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Last Week to See Halfway Out to Heaven: Nana Wolke at Management
Nana Wolke 00:21:34,333 - -> 00:22:58,625 (Vodevil), 2026 Oil and construction sand on linen 72 x 96 inches / 183 x 243.8 cm All images Courtesy of the artist and Management, New York. Photography by Inna Svyatsky / installshots.art By LARA PAN October 21st, 2026 Nana Wolke draws inspiration for her paintings from experimental film and photographic stills. She examines how systems of access and visibility shape encounters with desire, power, and control.
Last Week to See Halfway Out to Heaven: Nana Wolke at Management Gallery
Nana Wolke 00:21:34,333 - -> 00:22:58,625 (Vodevil), 2026 Oil and construction sand on linen 72 x 96 inches / 183 x 243.8 cm By LARA PAN October 21st, 2026 Nana Wolke draws inspiration for her paintings from experimental film and photographic stills. She examines how systems of access and visibility shape encounters with desire, power, and control.
Overexposed: Art, Technology, and the Body at the Museum of the Moving Image
Peggy Ahwesh, The Third Body By LARA PAN October 15th, 2026 Art in New York sets a high standard this fall, with many remarkable exhibitions. Among them is Overexposed, at the Museum of the Moving Image in Long Island City, which brings a fresh perspective to the relationship between art and science. The result of several years of research by curator Sonia Shechet Epstein, the exhibition is accompanied by a book co-edited with Elisabeth Sherman.
When Time Slows Down: Teodora Axente in Siena
Teodora Axente, Foto di Toni Thorimbert By LARA PAN September 14th Behind the pinkish walls of Siena, there is always more than meets the eye. Famous for its independence and centuries-long rivalry with Florence, Siena was once a powerful autonomous republic. It was also an important stop along the Via Francigena, the medieval pilgrimage route to Rome, and over the centuries the city accumulated extraordinary relics, artworks, and sacred traditions.
Generation X at Deste Foundation
The entrance to DESTE Foundation, Athens, Greece. Photo by Pinelopi Gerasimou By LARA PAN, July 31st, 2026 DESTE Foundation’s exhibitionGeneration X, curated by Massimiliano Gioni, offers a compelling homage to a generation whose cultural impact extends far beyond Douglas Coupland’s seminal novel.
Generation X at Deste Foundation by LARA PAN
The entrance to DESTE Foundation, Athens, Greece. Photo by Pinelopi Gerasimou By LARA PAN, July 31st, 2026 DESTE Foundation’s exhibitionGeneration X, curated by Massimiliano Gioni, offers a compelling homage to a generation whose cultural impact extends far beyond Douglas Coupland’s seminal novel.
250 Years of the Albertina Museum: Collecting, Preservation, and the Future of Art Richard Prince and Other Stories
Richard Prince, Untitled, Cowboy, 1989, courtesy of Richard Prince Studio, copyright Richard Prince By LARA PAN July 22nd, 2026 The Albertina Museum in Vienna is home to one of the world’s most significant collections of graphic art, housed within a former Habsburg residential palace that was once the residence of one of Maria Theresa’s daughters.
Carol Parkinson is inseparable from one of the most relevant and perhaps one of the rare monuments of underground culture from the 1970s
Portrait of Carol Parkinson at Harvestworks Studio A by Rosalie Winard By LARA PAN April 24th, 2026 The name of Carol Parkinson is inseparable from one of the most relevant and perhaps one of the rare monuments of underground culture from the 1970s, a moment when creativity and artistic freedom still existed outside the gravity of market value.
Sediments of Interaction - Introducing Yucen
Yucen, Eware By LARA PAN April 17th, 2026 My recent encounter with Yucen’s work revealed a rigorous and finely attuned inquiry situated at the intersection of art and technology. His practice engages deeply with language, technological systems, and references drawn from medical and computational infrastructures. Grounded in an economy of means, his work activates seemingly simple objects as carriers of complex thought.
