New Voice With Plenty to Say: Kenyan Painter Michael Armitage Bridges European Traditions and East African Modernism
Artist Michael Armitage. | Photo courtesy White Cube ONE OF THE MOST THOUGHT-PROVOKING figures in contemporary painting, Kenyan artist Michael Armitage probes the politics and cultural history of East Africa. His fascinating narrative scenes have a mythical quality and abstract tendencies that draw on aesthetic tensions between European traditions and East African modernism. In...
On View: ‘El Anatsui: Triumphant Scale’ at Haus der Kunst Museum, Munich
“In the World But Don’t Know the World” (2019) by El Anatsui On View presents images from noteworthy exhibitions OVER THE PAST TWO DECADES, El Anatsui has invented and perfected a unique medium. With discarded bottle caps he creates grand sculptural works that read as painted textiles. “Triumphant” and monumentally scaled examples from...
Artistic Director Okwui Enwezor Steps Down From Haus der Kunst Museum Due to Health Reasons
Okwui Enwezor served as artistic director of the 56th Venice Biennale (2015). His global perspective and influence have played a significant role in transforming the contemporary art world INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED curator and critic Okwui Enwezor announced on Monday that he is leaving the Haus der Kunst due to health reasons. He had been...
