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Marcel Walldorf: Sculptures of Absurdity and Social Contradictions
About Marcel Walldorf Marcel Walldorf is a sculptor based in Frankfurt am Main. His practice translates social observation into accessible, narrative works. He usually starts from everyday situations, social habits, or institutional logic and turns…
Clément Cogitore Chases a Ghost Island in Paris
At Galerie Nathalie Obadia, the French artist turns a forgotten volcanic island into a meditation on memory, power, and disappearance French artist and filmmaker Clément Cogitore opens Ferdinandea, his first solo exhibition with Galerie Nathalie…
House of MARJÓN – The African Apple of Fashion
House of MARJÓN transforms ancestral African knowledge into futuristic forms shaped by spirituality, memory, sacred geometry, and uncompromising craftsmanship. Through House of MARJÓN, Abdulazeez Sani Ibrahim does far more than create striking objects. Born in…
Régine Sarallier: Art, A Quest for Life
At 87, the painter reflects on six decades of creative freedom Born in 1939, Régine Sarallier still commands the space of her Parisian studio in the 15th arrondissement, a sanctuary where she has flourished for…
Luzinterruptus: Lights Up the City
For fifteen years, the Madrid-based collective Luzinterruptus has transformed public space into a site of interruption, reflection, and now, touch. Luzinterruptus is an anonymous art collective. Since 2008, they have worked from Madrid, using light…
OFF Arles Festival 2026
Summer is here, and for IRK that means a trip to Arles to see both the Rencontres d’Arles and the OFF Arles Festival: Images Beyond the Margins. Every summer, Arles becomes one of the leading…
Yves Zurstrassen’s Abstract Paintings
Abstract Painting as Construction and Transformation IRK Magazine had the opportunity to meet Yves Zurstrassen and visit his studio in Viens, in the Vaucluse region of southern France. There, the Belgian artist opened the doors…
Pauline Anna Gudet’s Institutional Art Performance
Inside Pauline Anna Gudet’s fictional system of recognition Pauline Anna Gudet is a Paris-based artist and filmmaker working across art performance, installation, and video. Her practice explores how institutional, corporate, and bureaucratic systems shape identity,…
Cao Fei – Testimonies to the Near Future
From May 30 to October 11, 2026, the Kunstmuseum Basel / Gegenwart presents Testimonies to the Near Future, a major exhibition showcasing the work of Cao Fei. The immersive retrospective explores nearly three decades of…
