Deutsche Bank - ArtMag

issueMay 18

Sun Xun:
The Absurd Theater of the Present

Calligraphy meets Kentridge: With his expressive drawings, murals, and animated films, Sun Xun has become a darling of international curators. [more]

Tender, Curious, and Full of Hope
Thabiso Sekgala Showed a South Africa Beyond the Clichés

With Thabiso Sekgala the South African photography scene lost one of its most promising talents. [more]

Lost in Language
Idris Khan’s contradictory worlds

Whether it’s the gasometers by Bernd and Hilla Becher, stamp poems, or Turner’s sea pieces—everything in the work of the London-based artist Idris Khan is a ghostly depiction. [more]

Views 2015: An Interview with Curators
Katarzyna Kołodziej and Magdalena Komornicka

Initiated in 2003 as a cooperative project with Deutsche Bank, the bank’s foundation, and the Zachęta National Gallery in Warsaw, the “Views” Prize has become the most important award for contemporary Polish art. [more]

"We are always somebody’s stranger"
Three Questions for Simon Njami

As the curator of the trailblazing exhibition “Afrika Remix” (2004) and the cofounder of the art magazine “Revue Noire,” Simon Njami has fundamentally changed our view of contemporary African art. [more]

XENOPOLIS: Deutsche Bank KunstHalle explores
the language of cities

The French philosopher Roland Barthes says that the city is like writing and we are the readers. But how do artists read the city, with all its different languages, customs, rules, and longings? [more]

Bolder, Smarter, More Subversive
A Preview of London’s Frieze Art Fairs

For four days each fall, the British capital becomes a magnet for the international art scene—thanks to Frieze London and Frieze Masters, which lure tens of thousands of visitors to Regent’s Park. [more]