Category: Architecture
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Thao Nguyen Phan: “The Sun Falls Silently”
“History is written by the winners and when the North won the war in 1975, they rewrote history,” says Thao Nguyen Phan. In “The Sun Falls Silently”, she transforms this trauma into paintings, light sculptures, projections, and films that gesture toward a more hopeful future.
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Kimsooja: To Breathe – Mokum
In her new site-specific installation To Breathe – Mokum, acclaimed Korean artist Kimsooja transforms Amsterdam’s oldest building into a contemplative space exploring themes of migration, displacement, belonging, and identity. Presented during Amsterdam’s 750th anniversary, the installation reflects deeply on the city’s long and complex migration history, in a time in which in Europe and the…
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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 signature shades of deep blue (a reference to adire and resist-dye textiles used in Nigeria), and for his expressive interpretations of Yoruba culture. His iconic…
プロテオドラ Theodora Poulot 