artwork by Petra Brnardic Even a break from recent tradition, today’s contemporary experimental artists are redefining femininity in the digital era. From embracing ‘survival feminism’ to enchanted, mystical, and mythological portrayals, artists such as Mädchen Vivi, Petra Brnardic, HsinYing Lin, and Leni Smoragdova lend their artistic interpretation to explaining the purpose of womanhood in contemporary times. artwork by Petra Brnardic Avant-garde experimental women artists

Ann Vollum’s solo exhibition at The Brassworks Gallery in affluent Montclair, New Jersey is of the highest quality and comprehensive. These dynamic textile works mainly come in two forms of plush ‘beasties’ and graphic ‘beasties’, all hand-sewn and meticulously assembled from recycled fiber materials. Sharp Teeth, Long Tongues! exhibition runs until May 22nd, 2026 and the gallery is open weekdays from 7am-7pm, with easier parking during latter hours. The gallery will also be

Photographers and photography enthusiasts often have a mythological narrative about analogue format photography, but what are the alluring attributes of digital photography? Do not misinterpret this essay, because we are not discussing digitally-enhanced photography, but rather work which was captured with a digital camera. Although analogue format photography has stunning granial texture and rich contrast, digital photography offers a pleasant saturation, potential for remar

Written by Joas Nebe. Diambe, from São Paulo, Brazil, presents at Kunsthalle Basel. Diambe explores the dynamics of collectives (like a swarm of bees), the resistances which arises from human interventions, and their controllability. All three aspects come together in his video work Cera perdida (Lost wax) , 2025, presented in Basel. A swarm of bees is exposed to a wax cast made from various tropical and non-tropical fruits and their remnants over several hours. The work Cera

artwork by Joseph Farbrook The most experimental, alternative, and avant-garde art out there is mainly being financed and supported by specialized institutions and platforms (such as Point Pleasant Publishing). We all know about the cuts which have been made to public funding of the arts, which leaves visual art more reliant on private investment. However, even without these cuts, many of these publicly funded venues and platforms are not willing to reach out beyond their imm

artwork by Van O (Ivan Isaev) Much of the contemporary art world is based on illusory aspects of power. There are of course the supposed gatekeepers, but who are these people and do they really determine the threshold of access? They are the museum / gallery director, the curator, the art critic (and critical art publications), the academic scholar, and the financier. These various roles and individuals have been granted the collective power of determining what is art. But wh

Written by Joas Nebe. Luc Delahaye (born 1962) worked as a war photographer in the 1990s. War photographers are at the heart of the action. They require highly automated and lightweight equipment that can be quickly moved from one location to another. The images captured with these small (digital) cameras have a certain resolution, dictated by the medium, film or later, the chip in the camera, which is sufficient to be published in newspapers or magazines. Often, the lack of

In the age of artificial intelligence, there is no greater currency than the ability to draw people’s attention. With the endless amount of AI slop in the form of automated texts and images filling our personal and professional spaces, how does the artist thrive amidst a sea of crap? Well first of all, the artist should not be too hard on themselves because historically what draws the attention of the masses rarely turns out to be great art. Being able to click-bait mass atte

Written by Joas Nebe Carl Cheng: Nature Never Loses 3 December 2025 - 10  May 2026 Museum Tinguely  Paul Sacher-Anlage 1
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Monday closed https://www.tinguely.ch/en.html The Tinguely Museum in Basel is showcasing an exhibition by the American artist Carl Cheng (*1942). This exhibition focuses not only on his works relating

My name is Masha Luch. I am a contemporary interdisciplinary artist. In my practice, I explore different forms of communication, the theme of memory, the perception of time and space, and the search for one’s place within that space. A central aspect of my work is the aesthetic of absence: situations in which removal, exclusion, or reduction allows attention to focus on a thought or a sensation. I am drawn to ciphers and riddles, to motifs of observation and quiet looking, to