Joseph Nechvatal on the Continuity of Digital Mutation
Joseph Nechvatal Destruction, 1981 Graphite on paper. Diptych, Overall 11 x 28 in. By LARA PAN February 26th, 2026 Joseph Nechvatal is widely recognized as a post-conceptual artist and one of the pioneers of digital art, particularly as it related to painting. Both an artist and a theorist, his practice merges conceptual rigor with technological experimentation.
Vertigo in Blue: The Unstable Gaze in Louis Jacquot’s Painting
Portrait: © Louis Jacquot. Courtesy of the artist and Villa Magdalena. Portrait by: Luis Vázquez By LARA PAN February 21st, 2026 The exhibition Tantalo unfolds as a distinctive collaboration with Villa Magdalena, under the discerning direction of Cy Schnabel, within the remarkable architectural setting of the Bibliotheca Vasconcelos in the Buenavista neighborhood of Mexico City.
Movement, Myth, and Ecology in Leonard Martin’s Painting at Templon
Portrait of Léonard Martin © Laurent Edeline By LARA PAN February 12th, 2026 Leonard Martin’s new exhibition, Untitled: Le Chef Menteur, is one of the most refreshing approaches I have encountered in recent years. Drawing on a form of contemporary archaeology rooted in the rituals of Mardi Gras, the young artist translates the past, history, mythology, and collective memory into the language of contemporary painting.
Art Genève: A Space for Rediscovery by Lara Pan
Overview of the Daniel Templon booth By LARA PAN February 2, 2026 We live in a culture driven by novelty and the constant demand for the new, yet Art Genève resists this acceleration by offering a more nuanced rhythm. The fair brings together fresh, forward-looking projects alongside works that rarely circulate within the usual art-fair circuit, allowing for moments of genuine rediscovery rather than spectacle.
Savage Wonder / The Pulse of an Evolving American Myth
Savage Wonder, Beacon NY, Courtesy of Savage Wonder Art Center By LARA PAN December 16th, 2025 Savage Wonder Art Center is a veteran-led nonprofit founded by Christopher Paul Meyer. Originally launched in 2021 as VetRep, the organization adopted its new name upon relocating to Beacon, signaling a broader and more ambitious mission.
The Mirror Effect: Seeing with Two Pairs of Eyes
By CHRISTIAN DOMINGEZ October 17, 2025 WhenIenteredtheChâteaudeMontsoreautoseeTheMirrorEffect,IfeltIwasnotentering alone. It was as if two pairs of eyes were looking. The first was imagined, those of Harald Szeemann, whose way of seeing exhibitions shaped me more than I can say. The second were my own, grounded in years of lived experience with artists and in my almost obsessive search for underlying structures, those invisible architectures that allow an exhibition to hold together and breathe.
THE FIELD at Mennour Gallery: An Exhibition from Outer Space
By LARA PAN September 22, 2025 Over the past few years, the artistic program of Mennour Gallery has stood out for its bold and thoughtful curatorial choices. Among them, the arrival of Liam Everett nearly a decade ago was particularly significant. His practice had already captured my attention long before joining Mennour Gallery, and his approach to painting has often been described as almost alchemical canvases that seem to emerge as if conjured by a kind of painting wizard.
From Twin Quasars to Digital Frontiers at the Whitney Artport Whitney Virtual Space.
By LARA PAN May 22, 2025 The Twin Quasar is a quasar located in the constellation Ursa Major, also known as the Big Bear. It appears as two distinct quasars due to the phenomenon of gravitational lensing. This object holds historical significance as it was the first instance where gravitational lensing was conclusively proven. Remarkably, it is possible to capture the Twin Quasar using amateur astronomical equipment.
