When the word “California” rolls off the tongue it has a transformative power- infusing the body with the sensation of basking in golden sunshine while rushing down Pacific Coast Highway at top speed in a convertible.  Or perhaps it’s the sensation of millions of grains of sand creeping in between one’s toes while ruminating over […]

In August 2015, Los Angeles based artist and surfer Jared Aufrichtig returned to the rural fishing village of Lobitos in Northern Peru.  It was his second consecutive year visiting Lobitos after visiting the village for six weeks in May 2014.   In partnership with the philanthropic group WAVES for Development, Jared enriched the lives of local children […]

In the vibrant, emergent neighborhood of Manhattan’s Lower East Side, some of the most exciting contemporary art is evolving and being seen.  It’s no surprise, then, that a new kind of gallery would spring up, playing to more alternative and intimate tastes than those of the “white cube” variety housed in Chelsea or the Upper […]

Art fairs are very sad affairs, as a whole. The reduction of an entire artist’s practice to a few square feet of temporary drywall, the three-second interactions between gallery and client that render works of art little more than mathematical utterances, the absolute lack of critical (not just negative) observation that is delivered after the […]

With the P!NK UP YOUR LIFE photography exhibition I wanted to bring a colorful spark into the cloudy and sometimes dull life in Basel.  My inspiration came thus from the everyday life, the places, people and things surrounding me.  “Pink” means to be different, positive and happy.  For me no other color has a stronger […]

Installation:  How has the environment of Basel inspired the direction of your work?  Nicholas Winter:  I’ve been in Basel for twelve years.  To be honest, I don’t find the city or the people photographically inspiring.  But there is something about it, I find that the subjects that interest me, that I want to capture are […]