With the new year just around the corner, our notebooks and notes apps start to fill up with resolutions and goals. Read more, excercise more, sleep more… to put it concisely, more balance. In the artistic fields, these goals have a more creative approach, we talked to a few artists to reflect on 2022 and… Read more » Continue reading
Last Christmas… I gave you my art… It’s the most wonderful time of the year…again. Holiday season is back, and for some it can be a non-stop hustle full of events, places to be and people to see, leaving little to no time to buy gifts. We know many people like to procrastinate the… Read more » Continue reading
2022 can be resumed as a series of unexpected and messy occurrences in the art world. Society finally went back to normal after two years of pandemic and post-pandemic sequels, but with numerous war conflicts and inflation rates increasing more than ever at rapid pace, the art world has somehow maintained its essence and own… Read more » Continue reading
Throughout the history of art, nature has been a constant element, either as a backdrop, as a detail or as a protagonist. The classical view on nature exhibits compositions on canvases that seeked to recreate the harmony and balance of landscapes, gardens and forests through delicate but precise brush strokes. On the other hand, nature… Read more » Continue reading
Con la aparición y el auge de las nuevas herramientas tecnológicas, las prácticas artísticas han ampliado sus fronteras creativas. Numerosos artistas recurren a los renders, la IA o incluso la codificación para dar vida a su arte. Sin embargo, la sobreabundancia de estas herramientas que “nos facilitan la vida” puede tener el efecto contrario en… Read more » Continue reading
With the emergence and rise of new technological tools, artistic practices have expanded their creative frontiers. Numerous artists recur to renders, AI or even coding to bring into existence their art. However, the overabundance of these tools that “make our life easier” can have the opposite effect on some creators. The accessibility of this technological… Read more » Continue reading
Gärna Art Gallery and Urvanity Projects present Food Obsession. A group exhibition that brings us closer to a new generation of international artists who cook a new figuration and set the table to talk about excess, waste, symbolism, brands or lack. The exhibition opens on November 23 and will be on view until January… Read more » Continue reading
We are diving deep into the imaginary world of Hannah Epstein to find out the songs she knows by heart and her ideal eating scenario, we gathered a selection of tv shows to watch this rainy fall season carefully recommended by Bieke Bunckinx and we found out what Fatima de Juan listens to when she… Read more » Continue reading
On October 25th, 2018 an artwork titled Portrait of Edmond Belamy was auctioned for an astonishing $432,500 at Christie’s, signed at the bottom by a formula (min G max D x [log (D(x))] + z [log (1 – D (G(z)))]) claiming that the artist behind the work was not human. This “painting”, if it can be designated as such, was produced… Read more » Continue reading
Instagram was born as a photo-sharing platform in 2010, what used to be an app full of selfies with a vintage-look filter and a caption saying #instafun has rapidly become an interconnected community of its own, with its particular rules and languages. In the art world, Instagram has completely revolutionized the industry. There were times… Read more » Continue reading
Through elements that often represent tools that condition human behavior, SpY elaborates his public art installations. His practice has evolved over the course of his career to encompass an increasingly spectacular compilation of large-scale installations and interventions, each more ambitious and impactful than the last. While maintaining his anonymous identity, SpY captivates viewers while… Read more » Continue reading
“In March 2020, a news story appeared in the press that took just hours to become a meme: Caelie Wilkens, a British woman, had been caring for a plant for two years that turned out to be made of plastic. Wilkens was telling the newspaper that she felt a deep disappointment, that ‘those last two… Read more » Continue reading
With galleries filling up with fresh proposals to commence fall, September represents in art the beginning of a new exhibition season. In other creative disciplines, it is nor any different, this is the case of the fashion industry. This month is widely known as the moment of celebration of Fashion Week in the big four:… Read more » Continue reading
The art of collecting often goes far beyond having a painting or sculpture in a home, some collectors see it as a way of harvesting a relationship with the artist and creating a better understanding and empathy towards their work. When acquiring a work there are numerous factors that come into play, some may make… Read more » Continue reading
Once a year, the dry landscape of the Nevada desert becomes an ephemeral city. More than 70.000 people settle during a week and become witnesses of the construction and destruction of Black Rock City, a place that explores the limits of the creative human mind. Full of artistic installations and performances, this year’s art… Read more » Continue reading