Ocula Conversation Sandrine Colard on the 6th Lubumbashi Biennale The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the largest Francophone nation in Africa with vast resources and nearly 80 million inhabitants, is a place where commodities play a vital role in the national economy and the country's significance on the world stage. This is the context from which the 6th Lubumbashi Biennale (24 October–24 November...
Ocula Report From 20 to 21 July 2019, Artspace Sydney held a two-day symposium that brought artists in conversation with leading curators, writers, activists, academics, diplomats, and journalists from across Asia. The symposium was the final chapter of the 52 ARTISTS 52 ACTIONS exhibition, publication, website, and Instagram project. Instigated and...
Ocula News We Are Our Infrastructure, Argues Newly Announced Shanghai Biennale Chief Curator 13 December 2019 The Power Station of Art will make a fitting location for Andrés Jaque, whose past projects expose the politics concealed by buried pipes and managed cables. Spanish architect, writer, and curator Andrés Jaque has been named the chief curator of the 13th Shanghai Biennale, which will take place at the Power Station of Art (PSA) from 13 November...
Ocula Insight Hans Hartung and Art Informel at Mazzoleni London (1 October 2019-18 January 2020) presents key works by the French-German painter while highlighting his connection with artists active in Paris during the 50s and 60s. In this video, writer and historian Alan Montgomery discusses Hartung's practice and its legacy. Born in Leipzig in 1904, Hans...
Working exclusively with contemporary artists, Galerie EIGEN + ART has always continued to introduce young artists to it's program. Both national as well as international positions, and often recent graduates from the academy, they initially exhibited in group shows at the gallery or at the EIGEN + ART Lab, and have since gained widespread attention in numerous exhibitions. At Art Düsseldorf, we intend to present a selection of artists who have joined the gallery program in the past two years, representing the youngest generation: Tom Anholt, Martin Groß, Stef Heidhues, Melora Kuhn, Lada Nakonechna, Titus Schade, Kristina Schuldt, Carsten Sievers and Mirjam Völker. All works have been exclusively produced for the fair.
