Experience the vibrant cultural landscape of Bogotá, where Friday evenings come alive at the intersection of art and urban life. From blue-chip galleries in the trendy Chicó district to underground artist-run spaces in San Felipe, the city unfolds like a patchwork quilt of creativity. Whether you choose to explore high-profile exhibitions or immerse yourself in the avant-garde nightclubs and after-parties, Bogotá’s cultural tapestry defies simple definition. As the art fair season approaches, five diverse exhibitions showcase the city’s dynamic and rich artistic scene, embodying the essence of this captivating metropolis.
Dubai’s art scene is evolving beyond traditional galleries, with pop-up exhibitions in unexpected spaces. “Utopia” featured 13 site-specific interventions in a beachside apartment, while Lithuanian artist Birute Brandt’s pop-up showcased pastel-colored paintings in a lighting studio. These initiatives add new dimensions to Dubai’s artistic landscape.
In this new series of interviews we dive into the private collections of artists. Whether these collections are of bought or exchanged works, we get a glimpse into what inspires artists when they are not creating. The artists’ artist is a term that refers to an artist that may be overlooked by the market or art historical canon, but who is highly respected among peers. Join us as we discover the unique connection between collecting and the creative process.
In 1962, J.G. Ballard published “The Drowned World”, a novel set in a science-fiction scenario in which global warming has caused significant sea-level rise. The author adapts the Freudian concept of “regression” - or a psychological defence mechanism that causes the long-term reversion to the ego at an earlier stage of development - to physiological and genetic adaptations of species in the face of the climate crisis.
2023 has seen a plethora of exhibitions dedicated to the legacy of the great master of Modern Art—Pablo Picasso. Yet, his personal mythology has been increasingly referenced as a paramount example of the womanizing “genius” and bad-boy that causes social unsafety within the art world. How do we deal with the questions that contemporary paradigm shifts bring up about such highly respected figures?
Brussels is known around the world for its strong gallery scene and culture of collecting. This year, the Brussels Gallery Weekend launched the art season in the Belgian capital with the participation of 45 galleries. There is a lot to see so if you find yourself in town for a day. Here’s what our editor Àngels Miralda thinks you shouldn’t miss.
Exploring AI Art: Unveiling Aesthetics & Innovations. Join us for an interview with Amelia Winger-Bearskin as we decode the world of AI-generated imagery.
At Collecteurs, one of our central missions is to demystify collecting and to highlight the cultural and creative agency of contemporary art patrons. Our interviews with collectors offer a deep-dive into the visions and themes that shape private collections. Often imagined as opaque and inaccessible, we turn this around to highlight the individuals behind this essential pillar of the art world.
In this new series of interviews we dive into the private collections of artists. Whether these collections are of bought or exchanged works, we get a glimpse into what inspires artists when they are not creating. The artists’ artist is a term that refers to an artist that may be overlooked by the market or art historical canon, but who is highly respected among peers. Join us as we discover the unique connection between collecting and the creative process.
At Collecteurs, one of our central missions is to demystify collecting and to highlight the cultural and creative agency of contemporary art patrons. Our interviews with collectors offer a deep-dive into the visions and themes that shape private collections. Often imagined as opaque and inaccessible, we turn this around to highlight the individuals behind this essential pillar of the art world.
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The Riga International Biennial of Contemporary (RIBOCA), founded by Agniya Mirgorodskaya, a Russian oligarch’s daughter, has brought significant investments into Latvia’s cultural scene since its inception in 2016. Her father, Gennady Mirgorodsky is a prominent Russian businessman, both a fisheries tycoon working in the arctic as well as developing extractive industries in Siberia. With the outbreak of the ongoing war in Ukraine, the biennial halted its activities but now plans to resume. In response, Latvian artists have withdrawn from the biennial and local curators and critics have published articles revealing the biennial’s deep involvement with Russia’s oligarch class.