Vessels for Colour
Franco Fontana is a master of colour, whose work is instantly recognisable for bold, eye-catching cityscapes of Ibiza, Havana and Los Angeles.
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Franco Fontana is a master of colour, whose work is instantly recognisable for bold, eye-catching cityscapes of Ibiza, Havana and Los Angeles.
We must unplug, disconnect and savour the things that bring us joy – from the macro to the micro. Inside this issue we explore these ideas further.
Light, shadow, form and composition are the central elements of Jessica Backhaus’ practice, stripping photography back to its core tenets.
Sarah Doyle plays with visual harmony. Torn paper, wooden sticks and cut-out circles pop against colourful block-painted backgrounds.
The current Dan Flavin retrospective in Basel demonstrates how a simple fluorescent tube
could make a radical impact on the art world.
Colourful lights are projected onto various household objects, transforming cluttered spaces into entirely different compositions.
A small town on the fringes of Pittsburgh is at the centre of a photo series that asks us to
consider what happens behind closed doors.
French photographer Olivia Lavergne curates ambitious scenes, investigating how rainforests are conjured up within the public imagination.
California’s iconic homes are the subject of an architecture book that collates buildings which respond to their natural surroundings.
Michelle Blancke takes us into dark, enigmatic and unusual woodland locations. They are all carpeted with mosses and lurid lichen growth.
Tyler Mitchell is making waves across art and fashion with portraits of Black life centring on self-determination and the joyous everyday.
Djeneba Aduayom’s bright photographs take bubbles as a metaphor, featuring subjects who find themselves caught in translucent spheres.
CCCB’s exhibition ‘Suburbia: Building the American Dream’ surveys the development of this idealised lifestyle from the 19th century to the present.
April is Autism Awareness Month, and a new contemporary art and photography marketplace is launching a fundraiser in support of the community.
This year’s winners, Saeborg and Tsuda Michiko, present two very different exhibitions that offer a lens through which to view contemporary Japan.
The longest-running survey of contemporary art in the United States returns with a line up that includes filmmaker Isaac Julien and singer Holland Andrews.
This year’s festival transformed passive listeners into active participants, presenting collaborative artistic projects which amplified often-unheard voices.
This spring, Malta shows its first contemporary art biennale with a line up that includes Adama Delphine Fawundu, Cecilia Vicuña and Laura Besançon.
“Design should inspire, incite, complement and celebrate our lives.” Learn more about a design studio committed to creating joyful spaces.