KALEIDOSCOPE ASIA launching in Singapore

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We are delighted to introduce KALEIDOSCOPE ASIA. Based out of Singapore, launched in partnership with Shanghai-based organization Arthub and sponsored by Value Retail, this is the first issue of the brand new, biannual and bilingual (Chinese/English) sibling edition of KALEIDOSCOPE dedicated to contemporary art and culture from the Asia Pacific region.

Under the visionary art direction of acclaimed Munich-based Bureau Mirko Borsche, the magazine combines its defining curatorial and interdisciplinary approach with an emphasis on the power of images and a keen attention to the update, as best epitomized by new cover tagline: “Visual Culture Now.”

In the opening section of HIGHLIGHTS, 12 profiles account for the best of the season: Guan Xiao (by Pablo Larios), Ming Wong (by Binghao Wong), Ma Yansong (MAD) (by Beatrice Leanza), Matsumoto Toshio (by Alexander Shulan), Zhao Yao (by Venus Lau), Aaajiao (by Leo Xu), Takuro Kuwata (by Jeffrey Uslip), Maria Taniguchi (by Joselina Cruz), Duddell’s (by Robin Peckham), Li Ran (by Ho Rui An), Nattofranco (by Xerxes Cook), and Cheng Ran (by Mariagrazia Costantino).

To follow, our signature MAIN THEME section is devoted to altered realities, possible futures, fictionalized histories, visions at the border of utopia and dystopia, framed by the urban landscape of Asia’s “cities on the move.” The survey is composed of four extensive interviews with iconic artists from different Asian countries, including Cao Fei (by Gavin Wade); Mr. (by Alessio Ascari); Ho Tzu Nyen (by Francesca Girelli), and Moon Kyungwon & Jeon Joonho (by Hans Ulrich Obrist).

To follow, this issue’s MONO section is dedicated to Chinese artist Yang Fudong, whose work sits between the traditions of cinema and visual art and resonates with the decadent aura of Shanghai in the 1920s and 1930s, revealing the artist’s passionate attraction to beauty and a rarified approach to the haunting questions of contemporary life. This definitive monographic survey comprises an essay by Davide Quadrio and Noah Cowan, an interview by Li Zhenhua and original portraits by Ka Xiaoxi.

Later on, the VISIONS section invites the eye to an enthralling journey across almost 100 pages of visual contributions by artists, curators and image-makers, including: Liu Chuang, Love Story; Hajime Sorayama; Chen Tianzhuo; Keizo Kitajima, Photo Express: Tokyo; Timur Si-Qin, Premier Machinic Funerary; Birdhead; and Korakrit Arunanondchai.

Lastly, the closing section of REGULARS features our insightful columns on the past, present and future of art and culture: PRODUCERS features Carson Chan’s conversation with Ballistic Architecture Machine; in FUTURA 89+, Hans Ulrich Obrist and Simon Castets interview young artist Ho Rui An; Melanie Pocock decodes Singapore’s art scene as part of the PANORAMA series; and in PIONEERS Fredi Fischli and Niels Olsen talk to Japanese artist Keiichi Tanaami.

And on a final note, very exciting news: Parallel to the launch of the new Asia edition and in coincidence with Art Stage Singapore, Kaleidoscope opens a pop-up gallery at Gillman Barracks, the contemporary arts cluster of Singapore. Kaleidoscope’s temporary gallery will host a two-person exhibition of Japanese living legend Keiichi Tanaami and young Chinese artist Chen Tianzhuo—who is also the cover story of the first issue. It will be the first of an itinerant series of exhibitions and events throughout Asia, pursuing our idea that the magazine is an open platform that can exist in print, online, and live.

Issue 23 (winter 2015):
Visual Culture Now

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Welcome to KALEIDOSCOPE #23 (winter 2015). Following the recent, successful redesign by Bureau Mirko Borsche, we are back with a brand new issue. The new formula is taking shape, new columnists and contributors are joining our ranks, and a lot of enthusiastic research went into curating the most compelling content out there.

In the opening section of HIGHLIGHTS, 12 profiles account for the best of the season: Jason Matthew Lee (by Alexander Shulan), Daniel Baumann (by Aoife Rosenmeyer), Marilyn Minter (by Gianni Jetzer), Magali Reus (by Ruba Katrib), Know Wave Radio (by Alexandre Stipanovich), Beatrice Gibson (by George Vasey), Catherine Ahearn (by Tobias Czudej), K-Hole (by Kevin McGarry), Jamian Juliano-Villani (by Joshua Abelow), Alessandro Bava (by Francesco Garutti), Zhao Yao (by Venus Lau), and Idea Books (by Xerxes Cook).

At a time when feminism resurges both in critical discourse and media headlines, while at the same time entering a list of words overdue to be banned, our signature MAIN THEME section is devoted to a reconsideration of female identities and role models. “POST WOMAN” is composed of a think tank, a think piece by Natasha Stagg and five interviews, including with Juliana Huxtable (by Andrew Durbin), Amalia Ulman (by Francesca Gavin), Judith Bernstein (by Hanne Mugaas), Massimiliano Gioni on “La Mamma” (with Pietro Rigolo), and Girls Like Us (by Felix Burrichter).

To follow, this issue’s MONO section and cover story are dedicated to Norwegian artist Ida Ekblad. Fueled by an outright marvel for this thing called art, her work is distinguished by an extreme degree of impatience and prolificness. Her shift and turns are the result of a feverish engagement with pure materiality, synthesized with popular culture and animated by alien transformations. This definitive monographic survey comprises an essay by Peter J. Amdam, an interview by Cory Arcangel and an original portrait by Sølve Sundsbø. In addition, parallel to the editorial feature, a limited-edition silkscreen by Ida Ekblad will be launched as the first of a series of artists editions presented in partnership by KALEIDOSCOPE and Counter Editions.

Later on, the VISIONS section invites the eye to an enthralling journey across almost 100 pages of visual contributions by artists, curators and image-makers, including Tobias Zielony, “Jenny Jenny”; Mr.; “Chicago”: Barbara Crane and Tony Lewis; David Douard in Los Angeles; Jonas Wood; “Alliantecnik,” curated by Alessio Ascari; Timur Si-Qin, “Premier Machinic Funerary”; and Graham Little.

Lastly, the closing section of REGULARS features our insightful columns on the past, present and future of art and culture: PRODUCERS features Carson Chan’s conversation with Ballistic Architecture Machine; in FUTURA 89+, Hans Ulrich Obrist and Simon Castets interview young artist Philipp Timischl; Andrey Bold questions Tokyo’s art scene as part of the PANORAMA series; in PIONEERS Fredi Fischli and Niels Olsen talk to cult Swiss designers Trix and Robert Haussmann; and in the first installment of RENAISSANCE MAN, Jeffrey Deitch celebrates the art of choreographer Karole Armitage.

On a final note, very exciting news: get your hands on KALEIDOSCOPEʼs new sibling Asia edition, launched in January 2015 in partnership with Arthub Asia. Find out more at www.kaleidoscope.media/asia.

KALEIDOSCOPE x Counter Editions: Ida Ekblad

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KALEIDOSCOPE is delighted to announce the release of Ida Ekblad’s screen-print Picture Phosphorescence, the Pure, Again (2015). This is the first in a series of limited editions produced in partnership with Counter Editions, UK’s leading website for buying contemporary art.

