Interviews

Born in Portland, Oregon, artist Mike Berg has been interested in abstraction since the early days of his career. Feeling connected to countries such as Turkey, Uzbekistan and Armenia, Berg created his own form of artistic expression through geometrical abstractions created on tapestry.

In August 2015, North America’s most comprehensive international contemporary art fair - Art Basel - announced the appointment of Noah Horowitz to the new position of Director of The Americas. The news regarding the appointment of the Armory director to take over the leadership of Art Basel Miami, less than six months prior to its next edition, stirred up the already restless art scene. Noah Horowitz talks with Artdependence Magazine about his own preferences in art, the sources for his inspirations, and the art market’s adaptation to change.

In an era where intimacy has become a new technology, Gupta counters such franchised interests, by contextualising the lives of the individual, as they manage less to strive but to survive the altering condition of modernity.

In anticipation of the upcoming exhibition Kehinde Wiley: A New Republic at the Brooklyn Museum, Artdependence Magazine reached out to the artist with several questions about his work, his models, and the hidden meanings behind his paintings.

Berna Reale was born in 1965 in Belém, city located in the State of Pará in North Brazil. Recently invited by Luis Camilo Osorio and Cauê Alves to exhibit at the Brazilian Pavillion in the next Biennale de Venezia, she is one of the most prominent Brazilian artists at the moment.

If one thing is clear, it’s that Vincent van Gogh continues to inspire. In this case, he has inspired the creation of the world’s first feature-length painted animation, “Loving Vincent”, produced by Oscar winning film companies Breakthru Films and Trademark Film.

Olaf Breuning, one of the most talented artists of our generation, works in different media. His artwork is shown at fairs and is exhibited worldwide, but he doesn’t make such a big and serious deal out of contemporary art. Have you met artists like this? Humor is his trademark, along with honesty and openness.

Susan Philipsz (born in 1965, Scotland) is an artist, who initially started as a sculptor, and is now best known for her sound installations.

"You're walking in the woods. There's no one around, And your phone is dead. Out of the corner of your eye you spot him... " This is how Rob Cantor's YouTube hit starts. Is this the bohemian rhapsody of the 21-st century?

Nedko Solakov, a Bulgarian artist, well known for his narrative works, combining texts on life observations and all possible media he works in, gave an interview to Artdependence Magazine.