XIBT Contemporary Art Magazine

04/12/2024

New issue is now OUT and available online!
Inside you can find exclusive interviews with .de.boeck director of , an interview with by Vida Sabbaghi () and by . You can also read about , ,ART•ISAN and more ✨
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On the cover: Portrait of Lisa De Boeck with Jean Boghossian‘s artworks at Steigenberger Icon Wiltcher’s‘s Hotel Brussels ©️ Marilène Coolens ()

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11/09/2024

25/06/2024

CAN, Contemporary Art Now, the art fair on Ibiza blending the excitement of the contemporary art scene with the easy-going attitude of the Mediterranean lifestyle, returns for its third edition 26-30 June 2024. Curated once again by freelance writer and curator Saša Bogojev and organised by the team behind the now located at Matadero Madrid, CAN returns at the slightly earlier time of late June to mark the start of the 2024 summer season on Ibiza. Taking place over five days at the Ibiza fairgrounds in Dalt Vila, just outside Ibiza’s fortified old town, the fair will present the latest in contemporary art with a focus on new and emerging artistic languages as well as more established artists. The 2024 edition features more than 30 galleries from across Europe, Asia, Australasia, South America and North America, presenting the latest in contemporary art. First time participants include Galleria Continua, Xippas, Madragoa and Moisés Pérez de Albéniz. There is also an increased focus on galleries based in the Balearic islands such as L21, Lundgren, La Bibi and Fran Reus Gallery from Mallorca, as well as London’s Gathering Gallery which opens a new gallery on Ibiza in May
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16/05/2024

XIBT #2 2024 IS OUT! On the cover .emmerich
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Inside you can read about , A Visionary Fusion of Sensuality and Identity, in conversation with Co-Pilot and Hania Afifi, Intersections of Creativity: A CENTURY OF BIOMORPHISM at an exclusive interview with Charles Al-Sidaoui, Handle With Care at , The Black Box Theater at in Carmen Herrera Sliding Windows + XIBT Media partner of CAN Art Fair and more..
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29/04/2024

The National Museum of Contemporary Art (EMΣT) in has long been a beacon for provocative and boundary-pushing art, but their current exhibition series, “What if Women Ruled the World?” takes this ethos to a new level. Until November 2024, the museum is showcasing a cycle of exhibitions exclusively dedicated to women artists or those who identify as female. Among the standout artists featured in Part II of this series is .emmerich whose immersive and sensual work invites viewers into a world of vibrant color and complex identity. For her debut in Greece, Emmerich has created a new large-scale, site-specific mural titled “Epicurean Eden,” which dominates the museum’s ground floor foyer and mezzanine. The installation is a multi-layered masterpiece, consisting of several murals, a large frieze on the balcony of the mezzanine, and monumental columns adorned with Emmerich’s signature imagery.
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29/04/2024

In a captivating fusion of art and ambiance, presents his latest exhibition, “EXPLORER: Beyond Fire,” at the esteemed Steigenberger Icon Wiltcher’s Hotel in , coinciding with the prestigious Art Brussels event. Against the backdrop of this iconic city landmark, Boghossian unveils a diverse collection of works that challenge the traditional paradigms of contemporary art, inviting viewers to embark on a journey of exploration and self-discovery.

Special thanks to Norman Mark, General Manager of Steigenberger Icon Wiltcher’s Brussels and .de.boeck Director, Studio Jean Boghossian

Jean Boghossian’s “EXPLORER: Beyond Fire” will be on view till 31 December 2024 at Steigenberger Icon Wiltcher’s Brussels

All photos copyright and courtesy Studio Jean Boghossian

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07/04/2024

For its 26th edition from 4 to 7 April at the Grand Palais Éphémère, the regional and cosmopolitan art fair 2024 was truly in Olympic form. Focused as always on discovery, it welcomed a very select group of exhibitors with a stronger international presence that comprised 136 hand-picked modern and contemporary art galleries from 25 countries. This edition explored two themes: Fragile Utopias. A Focus on the French Scene and Art & Craft, led respectively by guest curators Éric de Chassey and Nicolas Trembley. The Promises sector for young galleries and Solo Show revealed new talents and featured historical figures who deserved to be rediscovered.

136 galleries were selected for the 2024 edition from a total of 291 applicants. With 42 new arrivals compared to 2023, the 2024 selection was marked by the very first participation of several trendsetting European contemporary art galleries: Esther Schipper (Berlin, Paris), Peter Kilchmann (Zurich, Paris), Meessen De Clercq (Brussels), Michel Rein (Paris, Brussels), and Richard Saltoun (London, Rome). They were joined by Poggi, Frank Elbaz, and leading galleries, such as Continua, Lelong & Co, Almine Rech, and Perrotin, who returned that year. 60% of the exhibiting galleries were French, which meant Art Paris could showcase the entire scope of the French gallery ecosystem, from the prominent modern and contemporary art galleries in Paris to galleries across France, while providing support to young galleries. The remaining 40% comprised a selection of foreign galleries that was boosted by the arrival of New York gallery Bienvenu Steinberg & J, Circle Art Agency from Kenya, Etemad from Iran, or London-based Soho R***e. Modern art, which represented 20% of the selection, was characterized by numerous exhibits focusing on surrealism that marked the movement’s 100th anniversary in 2024. First-time exhibitors Antoine Laurentin (Paris, Brussels), Boquet (Paris), and Czech gallery Cermak Eisenkraft provided a breath of fresh air. media partner

08/01/2024

The exhibition Steven Shearer: Sleep, Death’s Own Brothertakes as its point of departure Sleep II (2015), a monumental collage made up of thousands of found images—all of them JPEGs sourced online—depicting people asleep. A breathtaking tour de force balancing color, scale, structure, and subject matter, the sprawling mosaic shows a wide variety of somnolent states, from the peaceful and the comedic to the ecstatic and downright morbid. Titled after a line from Hesiod’s eighth-century BC epic poem Theogony (“Harmful Night, veiled in dusky fog, carries in her arms Sleep, Death’s own brother”), the exhibition revolves around this uneasy proximity (“brotherhood”) between death and sleep, a recurring trope in Shearer’s art. Built around the George Economou Collection’s substantial holdings of Steven Shearer’s work in painting and printed matter, Sleep, Death’s Own Brotherproposes an in-depth look at the oeuvre of this Vancouver-based artist from the transgressive thematic perspective of the lifeless body, which is sometimes truly, sometimes only seemingly dead.
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On view at The George Economou Collection, Athens
18 Jun. 2023 – 15 March 2024