PAT ANDREA C O N V E R S A T I O N WITH THE MASTER OF THE NEW SUBJECTIVITY MOVEMENT Nazli Kok Akbas Art Editor, Geneva-Switzerland The exhibition PAT ANDREA, “La Visite Surprise” at the Sonia Zanettacci Gallery generated a real buzz during Geneva Art Week in September. The renowned Geneva-based gallery has created a wonderful …
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YAYOI KUSAMA A SUPERSTAR IS IN BASEL 12 OCTOBRE 2025 – 25JANUARY 2026 THE FOUNDATION BEYELER, Basel, Switzerland Nazli Kok Akbas, Art Editor, Geneva,Switzerland … ‘I’m wide awake, my eyes won’t shut inside my head it’s cold and wet with raindrops I want you let me sleep what is this madnes in …
CONVERSATION WITH SUNHEE CHOI CO-DIRECTOR OF CHOI & CHOI GALLERY, ON THE SOUTH KOREAN ART MARKET AS ‘A RISING STAR’ Nazli Kok Akbas, Art Editor , 4 October 2025, Geneva, Switzerland Sunhee Choi (Courtesy of CHOI & CHOI Gallery) K-pop singers are moving global audiences, Bong Joon-ho’s captivating film ‘Parasite’ grossed approximately 258 million dollars worldwide. Meanwhile, Frieze Art …
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WHAT A FANTASTIC RETURN FROM THE SUMMER BREAK! Nazli Kok Art Reports, Geneva, Switzerland Pat Andrea, ‘ Les Caissons bleus’ 2024, September is well known as the time of new beginnings. After a wonderful summer break, it is time to return to reality, gently yet enthusiastically. While discussions focus on the instability of world politics …
A PERFECT SWISS TOUCH! THE FONDATION BEYELER PRESENTS MAJOR ART SHOWS OF THIS SUMMER! Nazli Kok Akbas, Art editor, Geneva- Switzerland Vija Celmins, Gun with Hand # 1, 1964 .Oil on canvas. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. The Fondation Beyeler is internationally renowned for its high-calibre exhibitions, its significant collection of modern and …
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ART MARKET OH LA LA! THE LALANNES Why are the collectors willing to pay any price? Nazli Kok Akbas ART EDITOR, Geneva-Switzerland Francois-Xaivier and Claude Lalanne,Photo Bruno Barbey, Credit Magnum photos.Courtesy of Sotheby’s Ostriches are among the most distinctive and unusual birds on the planet. They are striking examples of the diversity and strangeness of …
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HAS SPRING SPRUNG THIS YEAR FOR THE ART MARKET ? Nazli Kok Art Reports Marlene Dumas, (B.1953), Miss January, (detail) Spring auctions in New York kicked off this week, with lots of items up for grabs. The spring art sales in New York have always served as an indicator of the state of the art market. Despite …
ALL IN ONE ! March /April, 2025 Best Art Shows Reporter; Nazli Kok Akbas NKA ART REPORTS Switzerland-France-Istanbul Marlene Dumas, Blindfolded, 2002 Corps et Ames, Bourse de Commerce, Paris.Nazli Kok Art Reports Miriam Cahn, Ritual, 2002, The exhibition“Corps et Ames”, which brings together around one hundred works from the Pinault Collection to explore the representation of the body …
OSCAR GHEZ, A PASSIONATE ART COLLECTOR Treasures of the Petit Palais Geneva FONDATION DE L’HERMITAGE, Lausanne 24.January-01.June Curators;Slyvie Wuhrmann Aurelie Couvreur Corinne Currat Reporter; Nazli Kok Akbas Felix Vallotton,(1865-1925, France) Nu couché au tapis Rouge, 1909, Oil on Canvas.The Fondation Petit Palais, Geneva. In spring 2025, the Fondation de l’Hermitage, Lausanne, Switzerland, hosts a particuarly unusual collection of impressionnist …
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SOPHIE THUN WET ROOMS MUSEE CANTONAL DES BEAUX-ARTS LAUSANNE 14.MARCH – 10.AUGUST Curator; Pierre-Henri Foulon Reporter; Nazli Kok Akbas ‘To reproduce oneself is to disappear and even the most basic asexualized being is rarefied by reproduction. Those who reproduce themselves do not die if, by death, we understand the passage from life to decomposition, …
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