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artpress May 2023 Issue Features Thomas Demand Interview and Geometric Art Focus

publication · 2026-04-23

The May 2023 issue (No. 510) of artpress magazine features a major interview with German artist Thomas Demand, titled 'Every Good Rule Has an Exception'. The issue includes a special section 'More Than Geo' exploring geometric abstraction, with articles on Peter Halley and his relationship to Baudrillard and 1980s parody, Blair Thurman, Lisa Beck, Sarah Braman, John Phillip Abbott, Carl D'Alvia, and Beverly Fishman. Other highlights include a feature on bagpiper Erwan Keravec's minimalist approach, an article on the Atelier des artistes en exil, and a piece on Disney's impact at the gates of Paris. Reviews cover Lee Lozano, Anastasia Samoylova, Joanna Piotrowska, Katinka Bock, Sayed Haider Raza, Franz West, François Rouan, and Chloé Delarue. The issue also includes book reviews and a column by Jacques Henric. The cover features Thomas Demand's 'Daily #32' (2017). The next issue (No. 511, June 2023) will focus on censorship with articles on Miriam Cahn, Stu Mead, and Bastien Vivès, as well as art criticism in Southeast Asia, George Condo at Nouveau Musée National de Monaco, and other topics.

Key facts

  • artpress No. 510, May 2023, features a major interview with Thomas Demand titled 'Every Good Rule Has an Exception'.
  • The issue includes a special section 'More Than Geo' on geometric abstraction.
  • Artists covered in the geometric section: Peter Halley, Blair Thurman, Lisa Beck, Sarah Braman, John Phillip Abbott, Carl D'Alvia, Beverly Fishman.
  • Other features: Erwan Keravec (minimalism with bagpipes), Atelier des artistes en exil, Disney at the gates of Paris.
  • Reviews include Lee Lozano, Anastasia Samoylova, Joanna Piotrowska, Katinka Bock, Sayed Haider Raza, Franz West, François Rouan, Chloé Delarue.
  • Cover image: Thomas Demand, 'Daily #32' (2017).
  • Next issue (No. 511, June 2023) will focus on censorship with articles on Miriam Cahn, Stu Mead, Bastien Vivès.
  • Other upcoming topics: art criticism in Southeast Asia, George Condo at Nouveau Musée National de Monaco.

Entities

Artists

  • Thomas Demand
  • Erwan Keravec
  • Peter Halley
  • Blair Thurman
  • Lisa Beck
  • Sarah Braman
  • John Phillip Abbott
  • Carl D'Alvia
  • Beverly Fishman
  • Lee Lozano
  • Anastasia Samoylova
  • Joanna Piotrowska
  • Katinka Bock
  • Sayed Haider Raza
  • Franz West
  • François Rouan
  • Chloé Delarue
  • Miriam Cahn
  • Stu Mead
  • Bastien Vivès
  • George Condo
  • Jacques Henric
  • Étienne Hatt
  • Maud de la Forterie
  • Catherine Francblin
  • Aurélie Cavanna
  • Fabrice Lauterjung
  • Anne Bertrand
  • Emmanuel Daydé
  • Laurent Perez
  • Tristan van der Stegen
  • Elena Sorokina
  • Samuel Gross
  • Alex Fein
  • Andrea Alvarez
  • Rebecca Hart
  • Christophe Catsaros
  • Philippe Forest
  • Matthieu Peck
  • Pauline Peyrade
  • Laure Gauthier
  • Georges Banu
  • Claude Arnaud
  • Christophe Manon
  • Patrick Kéchichian
  • Aurélien Mauplot

Institutions

  • artpress
  • Nouveau Musée National de Monaco
  • Le Bal
  • Réseau Documents d’artistes
  • Galerie Papillon
  • Ircam
  • Adagp

Locations

  • Paris
  • France
  • Monaco
  • Southeast Asia

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