CONVERSATION WITH KARIN HANDLBAUER FROM VIENNA TO GENEVA SHAPING THE CONTEMPORARY ART LANDSCAPE

🔊 Listen to this article Share this article: Nazli Kok Akbas, Art Editor, GENEVA- SWITZERLAND Between intellectual precision and quiet intuition, Karin Handlbauer has shaped a singular voice within the Geneva’s contemporary art scene. Originally trained as an art historian in Austria, she founded Mezzanin Gallery in Vienna before relocating to Geneva, where she continues to …

A FANTASTIC RETURN FROM THE SUMMER BREAK!

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 …

ALL IN ONE, MARCH/APRIL BEST ART SHOWS!

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 …

SOPHIE THUN, WET ROOMS, MUSÉE CANTONAL DES BEAUX-ARTS LAUSANNE, LAUSANNE

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, …

MARISA MERZ, LISTEN TO THE SPACE, KUNST MUSEUM, BERN

MARISA MERZ  LISTEN TO THE SPACE  KUNST MUSEUM  Bern 31 January – 1 June 2025 Curator; Livia Wermuth  Reporter; Nazli Kok Akbas Marisa Merz, Untitled, raw clay, copper wire, tracks.  THE SUBTLE POWER OF MARIZA MERZ’S WORK  The subtle power of Marisa Merz’s work is reflected in a vision that comes from within.  She believed …

FRANCIS BACON, HUMAN PRESENCE, FONDATION GIANADDA, MARTIGNY

FRANCIS BACON HUMAN PRESENCE   In Collaboration with the National Portrait Gallery, London Fondation Pierre Gianadda, 14 FEVRIER- 8 JUNE , MARTIGNY, SWITZERLAND Curator; Rosie Broadley Reporter; Nazli Kok Akbas  19 March, Martiny (Photography copyright, Nazli Kok Akbas,  NKA Art Reports Switzerland-France-Istanbul Photography 2024. All rights reserved) (Detail), Francis Bacon, Portrait, 1962, oil on canvas, The Lambrecht- Schadeberg …

“CORPS ET AMES ” (BODY & SOUL), BOURSE DE COMMERCE, PINAULT COLLECTION, PARIS

 “CORPS ET AMES” (Body & Soul) Bourse de Commerce, Pinault Collection 5 March-25 August Curator: Emma Lavigne Reporter: Nazli Kok Akbas February 8, Paris Zanele Muholi, 1972, Durban, South Africa, Lisholine, Bellcourt, Seattle, 2019, gelatine silver print, Pinault Collection.   Muholi defines herself as a “visual activist”, her work seeks to shed light on a marginalised lesbian …

LOUVRE COUTURE , ART AND FASHION: STATEMENT PIECES, LOUVRE MUSEUM, PARIS

 LOUVRE COUTURE Art and Fashion: Statement Pieces Photography copyright ,Nazli Kok Akbas NKA Art Reports Switzerland-France-Istanbul Photography 2024. All rights reserved. LOUVRE MUSEUM 24 January-21 July Curator; Olivier Gabet,Louvre Museum Reporter; Nazli Kok Akbas NKA ART REPORTS SWITZERLAND-FRANCE-ISTANBUL 9 FEBRUARY, PARIS Giambattista Valli, 1966 (Rome, Italy) The Collection Haute Couture, Fall/Winter 2018-2019  Photography copyright, Nazli Kok Akbas NKA Art …

OLGA DE AMARAL, FONDATION CARTIER, PARIS

OLGA DE AMARAL THE FONDATION CARTIER PARIS From 12 Octobre 2024 to 16 March 2025 Curator; Marine Perennès Architect of the exhibition; Lina Ghotmeh Reported by; Nazli Kok Akbas  8 February 2025,Paris  Photography copyright ,Nazli Kok Akbas NKA Art Reports Switzerland-France-Istanbul Photography 2024. All rights reserved. Estelas,  Olga de Amaral’s “Estelas” are breathtakingly beautiful, they take the form of gilded stelae composed …

ART GENEVE, 13TH WILL REPORT BY NAZLI KOK AKBAS FROM GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

ART GENEVE, 13th Edition 30 January -2 February 2025 PALEXPO,  GENEVA,SWITZERLAND  Will Report by Nazli Kok Akbas  From Geneva, Switzerland NKA ART REPORTS  Switzerland-France-Istanbul Art Genève inaugurates it’s 13Th edition on 30 January Thursday at Palexpo, Geneva,   Launched in 2012, Art Geneva has quickly established itself as a highlight in the international art calendar. The 13th …