Employing the inherent block-building process of screen printing, the Norwegian artist has created a print of competing colors and surfaces. Using a special additive, the final screened layer of white ink used for the graffiti figures and calligraphy is passed under a special heater, causing the ink to rise.

This edition is released on the occasion of a definitive monographic survey on Ida Ekblad that serves as the cover story of KALEIDOSCOPE’s current issue #23, comprised of an essay by Peter J. Amdam, an interview by Cory Arcangel, and an original portrait by photographer Sølve Sundsbø.

Edition of 75
4-colour screen-print using ink with Puff Additive
on Somerset Tub Sized Satin 410gsm
60 x 42 cm (24 x 16.5 in)
Signed numbered and dated by the artist on the reverse
550 EUR

See more and buy at countereditions.com, and stay tuned for more editions from this collaborative series coming up soon.

KALEIDOSCOPE in New York

March 5–8, 2015

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KALEIDOSCOPE is delighted to announce the upcoming participation in Independent and the Armory Show, New York.

Opening from March 5 to 8 in the heart of the Chelsea gallery district at 548 West 22nd Street, this year’s edition of Independent will feature over 50 international galleries and non-profit institutions.

Come and find KALEIDOSCOPE on the rooftop floor, and get your copy of issue 23 (winter 2015) and of the first issue of KALEIDOSCOPE Asia, our new sibling edition dedicated to contemporary art and culture from the Asia-Pacific region. RO/LU‘s ’s sculptural furniture from the series “Surfaces On Which Your Setting and Sitting Will Be Uncertain” will offer a unique display for the magazine.

On the occasion of the monographic section and cover story of issue 23 dedicated to Norwegian artist Ida Ekblad, KALEIDOSCOPE‘s space at Independent will also showcase her limited-edition screen-print Picture Phosphorescence, the Pure, Again (2015). The first in a series of limited editions produced by KALEIDOSCOPE in partnership with Counter Editions, UK’s leading website for buying contemporary art, Ekblad’s screen-print will be available to purchase on site.

In addition, KALEIDOSCOPE will be available in the collective booth at the Armory Show, which opens from March 5 to 8 at Piers 92 & 94, New York; and distributed in the best bookshops and newsstands around town.

KALEIDOSCOPE Asia in Hong Kong

March 12–17, 2015

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KALEIDOSCOPE Asia is delighted to announce its participation in Art Basel Hong Kong, the international contemporary art fair of Hong Kong held from March 15 to 17 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC). Come visit us at Booth 32 in the magazine section, and get a copy of KALEIDOSCOPE Asia‘s inaugural issue.

In addition, join us on Tuesday, March 17 at 3pm at Art Basel Hong Kong’s Salon, where editor-in-chief Alessio Ascari will be part of the panel discussion “Into Asia: Publishing Asian Editions.”

Art Basel Hong Kong will also be the site for the promotional launch of the new KALEIDOSCOPE Magazine digital app, realized in partnership with Exact Editions. Thanks to its geolocation capabilities, the app will be exclusively available for free to all attendants of the fair, who will be able to access and read current and back issues on their iPad and iPhone.

Lastly, stepping out of the fair, KALEIDOSCOPE will team up with K11 Art Foundation, Pilar Corrias and Leo Xu Projects as media partner of The Tell-Tale Heart, a group exhibition featuring aaajiao, Ian Cheng, Cheng Ran, Guo Hongwei, Koo Jeong A, Ken Okiishi, and Rirkrit Tiravanija. Don’t miss the opening reception and performance by Rirkrit Tiravanija on Thursday, 12 March, 5 to 8pm, at Chi Art Space.

Launched in partnership with Arthub Asia and sponsored by Value Retail, KALEIDOSCOPE Asia is the brand new, biannual and bilingual (Chinese/English) sibling edition of KALEIDOSCOPE dedicated to contemporary art and culture from the Asia Pacific region.

Issue 24—spring/summer 2015

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We are pleased to announce the release of Kaleidoscope #24 (spring/summer 2015). It’s going to be a hot season for the art world this year, with the Venice Biennale opening its doors in May and major art fairs calling our presence back and forth between continents. Nonetheless, preparing this edition, we are also hoping it will keep readers company—and fresh!—during their much-awaited holiday break.

In the opening section of HIGHLIGHTS, 11 profiles Aaccount for the best of the season: Bunny Rogers (by Hanne Mugaas), Eric Mack (by Beau Rutland), Anicka Yi (by Alexander Shulan), Ibrahim Mahama (by George Vasey), Guccivuitton (by Gean Moreno), Holly Herndon (by Bianca Stoppani), Nancy Lupo (by Jay Ezra Nayssan), Études Studio (by Christopher Schreck), Than Hussein Clark (by Dan Munn), Ming Wong (by Binghao Wong), and Mélanie Matranga (by Martha Kirszenbaum).

As the logo reasserts its place in popular culture and a new generation of artists explores and challenges notions of branding, LOGOMANIA™ is the title of our signature MAIN THEME section—composed of a trend overview by Alessio Ascari, , which investigates art’s obsession with brands in recent art history; a fashion think piece by Trey Taylor; and four artist interviews, including Mark Flood (by Jeff Elrod), Ilja Karilampi (by Peter J. Amdam), Metahaven (by Nav Haq), and Cory Arcangel (by Jacob Ciocci).

To follow, this issue’s MONO section is dedicated to the great German painter Albert Oehlen. Unified by a brilliant understanding of the semiotics of images, and agitated by a humorous take on the false dichotomy of good and bad taste, his practice unfolds through a set of constraints and a brutally harsh interior dialogue—setting up a little chess game between the painter and the canvas. This definitive monographic survey comprises an essay by John Corbett and an interview by Fredi Fischli and Niels Olsen.

Later on, the VISIONS section invites the eye to an enthralling journey across a hundred pages of visual contributions by artists, curators and image-makers, including: Simon Denny, Sam Falls, KAWS, Huma Bhabha, Tianzhuo Chen, George Dureau, Laura Owens & Asha Schechter, and Willa Nasatir.

Lastly, the closing section of REGULARS features our insightful columns on the past, present and future of art and culture: in PIONEERS Fredi Fischli and Niels Olsen talk influences with Dan Graham; PRODUCERS features Carson Chan exploring the abyss with William Warmus; Jeffrey Deitch advocates Art for All for his RENAISSANCE MAN column; in FUTURA 89+, Hans Ulrich Obrist and Simon Castets interview young artist Darja Bajagić; Milovan Farronato and Goshka Macuga share memories of Stromboli as part of the PANORAMA series.

And to bring Kaleidoscope with you anytime, anywhere, download the newly launched digital version, now available—alongside our new sister publication Kaleidoscope Asia—on the App Store.

Issue 24 in Basel and on the App Store

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KALEIDOSCOPE is delighted to announce its participation in Art Basel, the international art fair held from June 13 to 17 at Messe Basel, Switzerland.

Come by our booth in the Magazines sector and get your copy of Issue 24, our spring/summer edition designed to keep readers company—and fresh!—during their much-awaited holiday break. At the booth you will also find Ida Ekblad’s limited-edition screenprint recently released in collaboration with Counter Editions as well as an exclusive preview of our brand new merchandise items made by Études Studio exclusively for Kaleidoscope. In addition, Issue 24 is available to browse and buy at the bookshop of Liste, Basel’s parallel art fair dedicated to new galleries and young art.

