Author: Iris
Vicky Tsalamata, an artist based in Athens and Professor Emeritus of Printmaking at the Athens School of Fine Arts, works where image and conscience meet. Her practice merges printmaking, mixed media, and conceptual inquiry to explore the space between ethics and experience, politics and personal truth. Over time, her art has become a mirror for society’s unrest and a method of quiet revolt. For Tsalamata, creating is a form of dialogue—a conversation between the artist and the world, between silence and dissent. Her work resists passivity, using irony, tension, and symbolism to confront the darker forces shaping contemporary life. Color…
Nicola Mastroserio does not concern himself with what is fashionable. He does not create for market cycles or adjust his vision to please buyers. His art turns instead toward what lasts. It is a practice rooted in inquiry—into existence, consciousness, and the unseen patterns that shape our days. His work resists being boxed in by easy labels. It is less about surface and more about essence, a steady meditation on the fact of being alive. Decoration is not his aim. These works are not designed to charm or distract. Each painting stands more like a marker, a signpost pointing inward.…
Miguel Barros paints with the weight of memory and the freedom of movement. Born in Lisbon in 1962, he carries the influence of three countries—Portugal, Canada, and Angola. Each has left its mark on how he sees and creates. When he moved from Angola to Calgary in 2014, he stepped into a new chapter, bringing with him both history and curiosity. His training in Architecture and Design at IADE Lisbon (1984) gave him a sense of order, but his art moves beyond structure. It is fluid, open, and deeply human. For Barros, painting is not about copying the world. It…
Iris van Zanten (1971) has always been drawn to what lingers beneath the visible. After graduating from the Academy of Visual Arts in Amsterdam in 1996, she continued her studies with a Master’s degree in Art History at the Vrije Universiteit. This dual training—making and reflecting—gave her both craft and context. It’s a combination that continues to guide her work. Her paintings aim for essence. She strips away excess, searching for the single gesture, surface, or color that carries the weight of a story. Many of her themes are familiar—mythology, Biblical accounts, archetypes handed down through centuries. Yet rather than…
Lidia Paladino is an Argentine artist whose practice bridges engraving, drawing, and textile work. Her first steps were taken in the world of textiles, where she became fascinated with how cloth can carry memory, rhythm, and personal stories. Later, she turned back to engraving, updating her techniques and allowing both mediums to enrich one another. This shift marked the beginning of a steady, rewarding path—one that brought her recognition, including the First Municipal Prize for Engraving in 2003. Her art exists between two poles: the enduring mark of engraving and the fragile, shifting life of painted silk. This balance gives…
L. Scooter Morris describes herself as a sensory illusionist, and the description fits the way she works. Her paintings are not simple images. They don’t just show what the eye can record. Instead, they linger in the space between memory and perception, taking hold of brief moments and translating them into forms that feel both immediate and lasting. At the core of her practice are what she calls “Sculpted Paintings.” These works carry depth, not just visually but physically. Layers of acrylic and mixed media build upon one another until the canvas seems to press outward, pushing past its boundaries.…
Nancy Staub Laughlin is an American pastel artist and photographer whose work moves between two mediums—the precision of the camera and the softness of pastel. She studied at Moore College of Art in Philadelphia, PA, where she earned her BFA, and since then has exhibited in museums and galleries across the east coast. Her art has appeared in interviews, articles, and has found its way into both private homes and corporate collections. The late critic Sam Hunter once called her vision “refreshingly unique,” and it’s easy to see why. Laughlin’s practice feels balanced between dream and design. She gathers imagery…
The Museum of Modern Art in New York is currently presenting Stephen Prina: A Lick and a Promise, a wide-ranging survey that highlights the artist’s decades-long engagement with performance, sound, and conceptual art. Running through December 13, 2025, the exhibition underscores Prina’s ability to dissolve boundaries between music, spoken word, and visual art. The show includes a restaging of Beat of the Traps, a collaborative performance originally conceived in the early 1990s with Mike Kelley and Anita Pace. Because the work was never formally recorded, MoMA’s version functions as both a reconstruction and a new creation, drawing attention to the ephemeral nature…
As autumn settles in, New York’s galleries and museums are buzzing with fresh exhibitions worth stepping into. From solo spotlights that trace decades of an artist’s vision to thematic group shows and historic retrospectives, the city offers a wide mix of perspectives. Whether you’re drawn to contemporary experiments, photography, or revisiting modern classics, the latest shows on view right now make a strong case for slowing down and spending an afternoon with art. “Karen Kilimnik” at Gladstone 64, New York Dates: September 26 – November 7, 2025 This solo survey of Karen Kilimnik’s work brings together decades of her explorations across media…
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