It’s beginning to look a lot like Art Basel Miami Beach (2-4 December 2021). We look back on the craziest, most defining art moments in the fair s history.
Bani Abidi: The Man Who Talked Until He Disappeared, developed in collaboration with Sharjah Art Foundation (SAF), is now on view at the Museum of Conte
Greene Naftali presents two new groups of paintings and works on paper by Monika Baer
Monika Baer, Installation view, loose change, Greene Naftali, New York, 2021. Courtesy the artist and Greene Naftali, New York.
NEW YORK, NY
.- Monika Baer has spent three decades inventing forms to convey the inner workings of her chosen medium, bringing paintings disparate visual traditions into productive conflict. Her second solo exhibition at Greene Naftali features two new groups of paintings and works on paper, alternating between styles and techniquesoften within a single work. Trompe loeil matchsticks, illusionistic tree bark, mineral deposits and scattered coins: her combination of these rendered and actual elements lays competing claims to painterly realism, yielding what she calls a clash of logics, through which the medium itself is activated and performed.
What Five Years of the Berlin Program for Artists Taught Us
The co-founders Simon Denny, Willem de Rooij and programme alumni explain why artists are essential to the fabric of Berlin
Carina Bukuts: What was your main aim in founding the Berlin Program for Artists (BPA) in 2016?
Willem de Rooij: Simon [Denny], Angela [Bulloch] and I all teach at art schools in Germany, where we work closely with our students and often remain in touch with them long after they’ve graduated. Unlike law or medicine, where you learn essential skills on your first job, artists often find themselves working alone in their studio after finishing their studies. While there are successful programmes for postgraduates abroad, such as the Independent Study Program at the Whitney Museum, we couldn’t identify an institution in Berlin dedicated to supporting emerging artists at the moment in their careers when they need that extra level of connectivity.