Deutsche Bank - ArtMag

issueMay 18

Seeing and Being Seen
A Preview of Frieze New York

Voyeurism and exhibitionism—the projects of this year’s Frieze New York revolve around these themes. [more]

“To Engage Their Bodies Entirely”
Christo on His Legendary Project The Umbrellas

It was the only project by Christo und Jeanne-Claude that extended across both hemispheres of the earth and one of their most spectacular interventions: For “The Umbrellas,” a forest of giant umbrellas opened in both Ibaraki, Japan, and southern California on October 9, 1991. [more]

History Lessons: Kemang Wa Lehulere’s journey from the past into the future

Today Kemang Wa Lehulere is one of South Africa’s most important contemporary artists. But it was not an easy road. [more]

The Bird Lady
In Search of Gladys Mgudlandlu

Kemang Wa Lehulere’s exhibition “Bird Song” is much more than an homage to the forgotten South African painter Gladys Mgudlandlu. [more]

Gentle Modernist
The revolutionary gardens of Roberto Burle Marx

Under the sway of the expressionists, Roberto Burle Marx returned to Rio de Janeiro from Europe in the 1920s. [more]

THE QUESTION: GREEN MODERNISM
What can we learn from Burle Marx?

Roberto Burle Marx was one of the fathers of Brazilian Modernism. What Oscar Niemeyer and Lúcio Costa were for architecture, Burle Marx was for landscaping. [more]

Let’s talk:
Koki Tanaka & Kai van Eikels on how to live together

What attracts art fans from all over the world to the SKULPTUR PROJEKTE MÜNSTER is that there is a chance to witness bold aesthetic experiments— such as the project by Koki Tanaka, the Deutsche Bank “Artist of the Year” 2015. [more]

Wolfgang Tillmans
Trusting Your Own Eyes

Wolfgang Tillmans is interested in the here and now. The photographer, who is represented in the Deutsche Bank Collection, is an indefatigable chronicler of the globalized present. [more]

IMAGES OF LONGING
A talk with Cornelia Schleime

In 2016, the painter Cornelia Schleime received the Hannah Höch Prize from the State of Berlin. Her largest retrospective to date is currently on view at Berlinische Galerie. [more]