Art Is Born Out Of Concurrence of Circumstances

Artdecision’s Irina Vernichenko talks with Vladimir Dubossarsky about his recent exhibition at Winzavod Contemporary Arts Center, MSK. Vladimir Dubossarsky: This exhibition is ironical and it refers to classical painting. Three projects ( “Girl in the Sunlight”, “Tree Trunks” and “Golden Palette”) are interconnected, they are about the clichés that an artist deals with, or rather, […]
Manifesta 12, Migration and Divide

Artdecision’s Irina Vernichenko offers an overview of Manifesta 12, Palermo, one of the most discussed art project of 2018. The new art of the 2018 “Planetary Garden” at Manifesta12 in Palermo could be melancholic and it made one feel alienated, but the projects shown are free from two-faced Postmodernism, any kitsch and “consciousness is a […]
Belgium’s Private Art Collections

Anastasia Petrovskaya from The Art Partners contributed this article to Art Decision. Belgium has a remarkable number of private collections across the country: from Brussels and Antwerp, to Ghent and Charleroi. For this list, we rooted out the most exciting and unconventional collections to see while visiting the Belgian capital. Vanhaerents Collection Assembled by […]
Taking Care Of Your Art Collection

This article is contributed to Art Decision by Anastasia Petrovskaia and Maria Korolevskaya, Founders of The Art Partners, art office for international collectors, based in London. Among the many misconceptions that exist in the art industry, two are quite common – first, that you need to be a millionaire to start collecting; and second, that the collection is […]
Frieze London Fair and Art Masters Summit

H.Jauss’s “reception theory” from “Aesthetic Experience and Literary Hermeneutics” announced the aimlessness of aesthetic feeling and art’s aim being its own development. Aesthetic experience is aimless and brings joy, and Frieze London Art Fair excels at this. However, despite this philosophical category, modern art is set up for sale, and the galleries design the marketing […]
Biennale de Lyon 2017, Modernity without Complexities of Postmodernism

“Modernity” is the theme of 14th Lyon Biennale de Lyon (20.09 2017- 7.01 2018). This theme was set by Thierry Raspail, the artistic director, and was interpreted by curator Emma Lavigne as sublimated from heresy of postmodernism “Floating Worlds”/ “Mondes Flottants”. This exhibition presents works of 40 artists in 3 city venues and in different […]
Interview with Vladimir Dubossarsky

After the exhibition”The Revolution is Dead. Long Live the Revolution” at Kunstmuseum, Bern Vladimir Dubossarsky talked with Irina Vernichenko about the paintings he had made in partnership with Alexander Vinogradov and about “What the Homeland Begin With”(2006). Irina: Does modern art discourse have to be beautiful? Vladimir Dubossarsky: This was made deliberately beautiful. If we talk about modern art in general it […]
Uncanny Images in Jewelry

Fashion and style are lightweight cultural expressions. The light entertainment of fashion is offered to visitors of Musee D’Art Moderne de la ville de Paris at a jewelry exhibition titled “MEDUSA: Bijoux et Tabous”. There are 400 pieces of jewelry, made by artists, jewelry makers, and designers including Man Ray, Meret Oppenheim, Alexander Calder, Salvador […]
Claude Monet: Exhibitions in Basel, Martigny, Lausanne.

Art travel from Geneva to Basel, Martigny and Lausanne this spring is colored in Claude Monet’s bright palette. There is “Monet” exhibition in Basel, that shows 62 of Monet’s paintings from museums and 15 paintings from private collections. Claude Monet’s landscapes are also on display at Foundation Gianadda, Martigny and in Lausanne at Foundation de l’Hermitage. […]
Wade Guyton’s Exhibition “Untitled”at MAMCO, Geneva

A series of prints made from a single digital file by Wade Guyton, one of the most famous American artists, was recently on display at Geneva’s Mamco Museum (curator Nicolas Trembley). Some of these prints were shown in Munich at Brandhorst Museum at « Das New Yorker Atelier » exhibition. Wade Guyton took a photo […]