In the papers, on the news and in the international spotlight?Russia today is a force to be reckoned with. As always, though Moscow is the epicenter of the political power, St. Petersburg is the heart of Russian cultural production. In the visual arts, particularly in photography, St Petersburg is represented by many colorful names of […]

Many years ago, I heard these names for the first time on the news. I couldn’t quite understand the meaning of their giant umbrellas, scattered by the thousands—blue ones in Japan; yellow ones, in California. The scale and spectacle of the fantastic project forever ignited my curiosity, and led me, many years later, to their […]

Icelandic folk tales and legends are extremely rich and original, forming an unusually diverse body of written and oral accounts of elves, trolls, ghosts, revived corpses, monsters, demons, magicians and sorcerers, to name only a few. The long list of categories constitutes a vast collections, mostly gathered in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century […]

Some of the most significant changes in Moscow will be perceived in the city’s architecture. Real estate prices are on the rise and the appetites for more construction are growing daily. In this construction frenzy, older buildings often stand in the way and consequently, in recent years, hundreds of historical estates and public buildings have […]

Upon entering the Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition Pier Show, which opened on May 8th, I was immediately drawn to the display of painted mannequins, petite recreations of the female bust re-imagined by artist Yuliya Lanina. Refiguring the Facade By Morgan Schulman Yuliya Lanina, Untitled, Acrylic on Plastic Upon entering the Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition Pier […]

As people are getting tired of nightlife and produced performances churned out by some corporate factory, they are leaning more towards novel performances in intimate and unique spaces. The Deep Dish Cabaret By Danielle Sonnenberg     This is a scene of THE APARTMENT     As people are getting tired of nightlife and produced […]

Tomoko Sawada, won the 29th Kimura Ihei Memorial Photography Award. For nearly thirty years, this prize has been a gateway to success for young photographers in Japan. Paradox, Contradiction, and Enigma: Nana Kono interviews Tomoko Sawada By Nana Kono Tomoko Sawada, “ID400 (#1-100)”, 1998-2001, Photographs, 100 gelatin silver prints, Edition/Set of 15, h: 50 x […]

Lee Bul’s new works, shown at one of the Deitch Projects’ galleries in SoHo, go beyond the revolting, sexual cyborgs and monsters that brought the Korean artist such international visibility as the Hugo Boss Prize and a showing at the Venice Biennale several years ago. Too Beautiful to be a Monster: Lee Bul at Deitch […]

While the choice of Spa, Belgium is a perfect fit for the work of the Venezuelan-born Dutch artist Winand Staring, putting contemporary art on view in a Centre Bien-être is by no means ‘the done thing’ — at least not yet. Winand Staring Explores Abstraction in the Elements By David Ulrichs     “Seascape Blue,” […]

Plop: Recent Projects of the Public Art Fund. Recontextualizing Public Space By Zhanna Veyts     Recent Projects of the Public Art Fund       Plop: Recent Projects of the Public Art Fund Edited by Susan K. Freedman, Tom Eccles, Dan Cameron, Katy Siegel, Jeffrey Kastener, and Anne Wehr New York: Merrell, 256 pages. […]