Lucas Art Talks

1. Medardo Rosso, La conversazione , 1903, Museo Medardo Rosso, Barzio, Photo Credit : mumok / Markus Wörgötter      The exhibition "Medardo Rosso: Inventing Modern Sculpture" at the Kunstmuseum Basel is the first major retrospective in Switzerland in over two decades of the Italian sculptor. It was organized in collaboration with mumok (Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien) and presents approximately 50 sculptures and more than 250 drawings and photographs. The exhibition is structured in two main parts: a monographic presentation on the ground floor of the Neubau, and a thematic dialogue with over 60 artists on the second floor. These artists range from contemporaries of Rosso to major figures of the 20th and 21st centuries. The exhibition invites the viewer to understand Rosso not only as a pioneer of modern sculpture but as an essential reference for contemporary artistic practices. 2. Medardo Rosso, Rieuse , 1910, Private Collection, Photograph : mumok / Markus...

1. Installation view,  Francis Alÿs - Kids Take Over,  Museum Ludwig, Cologne 2025,  Photo: Historisches Archiv mit Rheinischem Bildarchiv/Vincent  Quack  © Francis Alÿs Francis Alÿs – Kids Take Over        The exhibition Francis Alÿs – Kids Take Over at the Museum Ludwig presents a comprehensive view of the Belgian-born, Mexico-based artist’s recent work which focused on children's games around the world. Following his receipt of the 2023 Wolfgang Hahn Prize, the museum collaborated closely with Alÿs to develop this large-scale presentation, which centers on his long-term video project “Children’s Games” and includes smaller sections dedicated to his paintings, drawings, and a collaborative curatorial experiment with children a school from Cologne.        The show focuses on how children, through play, engage with their immediate environments, rural and urban, peaceful and conflict-ridden, offering insights into cultural ...