Category Archives: Visual Artists

Hoyte van Hoytema

Hoyte van Hoytema is a one of the world’s most sought-after cinematographers. He was born in Switzerland, raised in the Netherlands, educated in Poland, has won awards in Scandinavia and is now the hottest ticket in Hollywood. His film credits … Continue reading

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Olav Westphalen

Olav Westphalen is a German artist educated in America and currently living in Sweden whose work has been exhibited around the world. His most recent solo shows include A Junkie in the Forest: Doing things the Hard Way at Galerie … Continue reading

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Simon Doonan

Simon Doonan is a pint-sized writer, fashion commentator, and the creative ambassador at-large for Barneys after serving as the store’s creative director for 27 years. He is the author of Confessions of a Window Dresser, Wacky Chicks,Nasty (later re-released as … Continue reading

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Sanford Biggers

Sanford Biggers is a Los Angeles-raised artist based in New York whose arresting visual expression through mixed media has intrigued critics and audiences alike for over a decade. His most recent solo exhibition, The Cartographer’s Conundrum, at the Massachusetts Museum … Continue reading

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Carrie Moyer

Carrie Moyer is a prominent American painter who began her career of powerful visual expression as one half of the public art duo Dyke Action Machine! (DAM!) – an early and influential queer agitprop powerhouse that was founded in the … Continue reading

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Sigrid Sandström

Sigrid Sandström is a Swedish painter whose work has been exhibited around the world. She has had a major solo exhibition at The Frye Art Museum in Seattle, WA, and one-person exhibitions at the Inman Gallery in Houston, Galleri Olsson … Continue reading

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Marina Abramović

Marina Abramović, the self-described “grandmother of performance art,” is perhaps one of the most publicly recognizable artists working today. Born and raised in Belgrade, in former Yugoslavia, she began her performance career in the 1970’s, exploring the relationship between artist … Continue reading

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The Gao Brothers

The Gao Brothers are among the best-known artists working in China. Born in a provincial Chinese city during the infamous Cultural Revolution of the ’60s and ’70s, they say Mao Zedong’s government cast a dark shadow over their childhood. But … Continue reading

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Dinh Q. Lê

Dinh Q. Lê is one of the world’s best-known contemporary Vietnamese artists. His signature “photo weavings” – which he creates by weaving photo clippings together using traditional Vietnamese weaving techniques – explore his Vietnamese-American identity and the Vietnam War. Lê … Continue reading

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Tom McCarthy

Tom McCarthy is one of the hottest contemporary writers working in the English language. His work includes Men in Space, Tintin and the Secret of Literature, Remainder and, most recently, C, which was shortlisted for the 2010 Man Booker Prize. … Continue reading

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