Intersections Art Projects

A museum commissions young artists to create new work that riffs off of classics in their collection

Classic works of art combine with modern applications at Intersections, a progressive series of contemporary art projects. Started in October of 2009 by The Phillips Collection in Washington D.C., the initiative explores, “intriguing intersections between old and new traditions, modern and contemporary art practices, and museum spaces and artistic interventions” by commissioning a young artist to create a work inspired by a classic piece in …

One Minute Portraits

Melbourne-based graphic designer offers original art in a minute or less

Perhaps Warhol was the first to open up the art world to the idea of fast art, smashing the notion that the quality of art is parallel to the time spent creating it. Granting more than just a nod to Warhol’s ideology is UK artist, Benjamin Hammond. After years of sketching his colleagues during weekly work meetings, the now Melbourne-based graphic designer began getting requests …

Friendly Game—Electronic Feelings

Larger-than-life video installations take over two Spanish galleries in Pipilotti Rist's latest solo show

Swiss video artist Pipilotti Rist‘s mesmerizing images often consume entire rooms, but at any scale her masterful manipulations of color, scale, and pacing draw viewers into dreamlike worlds. Her latest solo exhibition Friendly Game—Electronic Feelings, currently on display at two galleries in Barcelona and the nearby town of Girona, features 13 of her video works—including her site-specific work “Temps lliure,” which tries to “clean the …