True art leaves no-one feeling indifferent. And such are the works of the French artist Juliette Minchin who, through sculpture, interweaves sensory narratives with emotions.

Contemporary artist and video director Iván Argote of Colombian origin but based in Paris presents a provocative work at the biennale gardens that leads us to reflect on this curatorial line proposed for the most recognized biennale in the art world.  

“Photography is a tool that brings you closer to reality in a different way, fragmenting it, telling the truth yet also lying, and has the ability to narrate stories.” 

Founded in 2017 by Estefania de Ros and Gustavo Quintana-Kennedy, Agnes Studio simultaneously explores, pays tribute to and challenges the limits of traditional craft methods. The creative pair base their practice on creating objects somewhere between art and design. 

Those who know Felipa Almeida are aware of her profound passion for objects and what lies behind them: the importance they play in the construction of our rituals and memories. 

With more than 25 years of international career behind her, Katharina Grosse is renowned for her work and interventions with spray paint on existing buildings and objects, as well as for the structures she builds herself. 

When, in July last year, I fulfilled my long-cherished desire to spend a few days at the legendary La Colombe d'Or hotel in Saint Paul de Vence, on the Côte d'Azur, I understood the magical aura surrounding the history of this establishment.  

I met Dagoberto when we were preparing the exhibition he was about to inaugurate in Lisbon in 2017. At the time, he was part of the artists’ collective that went by the name Los Carpinteros, a duo that worked together for more than 25 years, achieving considerable international reputation. 

She studied Sculpture at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Porto and fate would have it that she would fall in love with stucco and learn to work it like few others can. From Viana do Castelo to the world, Iva Viana takes a contemporary look at the material and its techniques, while working in harmony with the past. 

The mission of the new Helga de Alvear Museum in Caceres is to remind us that art is an essential vehicle for continuing to look towards the future. 

Wine, land and art are the three reasons we headed for the acclaimed Sonoma County wine region in California. 

Evy Jokhova is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice engages with relationships between social anthropology, architecture, philosophy and art.