ART EDUCATION

Edgar Calel (born 1987) is a Maya Kaqchikel artist and poet from Chi Xot, San Juan Comalapa, Guatemala. Working across installation, performance, painting, drawing, sculpture and poetry, Calel has developed a practice in which art, spirituality, family, land and everyday life are closely interconnected.

Rashid Johnson (born 1977) is one of the leading voices in contemporary American art. Working across painting, sculpture, installation, film, photography, and ceramics, Johnson creates deeply personal works that examine identity, race, history, masculinity, and belonging. Drawing on materials rich in cultural symbolism, his practice bridges conceptual art, abstraction, and autobiography, resulting in works that are both intellectually layered and emotionally resonant.

Hank Willis Thomas (born 1976) is one of the most influential contemporary American artists working today. Through photography, sculpture, installation, and public art, Thomas examines the ways images shape our understanding of race, identity, power, history, and consumer culture. His practice combines conceptual art with social engagement, inviting viewers to question the visual systems that influence everyday life. 

From Impressionism to Dada, abstraction to figuration, Francis Picabia transformed himself repeatedly, leaving behind one of the most unpredictable and influential bodies of work in modern art. His refusal to adopt a single style makes him increasingly relevant to today’s collectors, curators, and museums.

Francis Picabia (1879–1953) occupies a unique place in the history of twentieth-century art. While many artists are celebrated for refining a recognizable visual language, Picabia did precisely the opposite. Throughout his career he continuously reinvented himself, abandoning successful approaches in favor of entirely new directions. This restless experimentation has made him one of the key figures of modernism and a growing focus of scholarly research, museum exhibitions, and the international art market.