In 1989, the Vincent Van Gogh Foundation invited Guillermo Kuitca (Argentina, 1961) to participate in a tribute to mark the 100th Anniversary of the death of Vincent Van Gogh (1853–1890), to be held in 1990. Nineteen artists from around the world were invited to offer a contemporary perspective on the Dutch artist's legacy. Kuitca created a work in dialogue with the 1888 painting The Bedroom. Untitled (Homage to Van...

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  04/30/2025 - The term vivisystem was coined by American writer Kevin Kelly to describe the phenomenon in which machines increasingly mimic biological patterns, while human thought processes become more mechanized. For example, the complex data pathways of AI, paired with the internet, could be compared to the neural connections of the human brain, in the same way that fungi scattered among the roots...

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Carmen, by Joana Vasconcelos (2001)Materials: plastic earrings, iron An extraordinary combination for an artist of excess: Joana Vasconcelos (Paris, 1971) at the Liria Palace, a building that was the residence of the Duchess of Alba and has now been temporarily converted into an exhibition hall.We begin the tour in the library on the ground floor of the palace, where the monumental Carmen was installed,...

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 15/04/25 - Anyone who passes by the Gagosian gallery in Gstaad cannot resist going in to see, up close, Elizabeth Taylor half-covered by a carnation.  Emulsion, by Urs Fischer (2024)Materials: aluminium panel, based-screen printing paint / Measures: 205.3 x 163.5Despite the flower, recognizing the English celebrity is not difficult for us and that, precisely, is the main attraction of this series of "aluminium paintings" by Urs Fischer (Switzerland,...

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