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The Arts Intel Report

A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler
A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler

Europa / America

Candida Höfer, Pierpont Morgan Library New York IV, 2001.

Until Jan 11, 2025
475 10th Ave, New York, NY 10018, United States

“An opera house completely empty of life, its velvet seats and chandeliers waiting, its tiered balconies like ribs. It seems to hold its breath.” AIR editor Laura Jacobs is describing a work by Candida Höfer, the German artist known for her photographs of grand interiors—spaces dedicated to worship, entertainment, and study. The architects Sharon Johnston and Mark Lee have selected 10 of Höfer’s images, taken between 1993 and 2015, for an exhibition that shifts from her long-term focus on Europe to her more recent exploration of North America. The show moves geographically from West to East, and from newer to older images. —Jeanne Malle

Photo: © Candida Höfer, Köln / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024 / Courtesy: the artist and Sean Kelly, New York/Los Angeles