For all attendants of Art Basel and Liste, the KALEIDOSCOPE magazine app will be exceptionally available to download for free, thanks to its upgraded geolocation capabilities. Don’t miss this opportunity—download the app from the App Store, and get instant access to current and back issues of KALEIDOSCOPE and KALEIDOSCOPE Asia on your iPad and iPhone.

KALEIDOSCOPE issue 24 includes a themed survey on Logomania, a monographic section on Albert Oehlen, and features on Huma Bhabha, Simon Denny, Anicka Yi, Sam Falls, Eric Mack, Bunny Rogers, KAWS, Tianzhuo Chen, and Darja Bajagić among others. Watch a video preview at www.kaleidoscope.media.

KALEIDOSCOPE ASIA issue 2

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We are pleased to announce the release of the second issue of KALEIDOSCOPE ASIA, the biannual and bilingual (Chinese/English) sibling edition of KALEIDOSCOPE dedicated to contemporary art and culture from the Asia Pacific region, launched in partnership with Arthub Asia and sponsored by Value Retail.

This issue will hit Shanghai as a media partner of Art in the City and Westbund Art & Design; and then it will travel to Beijing for during Beijing Design Week, where we will present a viral poster project in collaboration with cover artist Yu Honglei. Throughout the season, KALEIDOSCOPE ASIA will be showcased at regional events and art fairs, including Jakarta Biennale, Art Taipei and Art Stage Singapore, as well as internationally at New York Art Book Fair, Frieze London, FIAC Paris and Art Basel Miami Beach among others.

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In this issue’s opening section of HIGHLIGHTS, 12 profiles on as many artists and stories from throughout Asia account for the best of the season: Yan Xing (by Binghao Wong), Lin Ke (by Davide Quadrio), Samson Young (by Ingrid Chu), Tromarama (by Melanie Pocock), Ami Lien & Enzo Camacho (by Sam Korman), Ha Chonghyun (by Alan Miller), Aki Sasamoto (by Mathieu Copeland), BenWu Studio (By Beatrice Leanza), Sàn Art (by Vera Mey), Liu Wei (by Katie Hill), Huang Po-Chih (by Ying Tan) and Zhang Ding (by Sam Gaskin).

To follow, our signature MAIN THEME section investigates the notion of beauty in contemporary Asian art and visual culture—from the manicure industry to the manga world, from flower design to cinematic fantasy, from representational archetypes to progressive extremes. The survey is composed of two essays, “The Beauty Complex” by Venus Lau and “Beauty in Motion” by Mi You, and five case studies, including Lee Bul (by Khairuddin Hori), Issey Miyake / Irving Penn (by Trey Taylor), Yanyan Huang (by Samantha Culp), Wong Kar Wai (by Yung Ma) and Makoto Azuma (by Cristina Travaglini).

This issue’s MONO section is dedicated to Xu Zhen, the Chinese artist, curator and CEO of MadeIn Company, whose method of practice is the overlay of business and art—conducted with confidence, suspicion of idealism, and a fascination with taboo. This definitive monographic survey comprises an essay by Xiaowen Zhu, an interview by Davide Quadrio and original portraits by Ann Woo.

Later on, the VISIONS section invites the eye to an enthralling journey across almost 100 pages of visual contributions by artists, curators and image-makers, including Firenze Lai, Yu Honglei, Pablo Bartholomew, Preliminary Research Office, Lieko Shiga, Ashley Bickerton, Tanat Teeradakorn and Wu Tsang.

Lastly, the closing section of REGULARS features our insightful columns on the past, present and future of art and culture: “Producers” features Carson Chan’s conversation with M+ curator Aric Chen; in “Futura 89+,” Hans Ulrich Obrist and Simon Castets interview young Singaporean artist Zou Zhao; Sidd Perez unveils Manila’s art scene as part of the “Panorama” series; in “Pioneers,” Mika Yoshitake looks back at the art of Japanese artist Nobuo Sekine; “Renaissance Man” Jeffrey Deitch advocates for free photography; and William Zhao delves into the local “Ecosystem” by talking to art patron Adrian Cheng.

Issue 25 (fall 2015)
The Art&Sex Edition

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We are pleased to announce KALEIDOSCOPE’s new release (fall 2015), hitting the target of 25 issues! To celebrate this special occasion, we’ve put together an exquisite themed edition, one dedicated to all expressions of sexuality as addressed in contemporary art and visual culture.

The Art&Sex Edition is set to launch this week in London, where a talk hosted by Francesca Gavin with artists Julie Verhoeven and Celia Hempton will take place at Frieze London’s Reading Room on Friday 16 October at 5:30pm; and the next week in Paris, where the magazine will be showcased at FIAC, Officielle, Paris Internationale, and Asia Now, and celebrated with a pop-up exhibition of Swiss photographer Walter Pfeiffer’s work, opening on Thursday 22 October at the Études Studio flagship store.

The issue comes with a set of four collectable covers dedicated to iconic LA photographer Jeff Burton, rising art star Petra Cortright, visceral New York painter Carroll Dunham (photographed by Roe Ethridge), and Norwegian provocateur Bjarne Melgaard (feat. Babak Radboy). A 150+ page survey takes over the magazine’s signature “Main Theme,” “Mono,” and “Visions” sections, bringing together artists and creators from different generations and with different agendas, who share a fascination, concern and even obsession with the Great Theme of Sex.

The MAIN THEME section is centered on two panel discussions moderated by Fiona Duncan, respectively dedicated to the hot topics of sense and virtuality (with pornstar Vex Ashley; scent archivist Sissel Tolaas; fiction publisher Badlands Unlimited; sex-ed instructors Ana Cecilia Alvarez and Victoria Campbell; and LA-based artist Petra Cortright) and gender fluidity & post-identity (with unisex fashion designer Telfar Clemens; trans magazine pro Amos Mac; ambi artist Andrea Crespo; androgyne A.L. Steiner; and hot chaos philosopher Harry Dodge). The discussions are punctuated by features on photographer Walter Pfeiffer, Taschen “Sexy Books” editor Dian Hanson, filmmaker Gaspar Noé, and music duo The Internet.

For three decades New York-based painter Carroll Dunham—to whom this issue’s MONO section is dedicated—has serially tackled the trope of nudity with a subjective, universal, quasi-feminist approach. This definitive monographic survey features an essay by Catherine Taft, an interview by Judith Bernstein, and specially-commissioned portraits by Roe Ethridge.

Later on, the VISIONS section invites the eye to an enthralling journey across visual contributions by artists, curators and image-makers, including Jeff Burton, Rafael de Cárdenas, Charlie White, Apollonia Saintclair, Celia Hempton, Bjarne Melgaard feat. Babak Radboy, Mathew Cerletty, and Mike Bouchet.

The opening section of HIGHLIGHTS and the closing section of REGULARS, independent from the themed survey, complete the issue with a rich and varied selection of the best of the busy fall season and insightful contributions from our columnists and correspondents around the globe.

HIGHLIGHTS features profiles on Calvin Marcus (by Samantha Gregg), GCC (by Myriam Ben Salah), Rachel Rose (by George Vasey), Matteo Callegari (by Clément Delépine), Aki Sasamoto (by Mathieu Copeland), Katherine Bernhardt (by Christopher Schreck), Jared Madere (by Alexander Shulan), Olivier Mosset (by Gianni Jetzer), Pauline Boudry / Renate Lorenz (by Binghao Wong), Daiga Grantina (by Martha Kirszenbaum), Queer Thoughts (by Forrest Nash), and Steven Claydon (by Martin Clark).

