Design
Diego Olivero: MESO and a Global Design Vision
IRK first discovered designer Diego Olivero and MESO at Clic New York, where curator Beatrice Dupire introduced the brand’s distinctive approach to contemporary craft. MESO is a home product company dedicated to original design driven…
Kayla Mary Jane: Image, Faith, and Authorship
Kayla Mary Jane is interested in controlling her narratives rather than participating in those already established. Moving between film, painting, and performance, the New York–based artist approaches each medium as a site of authorship, where…
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…
Antic Tonic: The Art of Curated Obsession
Pacha Salomon on instinct, rarity, and building a modern cabinet of curiosities Born between Paris and Venice, Pacha Salomon, founder and creative director of Antic Tonic, grew up surrounded by antique objects, artworks, and art…
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…
LOVE Art-Icon Reframed Paris Art Week
LOVE at the Bastille Design Center During Paris Art Week, Art-Icon turned one of the city’s most iconic venues into a meditation on desire, identity, and human connection. Art-Icon presented “LOVE” at the Bastille Design…
Les Moulins, Twenty Years of Art
Les Moulins, a former paper mill in Seine-et-Marne, becomes one of France’s most singular contemporary art spaces. Twenty years ago, three friends made a choice. Mario Cristiani, Lorenzo Fiaschi, and Maurizio Rigillo, founders of Galleria…
Hyoid Studio
Between Bone and Porcelain: The Sculptural World of Hyoid Studio Situated somewhere between jewelry, sculpture, and contemporary art. Hyoid Studio has developed a distinctive visual language in which porcelain becomes a living material. Founded by…