STOP: A Science Fiction of Nothing: Marieli Fröhlich at Anthology Film Archives
By LARA PAN April 24, 2025 Marieli Fröhlich compares her film STOP, to a choir of contemporary tableaux vivants, creating harmonies from a wordless score. She likens her role as a director, to that of a conductor of time and space, creating interconnection through the lyrical act of filmmaking. Fröhlich's method begins by asking random people on the street to close their eyes and remain motionless for a fixed duration recorded by her camera.
A tribute to Hélène de Beauvoir “The Woman Destroyed”
By LARA PAN February 20, 2025 These days, I have decided to write more about women artists and remind us of the important legacy they left behind. We are living in a time when it is crucial to look back at history and recognize the progressive thinking that Simone and Hélène de Beauvoir contributed to our world. Hélène de Beauvoir (1910–2001), the younger sister of Simone de Beauvoir, was a French painter known for her lyrical, semi-abstract style and her deep commitment to feminist causes.
The Death of Mel Ramsden (1944-2024): one of the fathers of Conceptual Art has passed away
Press release Montsoreau, Tuesday 23 July 2024 It is with deep sadness that the Château de Montsoreau - museum of contemporary art announces the death of Mel Ramsden, who died in Banbury on Tuesday 23 July 2024 at the age of 79. An internationally renowned conceptual artist and leading member of the Art & Language group, Mel Ramsden leaves behind a major artistic and intellectual legacy that will continue to inspire and challenge.
The Crepuscule or The Sunshine of Olympics
By LARA PAN June 19, 2024 If you happen to be in Athens this summer, don’t miss the exquisite installation by German artist Olaf Nicolai. Two photographs are displayed on billboards, titled “I never look at you from the place from which you see me”, organized by Tavros Space, are presented opposite the Panathenaic Stadium in central Athens and are visible until the 7th of July.
Future Paint: Nick Fudge’s Emergence from the Underground
By LARA PAN April 28, 2024 In an exciting new exhibition, Kelly-McKenna Gallery in Spring Lake, New Jersey, offers a fresh perspective into the future of mark-making within a society heavily reliant on technology – aptly named Future Paint. The show, which runs from April 11 - May 19, 2024, highlights three British multidimensional artists well situated in their fields: Nick Fudge, Charley Peters, and KOMPLY.
“The Sugar Shack by Ernie Barnes” or “Strange Consequences of Extraordinary Serendipities” with Writings by Archie Shepp (Part One)
By LARA PAN April 15, 2024 Ernie Barnes, born in segregated Durham, North Carolina in 1938, was an American painter, actor, and football player. Recently, by a stroke of serendipity, documentation related to Ernie Barnes found its way to my writing desk — thereby sparking a significant turn in my work. His iconic painting The Sugar Shack (1976) has left an indelible mark on cultural history.
London's Echo: Cecilia Fiona: Weaving Time Spinning Spine
By LARA PAN January 7, 2024 When approaching the review of an exhibition, writers often navigate two distinct perspectives – one for those who will witness the exhibition firsthand and another for those who will experience it vicariously through the writer's portrayal. This dualistic approach necessitates a nuanced exploration, catering to both immediate observers and those reliant on the writer's skill in conveying the exhibition's essence from a distance.
Summer Vibes: Dance de Luxe
By LARA PAN, August 2023 During my annual summer visit to Europe in June, a heat wave was already kicking in the Croatian capital of Zagreb, due to climate change. I was a guest at the opening of the unusual collaboration between Croatian artist Mariana Pende and German artist Olaf Nicolai.
Who You Staring At?: Visual Culture of the No Wave Scene in the 1970s and 1980s at the Centre Pompidou Paris
By LARA PAN, May 2023 One of the smallest but most interesting exhibitions marking 2023 is Who You Staring At?: Visual Culture of the No Wave Scene in the 1970s and 1980s, now at the Centre Pompidou Paris (Level 4) until June 19th. It is wonderfully curated by Nicolas Ballet, a media art historian and curator at the new media department there. The title of Ballet’s show borrows its title from Who You Staring At?, a 1982 Giorno Poetry Systems LP with John Giorno and Glenn Branca.
