Two lovers, a red cockerel, and a deep blue sky: Chagall’s painting from the 1970s… Read More →
Through his early exploration of algorithmic processes, Czech painter Zdeněk Sýkora emerged as one of… Read More →
The snow-covered wintery landscape paintings of Alfons Walde are intrinsic to the history of cultural… Read More →
The neo-expressionist painter, Herbert Brandl stands for canvases of overwhelming colour and form. The artist,… Read More →
Michael Young: game of chance
DESIGN FIRST - 20 JUNE 2017 Michael Young is one of the most exciting designers…
Informalism: sheer spontaneity
Informalism, or art informel, takes centre stage at Dorotheum's contemporary art auction on 31 May. Informalism a.k.a.…
Erwin Wurm: interview on art
With his One Minute Sculptures, which he calls the decisive moment of his career, Erwin Wurm has imbued the term ‘sculpture’ with a performative dimension. Together with Brigitte Kowanz, he represents Austria at the…
Brigitte Kowanz: light as a metaphor for life
Brigitte Kowanz takes a distinctive position regarding her international ranking in the most recent history of art. Since the 1980s, light as a medium, which she explores in relation to space and…
ZERO: white is a colour
Besides gold and silver, white was the ZERO artists‘ most favoured colour. White, above all else, epitomised the group‘s guiding ambition: The societal utopia of a new dawn. BY PETRA SCHÄPERS White is…
Tano Festa – Michelangelo as a pop star
Mona Lisa on chocolate: Alongside Mario Schifano, Tano Festa was one of the most eminent protagonists of the Roman scene in the 1960s and 1970s, the “Scuola di Piazza del Popolo”. Among…
Turi Simeti: in praise of the ellipse
Turi Simeti in conversation with Federico Sardella, co-editor with Antonio Addamiano and the Turi Simeti Archive of the Catalogue raisonné, soon to be published by Skira, discusses his art, its form, colour…
Modern Art
Minimal Art On Paper
Works by artists such as Carl Andre, Donald Judd and Robert Morris from the celebrated Enrico Pedrini Collection are coming up for sale at Dorotheum’s major spring auction of Contemporary Art. Enrico…
