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“With my sculptures, I try to block certain spaces or certain parts of the room. Always in a way that they are not completely opaque, but they are translucent, or you can see through. Also the idea of the layerings: so you never see one piece isolated, but you always see this piece in relation with other sculptures.” —Leonor Antunes

Continuing our 58th Venice Biennale content-fest, today we are looking at the work of Leonor Antunes (b. 1972, Portugal; lives and works in Berlin), whose work is on display at the Portuguese Pavilion. a seam, a surface, a hinge, or a knot, curated by João Ribas, is now open through November 24, 2019. “Engaging the histories of art, architecture, and design, Antunes reflects on the functions of everyday objects, contemplating their potential to be materialized as abstract sculptures,” says Ribas in his essay for the exhibition. “a seam, a surface, a hinge, or a knot reflects Antunes’ ongoing research into the work of figures who have been important in the context of Venice, such as Carlo Scarpa, Franco Albini and Franca Helg, and more recently into the legacies of Savina Masieri and Egle Trincanato, lesser-known female figures active in postwar Venice.”

In 2017-2018, Antunes was featured in an acclaimed exhibition at the Whitechapel Gallery in London, the frisson of the togetherness. In this video from the Whitechapel, Antunes discusses how she uses sculpture to explore space, as well as a means of collaboration with other artists.

Museums

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MUSEUMS: Sarah Oppenheimer: Sensitive Machine

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MUSEUMS: For Walter J. Hood, Architecture Means Power

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MUSEUMS: Fabric Workshop and Museum Explores Clay and Fabric

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MUSEUMS: Julie Mehretu Behind-the-Scenes With Checkerboard Films

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MUSEUMS: Alice Neel Paints Life “Hot off the Griddle”

Galleries

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GALLERIES: Alec Soth Takes the Measure of Photography

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GALLERIES: Pablo Picasso: Seven Decades of Drawing

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GALLERIES: For Landon Metz, Failure is an Option

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GALLERIES: Jacob El Hanani Is a Line-Maker

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LONGFORM: Sheila Hicks Reflects From Home in Paris

Studios

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VAULT: Philip Guston Biopic Trailer (1981)

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STUDIOS: Joep van Lieshout on Going Beyond Beautiful Design

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STUDIOS: Peter Beard: “Nature is the best thing we’ve got”

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STUDIOS: Ursula von Rydingsvard’s Material Instinct (2000)

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STUDIOS: Billy Childish Gets Out of the Way of the Picture

Community

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PODCAST: ‘Barbara London Calling’ Launches Season 2

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LONGFORM: Hughie O’Donoghue in Conversation with Charles Saumarez Smith

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COMMUNITY: William Eric Brown Applies New Processes to Old

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PODCAST: Heidi Zuckerman in Conversation with Adam Pendleton

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LONGFORM: ‘To Cast Too Bold a Shadow’ Exhibition Walkthrough

Market

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MARKET: For Kimsooja, Immaterial Art Achieves Memory

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MARKET: How Christie’s and Sotheby’s Dominate the Art Market

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MARKET: Ghada Amer on Being a Woman Artist

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MARKET: Catherine Petitgas is an Enabler

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MARKET: Kunsthalle Basel Is of Its Time