The Nudes of Istanbul is an art book and exhibition at Die Akt Galerie in Berlin. A rare collective fine-art nude photography publication and exhibition from Turkey Fourteen photographers. Three model-authors. Fourteen years of body-based photographic production in Istanbul. An English-language hardcover publication and Berlin exhibition bringing a sustained collective practice into international circulation. "This is the second collective nude art book published in Turkey’s

Arrival Gallery is an international gallery based in London, Paris, New York, Osaka, Brighton, Milan, Lisbon, Madrid, Athens, Amsterdam, and Manilla. They interviewed interdisciplinary lens-based artist Michael Hanna with 10 curated questions about his practice. Michael is also the principle writer and editor of Point Pleasant Publishing. 1. What are some of your earliest artistic memories, and how do they continue to influence your work today? My earliest memory as a

One of the reasons moving-image has historically been an underrepresented form of visual art is because throughout the history of film and video, society has largely regulated these mediums as entertainment or fringe expressions, rather than high-art. Moving-image and performance as artforms are at the forefront of the avant-garde because we are collectively rethinking our approach to art with sustained motion. Since time immemorial, we have largely defined art as a static, f

Written by Joas Nebe. The Kunstmuseum Basel presents the first major solo exhibition in Europe of moving-image artist Cao Fei (born 1978), whose formative years in China coincided with the cautious economic opening under Deng Xiaoping and whose artistic imagination bears traces of semi-legal Western imports alongside early imitations of Western consumer goods and their visual language. Growing up amid such hybrid material cultures, Fei began producing Hip Hop videos in the ea

Enchanted elements in photography represents reality altered, in other words, bending the world to the whims of our very own imagination. A photographer such as Cheryl Maedar introduces mysterious compositions which are modified by lucid colors of form, such as ominous smoke, playful bubbles, or candy-colored attire as well as props. There is merit in observational and documentative reality. But too much of reality can be quite boring, which is why we appreciate when an imagi

A Crib for Sarah was a performance about the trauma of going through abortion. Performed by Fina Ferrara, the lucid experience engages in several acts through ‘dances of sorrow’. In evocative dance, Fina descends down a staircase and greets a makeshift shrine to her lost never-born child, complete with a physical portrait. She mourns and silently wails throughout the house she acts in. The performance was inspired by a real abortion experienced by the artist, only to suffer g

There is a growing trend by some platforms, especially photography platforms, to label art which is performative as 'sentimental' or 'not grounded in reality'. These same outlets also urge artists to 'practice restraint' Hypocritical. An art platform can't claim to accept experimental practices and conceptual art while at the same time urging artists to follow the formulas of the past and 'restrain' themselves. Art cannot be increasingly conceptual without removing restraints

photography by Ed Maximus New Jersey has a long history and tradition of being a welcoming state and embracing rich, diverse cultures. From Ellis Island as an immigration hub during the early half of the 20th century to almost 200 languages spoken across the contemporary state, New Jersey reflects a microcosm of international expression and artistic inclinations. Since 1966, the New Jersey State Council of the Arts has been a symbol and conduit of how the state takes the arts

An artifact typically acts as a memorial to a civilization and testament to a period of time. But what if the concept of an artifact were to be used as an ‘anti-memorial’ and to instill institutional criticism? Such notions are captured in the conceptual artworks of Luna Qiuwen Lyu, a jewelry designer and interactive installation artist. From sonic waves which traverse space and transmit the chatter of the 20th century recordings in an installation such as A Billion Solitary

Written by Joas Nebe. Valéry Belin (born 1964) experiments with the emotional and cognitive reactions images provoke within viewers, exploring photography and moving images as dominant narrative forces shaping contemporary perception. Photographs occupy public and private spaces ubiquitously; after more than 180 years of technical and cultural evolution, photographic and cinematic imagery follow entrenched narrative grammars established by Hollywood’s production machinery (ge