ArtDependence | Anna Savitskaya

Anna Savitskaya, Russia, Ukraine (co-founder, coordinator, writer)

Anna is a graduate of Moscow’s Photo Academy, with a previous background in intellectual property rights. In 2012 she founded the company Perspectiva Art, dealing in art consultancy, curatorship, and the coordination of exhibitions. During the bilateral year between Russia and The Netherlands in 2013, Perspectiva Art organized a tour for a Dutch artist across Russia, as well as putting together several exhibitions in the Netherlands, curated by Anna. Since October 2014, Anna has taken an active role in the development and management of ArtDependence Magazine. Anna interviews curators and artists, in addition to reviewing books and events, and collaborating with museums and art fairs.

Articles (92)

Article date: Monday, February 29, 2016

“It became clear right from the beginning that one way to make the Collection stronger was to engage with artists directly”

Not many family art collections in the world can boast such a committed and complex approach to building its collection of contemporary art as the Zabludowicz family can. Since the 1990s Poju and Anita Zabludowicz have been accumulating their broad and extensive collection of artworks, which now counts over 3,000 pieces. In addition to digging for some details on the Collection’s upcoming exhibition Emotional Supply Chains, Artdependence Magazine spoke with Director Elizabeth Neilson and curator Paul Luckraft about the history of the family’s collection, its development over the years, their work with young artists, and their various programs.

Article date: Monday, January 18, 2016

“I don't want anybody to understand anything. Also, there is no correct interpretation” – an interview with Philip Mueller

Somewhere between fantasy and reality, superpowers and fragility, you can locate the paintings of Philip Mueller (Austria, 1988). As his solo exhibition “Dreams in Blue. The Year Philip Mueller didn’t Wake Up” is about to open at Carbon 12 Gallery, the young artist shares the following within this interview: “[In this series] you can see everything I experienced during the last year. It was wild and beautiful.”

Article date: Friday, December 4, 2015

“I began to access corners of my imagination that were previously lying dormant” – an interview with Andrew Sendor

Andrew Sendor (1977, U.S.A.) is the type of artist who revels in the use of different and differing media, mixing the visual effects in such a way that the viewer must decipher not only the subject of the work, but also the technique. All of Sendor’s works give the impression that they have been taken out of context, appearing as the imprint of a moment from the artist’s narrative. It is up to the viewer to then build up the story around these presented moments.

Article date: Saturday, November 28, 2015

"I would define good art as art that shakes our comfort zone" - interview with Noah Horowitz, Art Basel Miami

In August 2015, North America’s most comprehensive international contemporary art fair - Art Basel - announced the appointment of Noah Horowitz to the new position of Director of The Americas. The news regarding the appointment of the Armory director to take over the leadership of Art Basel Miami, less than six months prior to its next edition, stirred up the already restless art scene. Noah Horowitz talks with Artdependence Magazine about his own preferences in art, the sources for his inspirations, and the art market’s adaptation to change.

Article date: Wednesday, October 28, 2015

“The encounter of an unprepared viewer with art is very important” - an interview with Zhanna Kadyrova

Zhanna Kadyrova, (1981, Ukraine) forms part of the new generation of Ukrainian artists, who have been deeply influenced by the difficult period of national self-determination during the Orange Revolution of 2004, and who have experienced the entire burden of rethinking of the controversies of the past, reformulating present dangers, and representing hopes for the future. "Hope" also happened to be the name of the Ukrainian Pavilion at the 2015 Venice Biennale, in which Zhanna participated for the second time.

Article date: Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Prisoners of conscience

Amnesty International is an organisation dedicated to investigating and eradicating human rights abuses. The organisation’s work is carried out by people who, as they describe themselves, take injustice personally. Their mission is to campaign for a world where human rights are followed and enjoyed by all. Artdependence Magazine talked with Raha Bahreini, Researcher with the Iran Team of Amnesty International, about the situation that Atena Farghadani, painter and activist, who was sentenced on 1 June 2015 to 12 years and nine months in prison, is now facing.

Article date: Friday, September 11, 2015

"I am lucky to have gallery spaces in key territories: Shanghai, Hong Kong and Singapore" - interview with Pearl Lam

Pearl Lam, one of the most powerful women in Asian business and one of artnet news' top twenty-five women in the art world, has worked for over two decades towards promoting Chinese contemporary art worldwide. Born in Hong Kong, China, and educated in the United States and the United Kingdom, Pearl Lam herself embodies the conjunction of Western and Chinese cultures.

Article date: Friday, September 4, 2015

“Giacometti’s portraits are about the interrogation of appearance” - Paul Moorhouse, National Portrait Gallery

Coming October 15th, the National Portrait Gallery in London will present the major exhibition “Giacometti. Pure Presence”, which will focus, first and foremost, on Alberto Giacometti as a portraitist. The exhibition will feature portraits depicting Giacometti’s closest circle: family members and friends who were near the artist in the different periods of his life, and some were present almost throughout all of his career, from 1914 to 1966. The exhibition centers on the fascination that particular sitters drew from Giacometti, and the various ways in which they influenced his creative genius.

Article date: Sunday, August 30, 2015

“I feel very strongly that my place right now is here” - interview with Tony Karman, director of EXPO CHICAGO 2015

EXPO CHICAGO 2015, the International Exposition of Contemporary & Modern Art, is due to take place from the 17th to the 20th of September. From its very start, EXPO CHICAGO had an array of undeniable advantages, such as timing, location, along with the rich and long history of its predecessor. The timing for EXPO CHICAGO is actually ideal: the fair opens the fall art season and rules the roster for the whole year. Not to mention the fair’s location in the heart of America, which attracts the attention of collectors and art lovers from both coasts. EXPO CHICAGO can rightly be considered the successor of Art Chicago, which was established in 1980 and acted as a pillar of contemporary art sales, along with such fairs like Art Cologne and Art Basel.

Article date: Thursday, August 20, 2015

“It is important to keep surprising yourself” - interview with Hellen van Meene

Dutch artist Hellen van Meene is well known for her style of photographic portraiture. Van Meene’s works depict mostly adolescents, but there are also sometimes small children or even animals. When looking at these photographs it is hard to say exactly when and where they were made. The background is only available at a glimpse, and the nondescript clothes pull the viewer’s attention completely towards the model. The subject’s postures and facial expressions that van Meen captures can almost paralyze the viewer, so deep is the experience of immersion, as Hellen van Meene stops the moment and captures the viewer within the world of these children.

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