The Brazilian Artist Forcing Us to Look Into Each Other’s Eyes

A pioneer of “objetos relacionais” – “relational objects” in English – Brazilian artist Lygia Clark’s interactive sculptures blur the lines between art and body, recasting the viewer as participant. Born in 1920 in Belo Horizonte, a city surrounded by mountains in southeastern Brazil, Clark, formally trained in painting, became closely associated with the Brazilian Constructivist…

Lee Kun-Yong and the Birth of the Korean Avant-Garde

A man stands in the middle of a field and draws a circle on the ground. Facing the interior of the circle, he points and says, “there.” He then steps inside the circle, points again, and declares, “here.” After exiting the circle, he points back to it and calls it “over there.” Walking around the…

How Penique Productions Transformed a Tribeca Basement into a Pink Wonderland

Barcelona-based art collective Penique Productions unveils its latest immersive installation Basement today as part of Inflation, the inaugural exhibition at The Locker Room’s new Tribeca gallery in New York. Known for their site-specific inflatable environments that reimagine architectural spaces – including Rio de Janeiro’s Parque Lage Visual Art School, Louis Vuitton’s Spring/Summer 2024 runway at…

A First Look Inside vitruta, London’s New Art-Filled Concept Store

On 8 May, The Luster, a group exhibition featuring ten international artists, opens at vitruta King’s Cross, a newly launched concept store in London’s Coal Drops Yard. Led by Creative Director Serra Duran Paralı, the space is designed in collaboration with Paris-based architect Sofia Cherkaoui of SSStudio+212. Blurring the boundaries between retail, arts venue, and…

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