In the Studio James Lewis, Vienna

James Lewis works with the things that remain when certainty disappears — data, photographs, scent, fragments of memory. Born in London, based in Vienna, he builds installations that ask how we construct knowledge, turning a statistic into a sculpture, a memory into a scent.

In the Studio Cecilia Vicuña, New York

Cecilia Vicuña’s practice moves fluidly between poetry, sculpture, textile, and performance, always returning to what she calls arte precario: an art built from debris, unspun wool, feathers, and stone that she has been making since 1966. Rooted in Indigenous Andean knowledge systems, and above all in the khipu—the knotted cord long dismissed as a mere accounting device—her work reframes precariousness and fragility as forms of consciousness rather than loss.

Person with long wavy hair sits on a stool in a gallery, looking at the camera, wearing a navy jacket; left wall covered in blue Life posters.

In the Studio Robin Kid, Rambouillet, France

Robin Kid works with images that feel less made than encountered. Cowboys, cops, fragments of cartoon Americana: images that existed long before he picked them up, suspended somewhere between memory and mass culture. Raised in the south of the Netherlands by his grandparents, in a former mining neighbourhood bordering an American army base, he grew up with the idea of the U.S. glowing faintly from the other side of the fence.

Adult with gray hair and beard sits on a curved bay window ledge, looking at the camera; framed photos and a garden outside.

Collector Stories Erling Kagge, Oslo

A born explorer, Erling Kagge has always confronted challenges. He was the first man to have reached the North Pole, the South Pole, and the summit of Mount Everest. Today he is a respected collector of contemporary art and the author of a book on collecting on a limited budget.

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Where to meet art, culture and creativity

Nordic Notes

Collectors Agenda's view on the Nordic art scene

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Julius Göthlin, Stockholm
A frontrunner of contemporary abstract painting in Sweden, Julius Göthlin’s work to the observer might appear to depart from notions of space and various natural phenomena. In his own view however, his practice largely stems from striving to propel energies and feelings through physical structures.
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