Kunstforum International is a bi-monthly magazine for contemporary art. [1] Every issue has about 350 pages with a first part on a specific theme and in-depth articles on contemporary art, a part with interviews with artists and art professionals, a part with exhibition reviews, and essays.
The magazine was established in 1973 in Cologne by Dieter Bechtloff and published in book-like form. [2]
Desiderius Orban, was a renowned Hungarian painter, printmaker and teacher, who, after emigrating to Australia in 1939 when in his mid-50s, also made an illustrious career in that country.
Benjamin Heisenberg is a German film director and screenwriter. He has directed sixteen films since 1995. His film Schläfer was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival. His 2010 film, The Robber, was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival.
The Eight was an avant-garde art movement of Hungarian painters active mostly in Budapest from 1909 to 1918. They were connected to Post-Impressionism and radical movements in literature and music as well, and led to the rise of modernism in art culture.
Andy Denzler is a Swiss artist. His distinctive technique of distorting the freshly applied surface of his paintings has shaped his entire oeuvre in painting, printmaking, sculpture and drawing.
Michael Najjar is a German artist, adventurer and Future Astronaut. He lives and works in Berlin. In his artwork he takes a complex critical look at the technological forces shaping and drastically transforming the early 21st century.
Zero was an artist group founded in the late 1950s in Düsseldorf by Heinz Mack and Otto Piene. Piene described it as "a zone of silence and of pure possibilities for a new beginning". In 1961 Günther Uecker joined the initial founders. ZERO became an international movement, with artists from Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Switzerland, and Italy.
Susan Hefuna is a German-Egyptian visual artist. She works in a variety of media, including drawing, photography, sculpture, installation, video and performance. She lives and works between Cairo, Egypt and Germany.
Eva Grubinger is an Austrian sculptor and installation artist.
Lil Picard, born Lilli Elisabeth Benedick, was a cabaret actress, artist, journalist and critic, born in Landau, Germany, who took part in several generations of counterculture and avant-garde art in Berlin and in New York City.
Christian Falsnaes is a Danish artist living and working in Berlin, Germany.
The Haupt Collection entitled "Thirty Pieces of Silver — Art and Money" is a thematic Berlin-based collection of contemporary art curated by Stefan Haupt. The collection is dedicated to the topic of money all media. It is shown in rotating exhibitions in both national museums and art galleries, as well as by appointment in the space of Haupt's Law Firm.
Kehrer Verlag is an art book publisher based in Heidelberg, Germany, specializing in photography, fine art, and sound art. Its books are produced in cooperation with Kehrer Design, the affiliated office for design and image processing.
The 55th Venice Biennale was an international contemporary art exhibition held in 2013. The Venice Biennale takes place biennially in Venice, Italy. Artistic director Massimiliano Gioni curated its central exhibition, "The Encyclopedic Palace".
Frantiček Klossner is a Swiss artist based in Bern, known for creating video art, installations, performance, drawings and visual poetry.
Christoph Doswald is a Swiss publicist, curator und university lecturer.
Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz, is an American interdisciplinary artist of Puerto Rican descent born in The Bronx, NY and based in Orlando, FL.
Bernard Ruiz-Picasso is a businessman and art collector. He is the grandson of Pablo Picasso and the son of Paul and Christine Ruiz-Picasso. He curates international exhibitions dedicated to Pablo Picasso.
Christina Steinbrecher-Pfandt is an international art curator and director, and co-founder together with Micha Anthenor Benoliel of Blockchain.art, a digital platform for artists and collectors. She was part of the founding team that rebranded Austria’s biggest contemporary art fair, viennacontemporary.
Since 1975, the Goslarer Kaiserring award has been given, by the city of Goslar, to a distinguished international artist of modern and contemporary art. The award is for artists whose work has given the contemporary art significant impetus. The prize consists of an aquamarine set in gold, in which the seal of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1050–1106) is engraved. It is made every year by the goldsmith Hadfried Rinke from Worpswede.
Christoph David Drange is a German artist, best known for his use of digital found-objects in post-digital paintings of contemporary influencers and social media symbolism.