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Adrian Piper: A Synthesis of Intuitions, 1965-2016 covers half a century of the conceptual artist and philosopher’s career. It is a retrospective showing that feels firmly rooted in the present, partly because the subject matter Piper is obsessed will never stop being part of our lives, partly because of the aesthetic...

New York-born, LA-based artist Math Bass’ latest show is on view at Mary Boone Gallery’s Fifth Avenue location until July 27th. Housed in a building of suites across from the Plaza Hotel and flanked by upscale retailers Louis Vuitton, Burberry, and Chanel, the gallery has a distinctly upscale vibe. Perhaps it was beca...

Eugenio Dittborn has been producing “airmail paintings” since 1984. Born and based in Santiago, Chile, Dittborn studied art at the University of Chile, then in Paris, Madrid, and West Berlin. Eventually, he began to experience a certain “phobia of painting,” which led to experimentation in rather unconventional materi...

In 1954, Japanese artists Shozo Shimamoto and Jiro Yoshihara formed an avant-garde art group called Gutai. The name means “embodiment” and “concreteness,” the separate kanji character ‘gu’ means tool, measures, or a way of doing something. ‘Tai’ means body—both existing in the physical form of a body, and existing und...

Argentinian born artist Tomás Saraceno is an unconventional renaissance man. First formally trained as an architect, he also holds postgraduate degrees in art and has completed the International Space Studies Program at NASA. He holds the world record for the first and longest certified fully-solar manned flight. He h...

A site-specific commission, Rita McBride’s Particulates is housed in a dark concrete warehouse, next to the Dia Art Foundation Chelsea offices. The sign on the door warns “DO NOT ATTEMPT TO MAKE CONTACT WITH ANY LASER BEAMS!!” I go during the last week of its eight-month long run, with the impression that an air-condi...