Lara Pan at Art Paris 2023
By LARA PAN April, 2023 I wanted to shine a spotlight on several American and international artists showing at Art Paris 2023... The Art Paris fair is an annual event that showcases a wide range of contemporary and modern art from all over the world, with a particular focus on American and French art. The fair features work by both emerging and established artists, and attracts a diverse audience of art collectors, curators, and enthusiasts.
Interview with Seçkin Pirim
Seçkin Pirim: Retreat Dirimart, Istanbul Turkey December 1 through 30, 2022 By LARA PAN, January 2023 Seçkin Pirim’s latest exhibition provides an opportunity for viewers to question the chaotic nature of the contemporary moment while simultaneously allowing them to gain insight into their own personal transformations.
A DISTINCT FORCE SWEEPS THROUGH THE MANIFESTO OF FRAGILITY: The 16th Lyon Biennale of Contemporary Art
The 16th Lyon Biennale of Contemporary Art By LARA PAN October, 2022 It happened that this past September I had a chance to explore the 16th Lyon Biennale curated by Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellarth. It’s been very long since last I visited the Lyon Biennale—perhaps not since 2011 for The terrible beauty is born, when Thierry Raspail was the artistic director and Victoria Noorthoorn, the curator.
A Walk Through Le Musée sentimental d’Eva Aeppli at the Centre Pompidou Metz
By LARA PAN, July 2022 If you’re an art lover who happens to stop by France this summer or fall, it will be incumbent upon you to pay a visit to the Centre Pompidou Metz. The city of Metz belongs to northeastern France, situated at the confluence of the Moselle and Seille rivers, northwest of Strasbourg and south of the Luxembourg frontier.
Interview with Choong Sup Lim
Installation view of Choong Sup Lim: Stroke. Courtesy of Shin Gallery, New York, 2021. Choong Sup Lim: Stroke Shin Gallery December 7, 2021 through January 15, 2022 By LARA PAN, January 2022 It was a delight to visit Choong Sup Lim in his studio in Tribeca. A renowned Korean artist living in New York, he told me that his creative process is bound up with his daily early morning walks by the Hudson River.
The Landscapes of Desire and Oblivion
Claudia Coca, Frutos de la Nueva España, apres, Vicente Albán. Courtesy of the artist and Ethan Cohen Gallery. Claudia Coca: The Landscapes of Desire and Oblivion Ethan Cohen Gallery, New York September 9 through October 11, 2021 By LARA PAN, September 2021 Recently my attention has been caught by an exhibition of Claudia Coca’s at the Ethan Cohen Gallery. There is a strong relationship between nature, people, and the human condition, which few artists have the ability to articulate.
Conversations with Marie-Caroline Chaudruc and Kenneth Goldsmith
Kenneth Goldsmith at Château de Montsoreau – Museum of contemporary art. By LARA PAN, July 2021 Around five years ago, a beautiful renaissance castle in the Loire Valley was transformed into the Museum of Contemporary Art. This private museum, beside the progressive and international program, contains one of the most important collections of Art & Language today.
Interview with Ak2deru: The Sound of Rome
Ak2deru, monosema, 2019. Ash on paper, 140 x 250 cm / 55 x 98.4 in. Courtesy of the artist. Ak2deru: li molti e molti Hyunnart Studio, Rome May 12 through June 30, 2021 By LARA PAN, July 2021 The focus of this interview is Rome-based composer, painter, and sound artist, Ak2deru. I discovered his work accidentally on Instagram, and felt compelled to ask him, are these visual pieces somehow related to sound?
Interview with Ali Banisadr
Ali Banisadr, The Messenger, 2021. Oil on Linen, 72 x 160 inches. Courtesy of the artist. These Specks of Dust: Ali Banisadr Kasmin Gallery May 6 through June 26, 2021 By LARA PAN, June 2021 These Specks of Dust, an exhibition that I visited at the Kasmin Gallery, is perhaps one of the most complex exhibitions of the Iranian-American artist Ali Banisadr.
