art

Wang Keping Carves Freedom Into Wood

At Galerie Nathalie Obadia, the Chinese, Wang Keping, artist transforms trees into intimate sculptures where nature, bodies, and memory collide At Galerie Nathalie Obadia in Paris, Wang Keping presents Érotique, a solo exhibition bringing together around…

NeSpoon’s lace street art

NeSpoon is one of the most distinct voices in contemporary urban art. She has built an international reputation by transforming the harsh concrete surfaces into delicate street art lace canvases. “The barriers are mostly in…

Frida Kahlo: The Making of an Icon

We Mistake Recognition for Understanding Frida Kahlo is one of the most recognisable artists in the world. But what happens when an image becomes so familiar that it begins to obscure the work itself? That…

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 Régine Sarallier 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…

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

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…