In the REGULARS section, “Producers” features Carson Chan in conversation with M+ curator Aric Chen; Sidd Perez unveils Manila’s art scene as part of the “Panorama” series; in “Futura 89+,” Hans Ulrich Obrist and Simon Castets (with Katherine Dionysius) interview young South African artist Bogosi Sekhukhuni; in “Pioneers,” Fredi Fischli and Niels Olsen talk to William Leavitt; Jeffrey Deitch advocates for Free Photography in his “Renaissance Man” column; and William Zhao delves into the “ecosystem” of Asian art scenes by talking to art patron Adrian Cheng.

And to bring KALEIDOSCOPE with you anytime, anywhere, download the newly launched digital version, now available—alongside our new sister publication KALEIDOSCOPE Asia—on the App Store.

“SEX ON PAPER” artist talk

Wednesday, December 9, 2015, 7pm

Swiss Institute
18 Wooster Street
New York

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On the occasion of the current exhibition Hans Schärer: Madonnas and Erotic Watercolors, join us at New York’s Swiss Institute on Wednesday, December 9 for an artist talk celebrating KALEIDOSCOPE’s recent Art&Sex Edition, a special themed issue dedicated to all expressions of sexuality as addressed in contemporary art and visual culture.

The talk is based and expands on “Sex on Paper,” a visual feature curated by New York-based painter Mathew Cerletty in the Art&Sex Edition, consisting of a selection of works on paper that “playfully reflect some of the many complications of human sexuality: fantasy, twisted obsession, unbridled lust, sweet vulnerability, and of course the simple beauty of a physical connection.” 

Alongside Cerletty, participants to the talk, moderated by KALEIDOSCOPE’s newly-appointed associate editor Alexander Shulan, include featured artists Jonah Koppel, Emily Mae Smith and Betty Tompkins.

KALEIDOSCOPE’s Art&Sex Edition will be available to browse and buy at the ARTBOOK @ Swiss Institute bookstore.

Issue #26 and new website

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We are delighted to announce the release of KALEIDOSCOPE’s new issue #26, blessed with two supercovers featuring iconic artist Vanessa Beecroft and the legendary Robert Longo. This issue will premiere at the LA Art Book Fair, held February 11–14 at the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Los Angeles. 

The most important thing about this new issue is that it doesn’t exist only in print. Finally, all the exciting content we’ve selected and crafted into the magazine’s pages is now also available online through an entirely renovated website, edited by our new online editor Christopher Schreck.

Here, besides reading the current issue from cover to cover, you will find a blog rich with updates, profiles and interviews; previews and reports on all of our activities; a shop to buy issues, subscriptions and merch; a section dedicated to our sibling Asia edition, with text in English and Chinese; and a growing archive of selected articles from our twenty-five back issues, allowing readers to rediscover and share the magazine’s content from day one.

But back to issue #26! In the opening section of HIGHLIGHTS, 12 profiles account for the best of the season: Andrea Crespo (by Tobi Haslett), Paulo Nimer Pjota (by Germano Dushá), Diane Simpson (by Christopher Schreck), Tetsumi Kudo (by Alexander Shulan), 8-Ball (by Alexandre Stipanovich), Julie Bena (by Daniel Palmer), Kathryn Andrews (by Samantha Gregg), Max Hooper Schneider (by Martha Kirszenbaum), Rochelle Goldberg (by Maxwell Smith-Holmes), Yuri Pattison (by Attilia Fattori Franchini), Lu Yang (by Xin Wang), and Melike Kara (by George Vasey).

Make sure to follow the watermark on this issue’s covers to find inside an ambitious MAIN THEME survey dedicated to the notion of “iconic”—or, for a more contemporary take on language, of SUPERIMAGES. What makes such an image in the age of mass information? We address this question by means of three interviews with influential image-makers—Robert Longo (by Ross Simonini), Vanessa Beecroft (by Alessio Ascari) and Katy Grannan (by Charlie White). The survey is completed by a round table about future perspectives moderated by Hanne Mugaas, featuring Jonathan Horowitz, Darren Bader, Katja Novitskova, Ed Fornieles, Olia Lialina, Guthrie Lonergan and Takeshi Murata; and a case study on cult magazine COLORS.

To follow, this issue’s MONO section is dedicated to French-Algerian artist Neïl Beloufa (b. 1985). Making films, sculptures and installations informed by his rejection of hierarchy and unapologetic mix of influences, Beloufa has an intense 2016 ahead of him, with his US institutional debut coming up at New York’s MoMA and exhibitions in Los Angeles and Shanghai. We visited him at his studio and took a sneak peek at Hotel Occidental, the setting of his ambitious, soon-to-be-released movie. This definitive monographic survey comprises an original photo shoot by Léonard Méchineau, an interview by Camille Blatrix and an essay by Myriam Ben Salah, who we’re happy to announce is joining our team as Associate Editor along with Alexander Shulan from New York.

Later on, the VISIONS section invites the eye to an enthralling journey across visual contributions by artists and creators including Isa Genzken (by Beatrix Ruf), Louisa Gagliardi, Jon Rafman (by Francesca Gavin), Josh Kolbo (by Ned Vena), and Gaea Woods; and interviews with practitioners including curator Pierre Bal-Blanc feat. design studio Vier5, Texte Zur Kunst‘s founder Isabelle Graw, and the Printed Matter team from New York.

Be sure to check out the closing section of REGULARS for a roster of columnists enriched by the addition of global curator Maria Lind and young LA-based writer Fiona Duncan, with two new series dedicated to the social role of art and to sexual politics respectively. Besides, “Producers” features Carson Chan in conversation with artist and entrepreneur Nik Kosmas; in “Futura 89+,” Hans Ulrich Obrist and Simon Castets (with Katherine Dionysius) interview young British artist Matt Copson; Jeffrey Deitch looks into the art of Kenny Scharf in his “Renaissance Man” column; Fredi Fischli and Niels Olsen talk to Sylvie Fleury as part of the “Pioneers” series; and lastly, in “What’s Next,” we look forward to the season with collector and museum founder Michael Xufu Huang.

This issue is dedicated to the memory of David Bowie, a visual culture groundbreaker and living “superimage,” without whom this magazine wouldn’t exist as it is. We pay him tribute with a collectable poster by artist and designer Scott King, which you can find enclosed to the magazine.

And to bring this issue with you anytime, anywhere, download the digital version, now available—alongside our new sister publication KALEIDOSCOPE Asia—on the App Store.

KALEIDOSCOPE ASIA 
issue #3 launches in Hong Kong 

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We are delighted to announce the new issue of KALEIDOSCOPE ASIA, our biannual and bilingual (Chinese/English) sibling edition dedicated to contemporary art and culture from the Asia-Pacific region, launched in partnership with Arthub Asia and sponsored by Value Retail. 

Issue #3 (spring/summer 2016) premieres at Art Basel Hong Kong, the most essential go-to event on the region’s arts calendar, held from March 22–26 at Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. Pick up your copy at booth 18 in the Magazines Sector. 

