Gisèle Buthod-Garçon is French and lives in the region of Occitania. She became aware of her passion for clay in 1976, after visiting Senegal. The raw aspect of clay, the burning vivacity it offers and its carnal appearance are at the source of this attraction. Ever since she adopted ceramics and started work as a pro­fessional in 1982, she has continually experimented, relentlessly learning and solving problems with unequalled stubbornness. All her work is conditioned by her adoption of a...

Dit belangwekkende werk verschijnt ter gelegenheid van de tentoonstelling gewijd aan het oeuvre van Nicolas Schöffer in het LaM, Villeneuve d'Ascq. Dit boek, dat tot stand kwam onder de wetenschappelijke leiding van Arnauld Pierre, wil dieper ingaan op de visionaire dimensie van deze Franse kunstenaar van Hongaarse afkomst (1912-1992). Het vertrekt vanuit een reeks beeldhouwwerken, schilderijen, tekeningen en emblematische documenten rond zijn oeuvre, waaronder onuitgegeven stukken die recht...

Innovative and pioneering, French-American artist Niki de Saint Phalle (1930-2002) created an extensive and complex body of work over her five decade-long career. Her work received international recognition as early as 1961 when her work was included in the important exhibition 'The Art and Assemblage' at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Since then Saint Phalle has been the subject of numerous exhibitions worldwide. Her bright and joyful Nana sculptures have become known as her signature...

I WANT A PERMANENT WAVE by GERALD VAN DER KAAP

Apart from being a metro station, Europaplein Station in Amsterdam is also an immersive experience. When you enter the station, you find yourself inside a huge dromoscopic underground work of art.

You could say there are two artworks, to paraphrase Virilio, depending on your perception. One is the artwork at the station. You stand on the platform waiting, looking at it, the images, the graphics, the colors, the mirroring effect of silver. The oth...

Part of the bestselling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, Anne Frank tells the inspiring story of the writer whose diary captured the hearts of the public.

As part of the city-wide 'Antwerp Baroque 2018' festival, artist Jan Fabre has been invited to create three new altarpieces for Antwerp's Church of St Augustine, now the home of the international cultural and music centre AMUZ. In fulfilling this prestigious commission Fabre is following in the illustrious footsteps of Peter Paul Rubens, Jacob Jordaens and Anthony van Dyck, who were asked to produce an altarpiece each in 1628. This handsomely illustrated book brings to life the origin, histor...

Als performance veranderde de in Zuid-Afrika geboren Belgische kunstenaar Kendell Geers zijn geboortedatum naar mei 1968. Zo liet hij zichzelf daadwerkelijk als kunstwerk geboren worden. Zijn artistieke benadering verweeft Afrikaans animisme, Europees mysticisme en sociaalpolitiek activisme met humor, ironie en tegenstrijdigheden. Hij gebruikt zijn identiteit als Blanke Afrikaan als de sleutel om ons inzicht en onze interpretatie van geschiedenis, kunst en taal te ontsluiten en te bekritisere...

Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker (°1960) founded the dance company Rosas in 1983. Her choreographic work has always aimed at a meticulous exploration of the relationship between dance and music. With Rosas, De Keersmaeker has created an extensive oeuvre, deploying musical structures and scores from a variety of eras, ranging from early modern music to contemporary compositions and even pop. Her choreographic practice also borrows formal principles from geometry, mathematical models, natural phenom...