Lara Pan Around the New York Art World: Sean Kelly Gallery - "Tone" by Sam Moyer, and "Tension Field" by Ilse D’Hollander
Installation view, Sam Moyer, Tone, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York By LARA PAN April, 2021 I finally had the chance to visit an exquisite exhibition at the Sean Kelly Gallery in New York.
When Gesture Becomes Event at Künstlerhaus Wien
Anna Artaker, THE CLOTH OF STATE, 2020, Installation view By LARA PAN March, 31, 2021 Ko gesta postane dogodek/Wenn die geste zum ereignis wird (8. 12. 2020–5. 4. 2021 at Künstlerhaus Wien gallery) is an intermedia collaborative art exhibition in Vienna made in collaboration between 16 Slovenian and Austrian women artists.
Interview with Jonathan Meese
Jonathan Meese, TEUFELSWEHRWOLF. Courtesy of the artist. By LARA PAN, February 2021 In my art quest across Europe I had the chance to be a part of a brilliant and very timely exhibition in the beautiful city of Antwerp. A world famous painter and multi-media artist Jonathan Meese prepared a somewhat cryptic set of artifacts for the Tim Van Laere Gallery.
WM | whitehot magazine of contemporary art | All About Irwin
IRWIN, Golden Smile, 2003, color photography. Photo by Tomaž Gregorič. By LARA PAN, February 2021 I am still in the beautiful city of Ljubljana, a place of cultural crossover between east and west, slowly but surely writing a history of contemporary art. Everyone who has visited Ljubljana and belongs to art the community knows about NSK Neue Slowenische Kunst and IRWIN. This is perhaps one of the oldest artist collectives still active today. So, as Irwin asked a while ago, Was ist Kunst?
Lara Pan Interviews Artist Minjung Kim
Installation view Minjung Kim ©Hill Art Foundation. Photo by Matthew Herrmann. Minjung Kim Hill Art Foundation Through February 2021 By LARA PAN, December 2020 LARA PAN: This is your first survey exhibition at the Hill Foundation in New York City. I’ve been following your work for quite a long time now, and what I like the most about it is its sense of evolution.
Interview with Minjung Kim
Installation view Minjung Kim ©Hill Art Foundation. Photo by Matthew Herrmann. Minjung Kim Hill Art Foundation Through February 2021 By LARA PAN, December 2020 LARA PAN: This is your first survey exhibition at the Hill Foundation in New York City. I’ve been following your work for quite a long time now, and what I like the most about it is its sense of evolution.
Lara Pan Interviews Artist Mathias Kessler
Mathias Kessler, Ilulissat 011Y, Greenland, From the series "Secluded Nights“, 2007, Dom Museum Wien, Otto Mauer Contemporary. Photo: Mathias Kessler. Fragile Creation Dom Museum (Vienna) October 1, 2020 through August 28, 2021 By LARA PAN, November 14, 2020 The following conversation took place in Vienna Austria for Whitehot Magazine... Lara Pan:You’re one of the artists featured in the Fragile Creation exhibition at the Dom Museum in Vienna.
Lara Pan in Conversation with Izvor Pende
Izvor Pende, Daniel Richter, Swimming Together 2018
Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb By LARA PAN September, 2020 LARA PAN: Your work is in good international collections and you have collaborated with some extraordinary painters. Who are you? Can you introduce yourself to Whitehot Magazine's readers? IZVOR PENDE: I studied painting in Düsseldorf, where I lived for many years. I currently live in Dubrovnik where I have a studio.
Interview with Carolee Schneemann
“I began to motorize paintings in my constructions because men hadn’t done that.” I’ve had this interview on my mind now for several years, and to be able to conduct it at this time is opportune, especially nowadays, with the way that history seems to be repeating itself. Caroline Schneemann’s work is relevant to current events, in the same way that it was during the important political changes that took place during the 1960s and ‘70s.
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