In the opening section of HIGHLIGHTS, 12 profiles account for the best of the season: Lu Yang (by Xin Wang), Trevor Yeung (by Jo-ey Tang), Nasreen Mohamedi (by Roobina Karode), Xu Qu (by Christopher Schreck), Chen Fei (by Sun Dongdong), Tetsumi Kudo (by Alexander Shulan), Hao Jingban (by Liu Ding), Margaret Lee (by Samantha Culp), Park Seo-bo (by Inès Hwa-haeng Lee), Huang Yong Ping (by Ingrid Chu), Chronus Art Center (by Francesca Girelli), and Heman Chong (by Melanie Pocock).

Follow the hypnotic haze and light glow on Chen Wei’s cover image to discover our MAIN THEME section, Club State of Mind, dedicated to nightlife and club culture in Asia as a platform for self-expression and rebellion. This survey is composed of two essays—Ambivalent State and Pseudo-Sentiment by Xiaowen Zhu and Sing and Be Global by Xun Zhou—and five case studies, including Chen Wei (by Mian Mian), G-Dragon (by Ryan Nuckolls), Bangkok (by Tanat Teeradakorn), Le Baron Shanghai (by Leo Xu), and Yellow Magic Orchestra (by Sachiko Namba).

Keep reading, and an extensive MONO survey will give you access to the studio and mind of Cao Fei, one of the most influential and internationally acclaimed Chinese artists working today, whose practice intertwines dreamscapes, real-life anxieties, urban legends and eschatological imaginations. This definitive monographic survey comprises an essay by Xin Wang, an interview by Klaus Biesenbach and an original photo shoot by Timothy Guo.

Later on, the VISIONS section invites the eye to an enthralling journey across visual contributions by artists and creators including Miao Ying (by Chao Jiaxin), Inoue Yuichi, Liu Shiyuan (by Andrew Stooke), Kong Lingnan, Tang Dixin (by Enrico Polato), Tokyo Pop (by Hiroko Ikegami), Taca Sui, and Chen Dongfan (by Liu Tian).

Lastly, the closing section of REGULARS features our insightful columns on the past, present and future of art and culture: in “Futura 89+,” Hans Ulrich Obrist and Simon Castets interview young Singaporean artists Luca Lum and Marcus Yee; Ying Tan talks to Chinese-Canadian artist Ken Lum as part of the “Diaspora” series; in “Pioneers,” Davide Quadrio looks back to Shi Yong‘s avant-garde; Maria Lind continues her “Center Stage” series in conversation with Korean painter Joungmin Yi; William Zhao meets Mimi Brown and Christina Li, the minds behind Spring Workshop, to report on Hong Kong’s “Ecosystem;” and lastly, in “What’s Next,” we look forward to the season with collector and museum founder Michael Xufu Huang.

All the exciting content from this and previous issues of KALEIDOSCOPE ASIA is now also available online, on the magazine’s entirely renovated website, with text in English and Chinese. And to bring the magazine with you anytime, anywhere, download the digital version, now available on the App Store.

KALEIDOSCOPE appoints new Editor-in-Chief

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KALEIDOSCOPE is delighted to announce that starting September 2016, Myriam Ben Salah will join the magazine’s team as new Editor-in-Chief of the international edition, with founder Alessio Ascari shifting to the role of Publishing and Creative Director.

“I have long admired KALEIDOSCOPE’s unapologetic take on what a contemporary art publication can be today,” comments Ben Salah. “The magazine broke down the partitions of a traditional approach and transcended its core topic through a cross-disciplinary and hybrid outlook, while still maintaining a rigorous and substantial editorial line. I like that one can equally evoke Aby Warburg’s Mnemosyne Atlas and Justin Bieber’s dreadlocks in talking about contemporary art and visual culture. I think Alessio did a great job at remodeling the potential of the magazine as a multi-platform medium, by constantly fostering new and unexpected strategies to serve a visually engaging content. I look forward to bringing my own vision into the mix, while charting a course among all the great endeavors that have been implemented by the current editorial team and contributors.”

Myriam Ben Salah (b. 1985, Algiers) is a curator and writer based in Paris, where she has been coordinating special projects and public programs at Palais de Tokyo since 2009, focusing especially on performance art, video and publishing initiatives. She co-edits F.A.Q., a periodical image-only magazine with artist Maurizio Cattelan, and her writings have appeared in numerous international art publications. She will be the curator-in-residency at Fahrenheit by FLAX (Los Angeles) starting July 2016.

“It feels good to welcome a talented, cosmopolitan young woman like Myriam to take on the position of Editor-in-Chief of KALEIDOSCOPE’s international edition,” Ascari adds. “I am excited to start working with her in my new capacity of Publishing and Creative Director. Myriam’s appointment is the latest step in KALEIDOSCOPE’s ongoing evolution: our sibling bilingual Asia edition launched last year and is growing fast, as the media company becomes more and more of a global platform, producing creative and innovative projects inner and parallel to the magazine. I will devote myself to these new, inspiring scenarios and outer reaches, supervising and developing the brand’s activity. With the fresh arrival of Myriam, the leadership and direction of KALEIDOSCOPE’s international edition will change, for the new and the better. More observant, more disruptive and more avant-garde—just like she is. The next issue, out this June, will be my last one as ”in-Chief” and will be a major, surprising release.”

Founded in 2009 in Milan, KALEIDOSCOPE is an international magazine of contemporary art and culture defined by its curatorial and interdisciplinary attitude towards the New. Doubled with the launch of a sibling edition dedicated to the Asia-Pacific region in 2015, KALEIDOSCOPE’s activity also unfolds through collateral projects, furthering the idea that the magazine is an open platform that can exist in print, online and live.

Issue 27 (summer 2016)
STERLING RUBY TAKEOVER

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We are delighted to announce the release of KALEIDOSCOPE’s new issue #27 (summer 2016), premiering at Art Basel from June 13–19.

This issue is a key to enter the world of Los Angeles-based artist Sterling Ruby, exclusively playing the double role of subject and guest editor. Conceived as a viral, aggressive takeover of the magazine’s architecture, content and design, this hyper-vertical survey is the result of an intense dialogue with the artist and his studio, comprised of 160+ pages on his exuberant work and vision.

Ruby’s cover portrait is drawn from an extensive series shot by photographer Max Farago at the artist’s massive industrial studio space in LA. Inside, the Sterling Ruby Takeover decodes the artist’s grammar through an intimate conversation with artist Piero Golia and newly commissioned writings by Alex Gartenfeld, Ross Simonini, Paul Schimmel, Catherine Taft, Donatien Grau and Aram Moshayedi; while his network of influences is explored through a series of guest features dedicated to his peers, heroes and collaborators, including Huma Bhabha (by Massimiliano Gioni), Cassils (by Francesca Gavin), Mike Davis (by Sterling Ruby), John Divola (by Alexander Shulan), Cyprien Gaillard (by Natalie Valencia Arango), Ron Nagle (by Sterling Ruby), Nancy Rubins (by Sterling Ruby), Raf Simons (by Alessio Ascari) and Melanie Schiff (by Sarah Workneh). All of this content is punctuated by stunning visual contributions especially created by Ruby for the magazine’s pages, comprising an unseen presentation of his Work Wear modeled by the entire studio team.

Running independent from the takeover, the opening section of HIGHLIGHTS and the closing section of REGULARS complete the issue with a rich and varied selection of the best of the summer season and insightful contributions from our columnists and correspondents around the globe.

