicated to Kenjiro Okazaki. Read more
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Real Women – Through the Passage of Time
“Real Women – Through the Passage of Time” at Whitestone Ginza stages a dialogue between two generations of Japanese women artists who approach the question of femininity from pluralised perspectives.… Read more
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プロテオドラ Theodora Poulot 