Aujourd’hui is pleased to announce Diango Hernández as our next interview. The Cuban born artist is still defying simple categorizations, breaking boundaries and always challenging his work through craftsmanship and a unique notion of materialization. With a intimate view on the role of his art and how it has been shaped through traveling and living abroad, Diango Hernández has been widely exhibited in galleries like Barbara Thumm (Berlin), Marlborough Contemporary (London) and Alexander and Bonin (New York) and institutions such as Kunstahlle Basel (Basel), Museum Morsbroich (Leverkusen), Museum of Contemporary Art (Tokyo), Tate Liverpool (Liverpool), Barbican Centre (London) among many others. Read our interview to find out how he manages to turn blurry memories into feelings, how every nationality comes with different degrees of complication and how he believes that a better future is possible through art instead of any kind of politics.

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A long exchange of emails precedes the day when I scheduled to meet Polish artist Goshka Macuga. Some big projects coming up, keep her highly busy. The activity in her studio is frenetic, and it is precisely there where it becomes clear how Macuga’s range of interests –from physics to politics, from avant-garde theory to comedy theatre or from anthropology to philosophy– is as overwhelming as the amount of research on the basis of her work. In one of her early installations, Picture Room (Gasworks, 2003) she encompassed the collection of items and the incorporation of works by other artists, indicating her intention to work towards an expansive practice, operating between disciplines and escaping categorisation. A precise approach that five years later, earned her a nomination for the Turner prize. Since then, Macuga has been moving and working successfully between different terrains where the search for hidden knowledge remains a constant.

- Alejandro Alonso Díaz

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Aujourd’hui is pleasured to announce Domenico de Chirico as our brand new interview. With a very interesting combination of skills and activities, Domenico is a Milan based curator, teacher, editor and contributing writer. Collaborating with international galleries, artists and magazines, Domenico still finds time to teach Visual Culture and Trend Research in IED – Istituto Europeo di Design. Read our interview to find out how his process behind the concept and execution of a show, what are his triggers as a curator and how he manages to be a curator in such iconic galleries, without losing focus from all of his activities.

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The interaction between art and fashion has been known and widely discussed since these subjects’ roots. But it was Pari Ehsan who pioneered on pairing these two elements in unique combinations that celebrate this relationship and their influence on the contemporary landscape. The New York based blogger blends high-end fashion and contemporary art by posing in outfits that carefully match the exhibitions that she features in. With over 200,000 followers on Instagram, Pari Ehsan’s wisely curated fashion-meets-art feed has been rising in popularity, which can be attested by her nomination for the CFDA Awards. A step ahead of the conventional fashion blog posts, Pari explores new ways to combine different patterns and textures, creating dialogues and offering a brand new perspective into contemporary art. We had the opportunity to catch up with Pari to learn more about her process, her favorite galleries, and her future projects. Meet Pari Ehsan, the game-changer behind the internet sensation blog, Pari Dust.

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Aujourd’hui has the pleasure of presenting Alexandre Farto (also known as Vhils) as our most recent interview. His groundbreaking carving technique shaped him into one of the leading figures among Portuguese artists and a global ambassador for Portuguese street art. Born in 1987 and raised in Seixal, a part of Lisbon's outskirts, Vhils started his visual interactions with the urban panorama as a prolific graffiti writer in the early 2000s. The simple, yet very emotional, carved murals were hailed as one of the most compelling approaches to art created in the last decade. With countless works in the public space around the world, Alexandre's work has also been exhibited both in solo and group exhibitions in institutions such as Fundação EDP - Museu da Electricidade in Lisbon, Magda Danysz Gallery in Paris, Coa Museum in Portugal, Museum of Contemporary Art in San Diego, Centre Pompidou in Paris, Museu de Arte do Rio in Rio de Janeiro, Lazarides Gallery in London, among many others. Often dealing with social issues, his work highlights and exposes several feelings, pioneering a fascinating aesthetic while also garnering critical acclaim. Read our interview to find out how he is avoiding overstraining, how he still wants to make materials dance and how it felt to be distinguished with one of Portugal’s highest honours.

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After talking to several artists and curators in our past interviews, Aujourd’hui has the pleasure to shake things up with Namalimba Coelho, Press Manager for Lisbon-based Museu Berardo. Our conversation allowed us to find out how the Angolan born communicator started in Law, only before deciding to focus on Human Rights and all before becoming the media and press handler of one of Lisbon’s most coveted art institutions. Having promoted some of coolest shows the city has seen in the past ten years, while also working with some of Lisbon’s most well renowned and exciting art institutions, we listened to Namalimba’s in-depth opinion and analysis about the tools of her trade. Read our interview to find how the role of a big museum PR is performed, what’s her view on Lisbon’s contemporary art scene and how a change of projects is yet to scare Namalimba.