HIGHLIGHTS features profiles on Sean Raspet (by Franklin Melendez), Kienholz (by Gianni Jetzer), Marguerite Humeau (by Nadim Samman), Eckhaus Latta (by Chloe Wilcox), Sol Calero (by George Vasey), Renaud Jerez (by Tina Kukielski), Christopher Y. Lew (by Julia Trotta), Yngve Holen (by Cristina Travaglini), Home Economics (by Attilia Fattori Franchini), Valerie Keane (by Allison Bulger), Cao Fei (by Xin Wang) and Megan Rooney (by Harry Burke).

In the REGULARS section, “Producers” features Carson Chan in conversation with New York-based collective DIS, the curatorial team of the 9th Berlin Biennale; in “Futura 89+,” Hans Ulrich Obrist and Simon Castets (with Katherine Dionysius) interview young Portuguese artist Bruno Zhu; Fiona Duncan reflects on the figure of the go-go dancer in contemporary art and culture as part of her “Pro/Creative” column; in “Renaissance Man,” Jeffrey Deitch discusses the collaboration between artist Alex Israel and writer Bret Easton Ellis; Maria Lind’s “Centerstage” presents Danish artist Marie Kölbaek-Iversen; Gean Moreno unveils Cuba’s new normal for “Panorama”; in “Pioneers,” Fredi Fischli and Niels Olsen talk to Heimo Zobernig; and lastly, as part of the “What’s Next” series, we look forward to the season with collector and curator Tiffany Zabludowicz.

And to bring KALEIDOSCOPE with you anytime, anywhere, download the digital version, alongside our new sister publication KALEIDOSCOPE Asia—on the App Store.

Issue #28 (fall 2016)

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We are delighted to announce the release of KALEIDOSCOPE‘s new issue #28 (fall 2016), introducing a new editorial structure with Myriam Ben Salah as new Editor-in-Chief and Alessio Ascari shifting to the role of Publisher and Creative Director.

This kickoff issue, launching in London during Frieze Week, comes with a set of two stunning covers. One features American sensation Jordan Wolfson, who is also the subject of our extensive MONO section (with an original photo shoot by Jason Nocito). Swinging between ambition and ambiguity, Wolfson’s production has been consistently thought provoking for over a decade and is about to be celebrated by a career-defining exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. For this occasion, Jordan talks here at length with the Stedelijk’s director, Beatrix Ruf, while KALEIDOSCOPE‘s New York editor Alexander Shulan discusses his arcane mixture of absurd humor, spectacle and desire, channeling a dark strain in American culture.

The second, limited-edition cover—printed in 500 copies coming soon only to select stores—features an unpublished image by photographer Ari Marcopoulos. Showing a detail from David Hammons’ New York studio door, the shot is a powerful hint to a current state of urgency. As best exemplified by Marcopoulos’ portfolio of images published inside the magazine, the VISIONS section is becoming more and more of a site for radical, specially-commissioned contributions by artists and creators who shape and disturb our visual landscape. These include a visual dialogue between filmmaker Kahlil Joseph and photographer Deana Lawson; a tribute to French designer Pierre Paulin created by singular polymath Shawn Maximo (text by Julia Trotta); an interview with fashion designer Nhu Duong (by Christie Chu) accompanied by an original photo shoot by Ilya Lipkin; and more outstanding contributions by artists Darja Bajagić, Georgi & Ketuta Alexi-Meskhishvili, Korakrit Arunanondchai (text by Carol Yinghua Lu), and Julie Verhoeven (interview by Francesca Gavin).

In the opening section of HIGHLIGHTS, 12 profiles account for the best of the season: Katja Novitskova (by Samuel Leuenberger), Tamara Henderson (by Jesse McKee), Jeffrey Joyal (by Maxwell Smith-Holmes), Donna Huanca (by Gerardo Contreras), Metrograph (by Christopher Schreck), Camille Blatrix (by Ruba Katrib), Kelly Akashi (by Franklin Melendez), Bury Me With The Lo On (by Bonz Malone), Iiu Susiraja (by George Vasey), K.r.m. Mooney (by Jeanne Gerrity), Venus Lau (by Daniel Ho), and Stuart Middleton (by Matt Williams).

Following an ongoing and quite personal research project, new Editor-in-Chief Myriam Ben Salah edits this issue’s MAIN THEME survey dedicated to the subject of Disorientalism, or the deconstruction of a preconceived Middle-Eastern aesthetic. Featuring a generation of artists using alternative narratives and a new visual language to challenge the questions of representation of the region and the expectations placed upon their production, this section is comprised of two interviews, with artists Sophia Al-Maria (by Asad Raza) and Meriem Bennani (by Martha Kirszenbaum); two essays, ArabPop (by Andrew Hammond) and Medya (by Hito Steyerl); the case study of influential magazine/collective Bidoun (by Myriam Ben Salah); and a round table of young artists and practitioners, including Slavs & Tatars, Fatima Al Qadiri and Tala Madani.

The coming issues will witness the arrival of new voices in our closing section of REGULARS, starting here with Piper Marshall, who’s joined the ranks for some much-needed “Cheap Talk,” and Alessio Ascari, probing the blurred lines of the visual reign in a new series entitled “Visualize.” For our ongoing columns, Fredi Fischli and Niels Olsen talk to conceptual photographer Christopher Williams as part of the “Pioneers” series; in “Futura 89+,” Hans Ulrich Obrist and Simon Castets (with Katherine Dionysius) interview young artist Jasper Spicero; Jeffrey Deitch remembers punk legend Alan Vega in his “Renaissance Man” column; Fiona Duncan meditates on Alexa Karolinski and Ingo Niermann’s Army of Love as part of “Pro/Creative”; and lastly, in “What’s Next,” we look forward to the season with Kickstarter’s Director of Arts Victoria Rogers.

Join us in London!
Issue #28 launches on October 6 at 12:30pm at the Frieze London Reading Room, KALEIDOSCOPE‘s editor-at-large Francesca Gavin will conduct a public conversation with New York-based American artist Donna Huanca, who features in this issue’s Highlights, on the occasion of her concurring performance-led exhibition at Zabludowicz Collection, London. Come, enjoy the conversation and get a copy of this brand new issue!

And to bring this issue with you anytime, anywhere, download the digital version, now available on the App Store.

Issue #29 (spring 2017)

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We are delighted to announce the release of KALEIDOSCOPE‘s new issue #29 (spring 2017), premiering in New York during Armory Week.

This issue comes with a set of three collectable covers dedicated to our MAIN THEME survey, Dancing After All, exploring the riveting relationship between dance and contemporary art. This themed survey offers a fresh and in-depth perspective on the revolutionary possibilities of the body in movement, analyzing its aesthetic power, political charge and social impact—from the stage to the club, from the street to the gallery. The section is comprised of three interviews with cover artists Anne Imhof (by Susanne Pfeffer), Ligia Lewis (by Martha Kirszenbaum) and Alex Baczynski-Jenkins (by Kathy Noble); an essay by Francesca Gavin on dance in pop culture; case studies on British creative force FKA Twigs and American dance pioneer Merce Cunningham; a round table with performers/choreographers Maria Hassabi, Will Rawls and Cally Spooner moderated by Charles Aubin; and a visual insert by artist Cécile B. Evans.

