Not only do we live in a period of rapid, exciting change, but we are also in the midst of the Anthropocene age. The environment and climate are changing in the wake of human-driven turbo-capitalism. Benedikt Partenheimer's works make it possible to imagine-sensorily as well as contextually-the close connection and increasing imbalance between humans and the earth. Photographs of fascinating, impressive elegance reveal processes of ecological and cultural transformation. What makes these pict...

The Italio-Brazilian architect Lina Bo Bardi (1914-1992) forged a unique path with her bold designs. Spanning architecture, stage sets, fashion, and furniture, her work drew inspiration from the International Style, which she translated into her own visual language. Fundamental to her work was her thoughtful en­gagement with her adopted country of Brazil, its cul­ture, society, and politics, and she productively and provocatively voiced her sometimes radical views through designs, exhibitio...

Suki Seokyeong Kang's practice traverses painting, sculpture,

installation, as well as video and performance to

explore the interplay between the individual and the collective.

By developing an artistic vocabulary that draws

from the rich heritage of Korean painting, poetry and

dance, Kang's oeuvre examines the durability of traditions

and expands their significance to contemporary art.

The catalogue, accompanying her solo exhibition Willow

Drum Oriole at Leeum Museum of Art, proposes to read

...

As treasure troves of creativity, the homes of artists reflect the intellectual worlds of their creators. Starting with the Villa Stuck in Munich-the aesthetic, conceptual cosmos and life's work of the aristocratic artist Franz von Stuck-this unique volume integrates the artist's house as a category into the international context and is the first to assign these buildings the status of major works. About twenty examples bring to life the fascination that these artistic fantasies hold for art ...

Occasionally, when something seems very familiar you lose sight of what makes it so special: Flemish Masters. From van Eyck to Bruegel sets out to counteract this effect and opens our eyes once again to the revolution that took place in the Low Countries in the 15th and 16th centuries that shaped the course of European art. In 48 lavishly illustrated analyses, Matthias Depoorter explores how painters such as Van Eyck, Van der Weiden, Massys, Bosch, and Bruegel reached unprecedented heights, a...

Von Renoir über Monet bis zu Gauguin - die moderne französische Kunst wurde Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts nicht nur von westlichen Sammlern geschätzt, sondern fand auch in Japan früh Anhänger. Das Museum Folkwang zeigt 2022 anlässlich seines 100. Jubiläums am Standort Essen seine herausragende, von Karl Ernst Osthaus (1874-1921) begründete Sammlung postimpressionistischer Kunst. Der eigene Bestand wird Glanzstücken des Impressionismus und Postimpressionismus aus der Sammlung Kojiro Mat...

Garden art in its most beautiful splendour