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Painting as Language – A Conversation With Artist Jean-Baptiste Besançon

Sarah — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 06:26:10 +0000

French artist Jean-Baptiste Besançon (b. 1985) approaches painting as a form of investigation. His practice is driven by an intuitive exploration of what painting can be, with each work finding its form through the act of making. He always works on several canvases simultaneously, moving back and forth between them and letting the works enter into a dialogue with one another. For Besançon, painting is a language of its own – one that should not be over-explained but experienced directly. […]

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Attuned to the Landscape – 3 Questions for Emma Cowley

Sarah — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 06:39:53 +0000

Emma Cowley is a British artist whose practice is deeply rooted in an enduring connection to the natural world. Based in rural Wiltshire, Cowley draws constant inspiration from the landscape around her. Her works are characterized by a restrained color palette and a quiet sense of balance. Some pieces unfold through soft, diffused gradients, where colors gently bleed and merge into the surface. Others are defined by horizontal or vertical divisions that divide the color fields from the raw canvas. […]

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along – between: A Visit to John Zurier’s Exhibition at Galerie Nordenhake

Sarah — Tue, 19 May 2026 06:09:13 +0000

John Zurier's exhibition along – between at Galerie Nordenhake Berlin gathers a group of paintings that ask for slow attention. In conversation with the artist, we spoke about material, perception, and the space in between.

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A Space for Stillness – 3 Questions for Kaleen Cameron

Sarah — Tue, 05 May 2026 08:22:48 +0000

Stillness is a receptive state – one that creates space for the subtle and for what only becomes visible once the mind settles. This quality of stillness lies at the heart of Kaleen Cameron’s work. Through her restrained compositions, the Oakland-based artist invites viewers into a slower, more present way of looking. Working with acrylic, marble dust, and limestone on raw canvas, Cameron builds surfaces that feel dense and atmospheric at once. Her process is intuitive and layered: she begins […]

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Painting as Presence – A Conversation With Artist Steingrímur Gauti

Sarah — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 06:50:52 +0000

How little can you do and still remain fully engaged? For Icelandic artist Steingrímur Gauti (b. 1986), this question shapes his perspective on painting. Working from his studio in Reykjavík, Gauti creates abstract works through layering, repetition, and attention to surface and material. Often working in muted, nearly monochrome tones, his paintings unfold slowly, carrying a quiet but striking physical presence. What drives him is not the reduction of form, but the reduction of imposed meanings. His work has always […]

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Surface as Memory – 3 Questions for Ekaterina Galera

Sarah — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 08:47:17 +0000

Memories do not always return as clear images. Sometimes they remain as a vague impression, sometimes as a strong feeling – but over time, they begin to fade. In her minimalist, material-driven paintings, France-based artist Ekaterina Galera explores the surface as a place of memory. Born and raised in Siberia near the Mongolian border, the landscape of vast steppes, pale horizons and muted light of her homeland continues to inform the restrained color palette of her works. Subtle horizontal lines […]

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Essence of Things – Experiencing Brancusi at Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin

Sarah — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 09:55:27 +0000

It never ceases to amaze me how much Constantin Brâncuși’s sculptures draw me in. Their radical reduction to the essential, the clarity of their forms, and the tranquility they convey continue to fascinate me. Brâncuși freed sculpture from everything superfluous. He was not interested in mere representation but in the essence of a form – and this is precisely where his significance as one of the most important pioneers of modern sculpture lies. From March 20 to August 9, 2026, […]

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Landscapes of Silence – A Conversation With Artist Marina Arias

Sarah — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 07:06:37 +0000

In the latest edition of our interview series, we once again dive into the world of minimalist aesthetics. In inspiring conversations with creative minds from the fields of architecture, design, and art, we explore how they are guided by their vision and how they express it in their works. Along the way, they provide us with interesting insights into their creative process and reveal how they perceive and shape the world. This time, I had the pleasure of having an […]

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Between Presence and Disappearance – 3 Questions for Viktor Kobylianski

Sarah — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 06:55:59 +0000

Viktor Kobylianski (b. 1995, Kyiv, Ukraine) is a Portland-based artist whose process-driven practice explores the quiet persistence of traces. Working with materials such as cement slurries, dust, sand, and pigments, the artist spreads and manipulates these materials across unprimed fabric with his hands. He allows them to settle and cure before partially removing them, leaving behind residues that become the artwork. The canvas thus becomes an archival surface that preserves evidence of an event rather than depicting it. The resulting […]

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Silent Perception – A Conversation With Artist Hideaki Yamanobe

Sarah — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 08:17:28 +0000

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Creating With What Surrounds Us – 3 Questions for Pavlo Padilla

Sarah — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 08:05:00 +0000

“3 Questions for…” showcases and promotes the work of upcoming artists in the early stages of their careers. This time I would like to share with you the monochrome artworks of Pavlo Padilla. Pavlo Padilla, born in Seville in 1997, is an emerging Andalusian artist whose work is deeply rooted in the culture and materiality of his home. After studying Fine Arts at the University of Seville, he has developed a practice that explores how natural materials shape our perception […]

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Between Precision and Serendipity – A Conversation With Artist Jean Philippe Lagouarde

Sarah — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 07:13:11 +0000

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