To follow, this issue’s MONO section is dedicated to New York painter Peter Halley. One of the most theory-aware artists of his generation, here Halley talks at length with Fredi Fischli and Niels Olsen about how his practice transforms the language of geometric abstraction into a commentary on our post-industrial, technologically-governed society, while writer Wendy Vogel brings us back to the INDEX years (1996–2006), when Halley was the publisher of the cult magazine of indie culture. The feature is accompanied by an exclusive photo shoot by iconic New York fashion and celebrity photographer Roxanne Lowit.

The site for radical, specially-commissioned contributions by artists and creators, the VISIONS section includes: an insight into Loretta Fahrenholz‘s new film, Two A.M., a fantasy tale on surveillance and social control; a conversation with curator Neville Wakefield (by Alessio Ascari) about the legacy of legendary 1970s magazine Avalanche; an intimate look at Talia Chetrit‘s pictures by fellow artist Sahra Motalebi; Spyros Staveris‘ photographic testament to the ’90s queer and underground scene in Athens; an exclusive meet-up between Japanese photographer Nobuyoshi Araki and Mexican artist Abraham Cruzvillegas; a sneak peek of Bjarne Melgaard‘s new clothing line, violently embracing the obsessive and self-destructive aspects of fashion; an interview with American artist George Condo by his Italian colleague Maurizio Cattelan; and finally, an introduction to Lou Dallas, the rag-tag collective of NY artists, designers and self-styled debutantes, with photography by Oto Gillen and text by Alexander Shulan.

In the opening section of HIGHLIGHTS, 12 profiles account for the best of the season: Augustus Thompson(by Samantha Gregg), Juan Antonio Olivares (by Allison Fonder), Caroline Mesquita (by Elisa Linn & Lennart Wolff), Ghetto Gastro (by Anicée Gaddis), Cibelle Cavalli Bastos (by Germano Dushá), Nico Young(by Myriam Ben Salah), Miao Ying (by Xin Wang), Derya Akay (by Jesse McKee), Enterprise Projects(by Stamatia Dimitrakopoulos), Flash Flash Flash (by Christopher Schreck), Jill Mulleady (by Franklin Melendez), and Diamond Stingily (by Hanna Girma).

Finally, in our closing section of REGULARS, Venus Lau joins the ranks of our columnists with “New Order,” a story-telling from a different time zone; Fiona Duncan looks at the photographic work of John Edmonds as part of her “Pro/Creative” series; Piper Marshall meets American artist Rachel Rose for some “Cheap Talk” on sound in film; in “Futura 89+,” Hans Ulrich Obrist and Simon Castets (with Katherine Dionysius) interview Ghanaian theater artist Elisabeth Sutherland; Alessio Ascari continues to probe the blurred lines of the visual reign in his series “Visualize,” interrogating the relationship between fashion and populism; and lastly, in “What’s Next,” we look forward to the season with Mohammed Al-Thani, the Founding Director of the New York-based Institute of Arab and Islamic Art.

This issue is accompanied by Biblical Brutalist Bauhaus Bakersfield, a special zine conceived and designed for KALEIDOSCOPE by visionary designer Rick Owens on the occasion of his exhibition Furniture, on view at MOCA Pacific Design Center in Los Angeles through April 2.

And to bring this issue with you anytime, anywhere, download the digital version, now available on the App Store.

KALEIDOSCOPE Asia #4: Simon Denny Takeover

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We are delighted to announce the new issue of KALEIDOSCOPE Asia, the magazine’s bilingual sibling edition in English and Chinese, premiering in Hong Kong during Art Basel.

“Technology, knowledge and a window to the external world.” This is Shenzhen, one of China’s instant mega-cities. Some call it the Silicon Valley of hardware, or a maker’s heaven. For New Zealand-born, Berlin-based artist Simon Denny, whose exhibition Real Mass Entrepreneurship is currently on view at OCAT Shenzhen, the city became the setting of an ambitious new body of work about the complexities of this ecosystem.

With the Simon Denny Takeover, a special edition that continues the magazine’s tradition of guest-edited issues (inaugurated in 2016 by Sterling Ruby), we bring you a behind-the-scenes look at the artist’s creative process.

This hybrid object, somewhere in between a magazine issue, an artist book and a research report, features three extensive conversations between Denny and collaborator Mario Pfeifer, OCAT Shenzhen artistic director Venus Lau, and Chinese architect and urban planner Tat Lam.

In addition, original photo stories by Ilya Lipkin, Ann Woo and Issac Lam shed light on the multitude of people and locations involved in the making of this project—from the artist’s studio to the museum team, from the sculpture and painting workshops to the stalls of the world’s largest electronics market.

The issue is completed by exclusive footage from Denny’s new video and a series of case studies of his most representative projects to date, introducing the reader to an artist who has explored notions of innovation, neoliberalism, and entrepreneurship throughout an outstanding, decade-spanning career.

“In projects like Disruptive Berlin, New Management, The Innovator’s Dilemma and Blockchain Future States, the studio has honed in on different guises of entrepreneurial culture, compiling a necessarily incomplete series of reflections on ‘innovation’ in some of its many derivative forms,” writes Denny’s collaborator Eli Pitegoff. ”This special issue of KALEIDOSCOPE adds a view from the ground of one of the world’s most rapidly growing economies to this progression of entrepreneurial vignettes.”

Establishing KALEIDOSCOPE’s global state of mind and the political urgency of looking at the world from a non-Western-centric angle, this project keeps up the magazine’s aim to provide artists with a platform to bring unique projects to life on the printed page.

Find this issue, as well as the newly-released issue #29 of our international edition, from March 21–25 at KALEIDOSCOPE’s booth (#14) in the Magazines sector of Art Basel Hong Kong. And to bring the magazine with you anytime, anywhere, download the digital version, now available on the App Store.

Issue #30 (summer 2017)

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We are delighted to announce the release of KALEIDOSCOPE’s new issue #30 (summer 2017), a special anniversary edition premiering at Art Basel.

Crossing the threshold of 30 issues came as an opportunity to take stock of the years behind us and envision the trajectory ahead. We have chosen 50 monographic stories from KALEIDOSCOPE’s past 29 issues, spanning a diversity of media, generations and attitudes towards art. The result is a snapshot of what’s happening in visual culture now, a document of the zeitgeist—and the perfect issue to keep you company during the summer. 

In addition, to celebrate this special issue, we commissioned a major visual project to young Los Angeles-based artist Martine Syms. Often described as “conceptual entrepreneur,” Syms combines autobiographical material with historical narratives and tropes from popular culture, examining representations of blackness and its relationship to American vernacular, situation comedy, feminist movements and radical traditions. 

This 30+ page cover story runs parallel and serves as a spin-off to the artist’s first US solo museum exhibition a New York’s MoMA, centered around her new feature-length film, Incense Sweaters & Ice. Here, Syms creates a complex visual system featuring a conversation with Yale academic Rizvana Bradley and a constellation of film stills, script excerpts, pop-cultural references, self-preservation rules and found family photographs. 

Parallel to this project, Syms launched WYD?, a digital app created in collaboration with developer Brent David Freaney. Find the app’s icon on the cover and inside the magazine, point your camera to the image and turn your audio on to activate video and augmented reality content.

A limited edition of 500 copies of this issue will come with an enclosed flexi disc, published in collaboration with Know Wave, featuring the track “Untitled (Stomp and Words Mix)” composed by London-based DJ and producer Shamos for the film’s score.

