Art

Zurich Concrete artists Concrete Art/Geometric Abstraction In 1930, the Dutch artist Theo van Doesburg established art concrèt, according to which the composition of a work is to be developed based on objective geometrical principles. Although Van...

Ivan Serpa Brazilian painter Ivan Ferreira Serpa was a Brazilian painter, draftsman, printmaker, designer, and educator active in the concrete art movement. Much of his work was in geometric abstractionism.  Born: April 6, 1923, Rio de Janeiro, State...

Breakthrough: A conversation with Fernando Cocchiarale about the exhibition “Ruptura” and the foundation of Concrete art BY CYNTHIA GARCIA Judith Lauand (1922), Espiral (Spiral), 1956, enamel paint on eucatex, 40 cm diameter. The exhibition “Ruptura” (Rupture), first presented...

CONCRETE ART In 1930, Dutch artist Theo Van Doesburg and four of his friends openly declared war on every kind of impressionism, sensibility and subjectivity in art. The concrete art group and the magazine Art Concret,...

The Fantastic Four: Zurich Concrete and Special Friends BY QUINN LATIMER Richard Paul Lohse Fünfzehn systematische Farbreihen innerhalb eines symetrischen Systems (Fifteen Systematic Colour Sequences Within a Symmetrical System), 1950–65 Oil on canvas The traces, shadows and aftershocks of Concrete...

What is “Concrete Art?” There are several major works of Concrete Art in the Ricola Collection. The Zurich Concretists Max Bill (1908–1994), Camille Graeser (1892–1980), Verena Loewensberg (1912–1986), and Richard Paul Lohse (1902–1988) were all...

Lygia Pape, Brazilian visual artist. Monica Amor From the neo-concrete to the culture of the Amazons: A Multitude of Forms looks back at the Brazilian avant-gardist. Lygia Pape, Livro do tempo (Book of time), 1961–63. Tempera and acrylic on wood, 365 parts. Photo:...

Entrenador personal y nutricionista Raúl García Raúl García es entrenador personal, asesor nutricional, fisicoculturista y campeón de artes marciales. Es un especialista en mantener el cuerpo saludable y en enseñar a los demás a hacer...

Juliana Barrios presenta un disco infantil La cantante y compositora colombiana Juliana Barrios presenta su nuevo disco, “La vaquita Martina y sus amigos”, con canciones infantiles. El álbum incluye una decena de temas donde la...

Max Bill  (Swiss, 1908–1994) artist and designer who founded the Concrete Art movement. His interpretations of Constructivism through painting and sculpture, integrated the study of both geometry and mathematics into his art practice. “I am...

Author: Kate Kellaway Was Hilma af Klint Europe’s first abstract artist – before even Kandinsky and Mondrian? As an exhibition of her extraordinary, occult-inspired works opens at the Serpentine Gallery, London, we travel to Sweden...

VERENA LOEWENSBERG  SWISS, 1912-1986 Concrete Art Verena Loewensberg (b. 1912 - d. 1986 Zurich, Switzerland) began her studies at the Basel trade school in 1927 where she was introduced to design and colour theory, then went on to a weaver...

Una traducción del ensayo, “Making Art Concrete” de Making Art Concrete: Works from Argentina and Brazil in the Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros. Ensayo: Pia GottschallerTraducción: Carolina Azuero Gutiérrez Cuando, hacia 1960, el artista del neoconcretismo...

Vivian CaccuriMosquito Shrine IIRay Ellen andAllan Yarkin GalleryA large embroidery on netting, Mosquito Shrine II (2020) by Vivian Caccuri tells the story of the arrival of European colonists to the “New World” through the lens of the mosquito. Jul...

Tomás EssonThe GOATMultiple GalleriesBringing together works spanning three decades, a site-specific mural, and reinterpreted works commissioned by ICA Miami, "The GOAT” is the first solo museum presentation for Cuban painter Tomás Esson. Jul 8, 2020 – May...