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Manuel Forte is an artist born in Oporto, Portugal, and the first Portuguese ever presented in our interviews. He attended Kensington & Chelsea College and the Scuplture Academy in London, He attended Ar.Co ́s Painting course and “Gulbenkian Programme of Artistic Creation and Creativity” Videoart course at the Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon. His work has been exhibited at Galeria Diagrama (Mexico City), BWA Zielona Gorá (Poland), No Space (Mexico City) and Brand New Gallery's 2159miles at Museo Britanico Americano (Mexico City). Read our interview to discover how cities are always informers and how aesthetic transformations feel like a daily dynamic.

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The development of technology and the growth of the internet and social media is changing our society and consequently the art world. The ways in which we contemplate and consume art and even the intricacies of the art market are shifting and adapting with the appearance of platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Paddle8, Artsy, Art Rank and more. ArtStack, a discovery tool with a social element, has been growing and creating its place since 2011. Aujourd'hui spoke with Ezra Konvitz, one of its Co-Founders, to learn more about his past, what makes ArtStack unique and its plans for the future. 

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Aujourd’hui is proud to present its latest interview, this time with the British artist Bryan Dooley. Hailed as one of the most promising artists in the UK, Bryan was born in Leeds in 1987 and graduated with an MA in Photography from London’s prestigious Royal College of Art. Rod Barton, Galerie Jeanrochdard and Chewday’s are only but some of his past exhibitions. Read our interview to find out how photography was just a tool for something bigger, what artists currently excite him and how he became an artist during a heatwave and a flash of light.

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Our latest interview presents and celebrates Tobias Czudej, better known as Chewday’s. The London-based curator, who recently curated "Signal Failure" at Pace London, is always able to challenge and amaze the art world with his exhibitions, all while working in distinguished institutions like Gagosian and PACE. With a very intimate view on how a show must be planned, processed and presented, we were eager to know how he manages to create unique and successful exhibitions on a regular basis. Read our interview to discover how internet blends with solitude in his new show, the personal way he subverts conventional displays and how he plans to open a small gallery in London under Chewday’s name.

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It’s a great pleasure for Aujourd’hui to present Christian Rosa as our brand new interview. Don’t be fooled by the reckless attitude and cool looks, Christian Rosa is not just any other emerging artist. He is the seminal art world success story, with works flying from his studio in Los Angeles to exhibitions at White Cube and Saatchi Gallery in London, Venice Biennale and many others. Born in Rio de Janeiro and raised in Vienna, his paintings have an improvisational feel that uplifts all the right cadences and rhythms throughout the canvas. Read our interview to find out Christian’s remaining goals, what he thinks about abstract optimism and what happened with the infamous Ferrari.

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It’s a great pleasure for Aujourd’hui to have Olivier Kosta-Théfaine in the spotlight for one of our interviews. Born in Bezons in 1972, Olivier lives and works in Paris, where he started as a self-taught artist and graffiti writer. His work has been widely exhibited around the world with solo exhibitions at Galerie Jeanrochdard (Paris/Brussels), Steinsland Berliner (Stockholm), Underdogs (Lisbon) and participations in group exhibitions at Bryce Wolkowitz (New York), Foundation Cartier pour l'art contemporain (Paris), Palais de Tokyo (Paris) among many others. Read the interview to discover how flowers were a mirage while growing up in the suburb and why this is so important to understand his Jardins à la Française.

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Aujourd’hui dedicates this interview and spotlight to Pauline Foessel, current Director at Underdogs Gallery in Lisbon. Pauline is responsible not only for the gallery, but also its editions and a public art program. The Grenoble born curator, manager and director studied Management at SKEMA Business School before working as gallery manager in Magda Danysz Gallery in Shanghai. Read the interview to discover how a management background gave her the perfect set of skills to manage art facilities, how her firm belief in public art and why it matters is so contagious and how Shanghai – Lisbon left her a little lost in translation.

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The first interview ever presented in Aujourd’hui celebrates and presents the work of Samuel François. Naturally, the international exposure of his work, widely exhibited in galleries and institutions such as Galerie Jeanroch Dard (Paris/Brussels), Rod Barton Gallery (London), Berthold Pott (Cologne) and in collective exhibitions at the Musée Musée Départemental du Sel (Marsal), Centre Georges Pompidou (Paris), BWA (Wroclaw) and Autocenter (Berlin) is considered, but also his role as a curator in several projects. Take a look on why the french artist born in 1977 in Pompey went to work in Hettange-Grande, a small commune far away in the north-east region of France, but close enough to some of the biggest locations in european art.

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