Culminating in a pop-up presentation at Depot Basel, where all the elements that compose this project come together in an immersive experience, this collaboration reaffirms KALEIDOSCOPE’s idea of the magazine as a multi-platform and experimental space for new possibilities in visual culture.

Come find us at our booth in the Magazines sector of Art Basel from June 12–18, and join us on Friday June 16 at Depot Basel from 7–10pm for a live set by Shamos powered by Carhartt WIP.

KALEIDOSCOPE Issue #31 (FW 17/18) launches at Frieze in London and at Spazio Maiocchi in Milan

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We are delighted to announce the release of KALEIDOSCOPE‘s new issue #31 (fall/winter 2017/18), premiering in London at Frieze from October 5 to 8 and in Milan in our new studio and gallery space at Spazio Maiocchi on October 11.

A special gatefold cover introduces our DIGEST “New Radicals,” attempting to unpack a definition of radicality for the now. We extended the debate to a diverse group of new-generation artists, with four cover stories on Kahlil Joseph (interview by Andrea Lissoni and photography by Ari Marcopoulos), Darja Bajagić (interview by Beatrix Ruf and photography by Danko Steiner), Wu Tsang (interview by Venus Lau and photography by Renata Raksha) and Giorgio Andreotta Calò (interview by Elena Filipovic and photography by Lukas Wassmann); and the Think Tank When Is Art Radical? moderated by Myriam Ben Salah featuring Neïl Beloufa, Aria Dean, Simon Denny, Cécile B. Evans, Babak Radboy, Adrián Villar Rojas and Jordan Wolfson.

SEASON, the magazine’s opening section, accounts for the best of this fall/winter with 21 profiles and interviews: Eliza Douglas by Matt Williams, Lee Lozano‘s Private Books by Julia Trotta, Marciano Art Foundation by Eli Diner, Planet X by Alexandre Stipanovich, Zeitz Mocaa by Cristina Travaglini, Lawrence Abu Hamdan by Chris McCormack, Olivia Erlanger by Ruba Katrib, Lucio Fontana’s Environments by Marta Papini, Petra Collins: Coming of Age by Isabelle Sicardi, Matthew Angelo Harrison by A. Will Brown, Hot Cactus by Andrew Berardini, Shahryar Nashat by Myriam Ben Salah, Wang Newone by Francesca Girelli, Luke Willis Thompson by Attilia Fattori Franchini, BEA1991 by Imogene Strauss, Items: Is Fashion Modern? by Christopher Schreck, 180 The Strand by George Vasey, Hard To Read by Travis Diehl, Cali Thornhill-Dewitt by Calum Gordon, Paris Internationale by Martha Kirszenbaum, Elise By Olsen by Allison Fonder.

For this issue’s monographic FILE, a new absurdist neo-noir set in a dystopic future marks a cacophonic entry into John Russell’s uneasy body of work. Formerly a member of London’s cult counter-cultural art collective BANK, the artist’s chaotic imaginary is described by Alexander Shulan as erupting out of the darkest corners of the Internet, suspended between gothic camp and leftist critique. Touching on politics, neuroscience, and the language of power, the British artist talks with the two younger colleagues of FLAME (Taslima Ahmed and Manuel Gnam) about improvisation and experimentation. Portrait by Timo Wirsching.

Specially commissioned contributions by artists and creators spread throughout the magazine, this issue’s VISTAS include: German artist Alexandra Bircken talking to Elisa R. Linn & Lennart Wolff about her previous career in fashion and her obsession with materials and their function; HBA founder and fashion rebel Shayne Oliver in conversation with Hans Ulrich Obrist about community, experimentation, and his collab with the legendary label Helmut Lang; KAYA, the collaborative enterprise of Kerstin Brätsch and Debo Eilers, talking to Franklin Melendez about origins, performativity, and the formal; pioneering Japanese airbrush artist Harumi Yamaguchi, depicted by Francesca Gavin as reflecting a new wave of femininity emerging in ’80s Tokyo; Norwegian artist-photographer Torbjørn Rødland in conversation with Alex Israel about his signature mix of ironic critique and spiritual longing; celebrated American photographer Jack Pierson discussing with Gianni Jetzer the influence of Swiss outsider Karlheinz Weinberger; Chicago painter Leon Golub in the words of colleague Chris Martin on his take on evil and violence; and “Joan Perfect,” a special comic insert by Bunny Rogers and Elliot Spence. Lastly, “Post-Preliminary Materials for Holidaying to Hell, or How to Unpack for Death: An homage to the Undead, George Romero and the Black Bloc,” a think piece by Penny Rafferty.

This issue comes with FIRE ISLAND, a unique zine by photographer Renata Raksha featuring artists Wu Tsang and Boychild, published in collaboration with Gucci on the occasion of the exhibition Trigger: Gender as a Tool and a Weapon, held from September 27, 2017 to January 21, 2018 at the New Museum, New York.

Opening of Spazio Maiocchi

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Spazio Maiocchi is a new social space in Milan where art, design and fashion blend to shape new cultural experiences.

Originating from the convergence of visionary founding partners Carhartt WIP and Slam Jam, Spazio Maiocchi is a cross-disciplinary ideas aggregator, house to the studios and exhibition spaces of KALEIDOSCOPE and Plusdesign, two of Milan’s most widely recognized enterprises for contemporary art and design respectively.

Hosted in a renovated building of over 1000 square meters in the central and vibrant Porta Venezia area, the space was renovated and repurposed by andreacaputo.com, an interdisciplinary firm with offices in Milan and Shanghai. Designed in accordance with contemporary modes of working, exhibiting and socializing, with an emphasis on flexibility and lightness, its interiors are carefully constructed around the creation of several zinc-coated volumes.

The visual identity of Spazio Maiocchi was designed by renowned Munich-based art direction studio Bureau Mirko Borsche.

On October 11, the space opened its doors to the public with two exhibitions:
KALEIDOSCOPE presents the first solo exhibition in Italy of Montenegro-born, New York-based artist Darja Bajagić (b. 1990), whose paintings at the intersection of Minimalism and digital appropriation address subjects as controversial as sex and violence, challenging the viewer’s perspective and complicating binary notions of morality. For this exhibition, Bajagić created a new series of paintings and collages, presented alongside a new artist book dedicated to her sketchbooks and a goth-inspired merchandise line.

The Japanese pioneer of airbrush painting Harumi Yamaguchi inaugurates a new commission series curated by KALEIDOSCOPE for the 6x3m billboard located in the courtyard of Spazio Maiocchi. The women depicted by Yamaguchi (b. 1941) are sexy, irreverent and empowered—reflecting a new wave of femininity emerging in the context of Tokyo’s conservative society in the late 1970s and 80s.

Plusdesign presents “Rug Trip I,” the first instalment of a travel series exploring the communicative nature of carpets, curated in collaboration with P.A.M.’s Misha Hollenbach. For the first leg of this journey, a group of international artists including Barry McGee, Todd James, Susan Kare, Anton Bruhin, Antwan Horfee and Matt Damhave, was challenged to submit a carpet design that would be woven by Berber women in Morocco’s High Atlas mountain range. The field research and production process was recorded by documentarian creative duo Invernomuto.

Spazio Maiocchi is open by appointment from Monday to Friday. To book your visit, please email info@spaziomaiocchi.com.