In 2005, as protests broke out across France after two teenagers died while hiding to avoid police interrogation in the Parisian banlieue Clichy-sous-Bois, Bourouissa embarked on what would become known as his breakthrough photographic series, 'Périphérique' (2005–2008). Each image features Bourouissa's friends and acquaintances restaging scenes...
Curators from Berlin, London, Istanbul, Yogyakarta, and New Zealand will make up the five-woman team in charge of the Biennial's 16th edition. Images (left to right): Natasha Ginwala (Photo: Victoria Tomaschko), Amal Khalaf (Photo: Christa Holka), Zeynep Öz (Photo: Öykü Çakar-Smith), Alia Swastika (Photo: Yudha...
True to the title of Marina Abramović's most famous work, the artist will be present in London for highly anticipated shows at the Royal Academy and the Southbank Centre, but she won't be performing. Marina Abramović, Self Portrait with Skeleton (2003). Cibachrome print. 127 x...
The organisations appointed Tony Albert First Nations Curatorial Fellow to oversee indigenous programming at the next Biennale of Sydney. Tony Albert. Courtesy the Biennale of Sydney. Photo: Daniel Boud. The Biennale of Sydney and Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain have announced a five-year creative partnership to...
Loathed by critics, his paintings had more edge than his curvy subjects would suggest. Fernando Botero, Reclining Woman (2010). Bronze. 24.1 x 57.2 x 23.5 cm. Christie's Latin American Art sale, New York, 28 September 2023. Estimate: U.S. $250,000–350,000. © Christie's Images Limited 2023. Artist Fernando...
The new Singapore Gallery Weekend is poised to take advantage of the region's relatively optimistic art market. Kei Imazu, Wooo (2017). Oil and acrylic on canvas. 213 x 408 cm. 83⅞ by 160⅝ in. Singapore exhibition installation view. Courtesy Sotheby's. The global auction market cooled 18%...
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Large scale works have plenty of space to breathe at the Berlin festival, which makes great use of its industrial architecture. Jenkin Van Zyl, Smothering-in-hugs (2023). Courtesy the artist and HUA International, Berlin. Photo: Devid Gualandris. Berlin's contemporary art world converged at Willem Hallen for Hallen #4...
Billed as a weekend, but unfolding between 15 September and 1 October 2023, Singapore Art Gallery Weekend will see exhibitions interlinked and opening across the city's commercial gallery spaces. Ocula Magazine shares a selection of exciting presentations to see over the event. In addition to exhibitions,...
The figure dipped slightly from 2022 but sales included a number of notable purchases by Australian institutions. Sydney Contemporary, Carriageworks (7–10 September 2023). Courtesy Sydney Contemporary. Photos: Wes Nel. Over 25,000 visitors poured into Sydney Carriage Works for the 10 year-anniversary of Austalasia's premier art fair,...