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Winter 2025: Contemporary Classical Revival — Where Heritage Meets the Avant-Garde

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ARTISTS

On the Cover:
Dmitrii Volkov

In this issue, we present the most recent body of work by Dmitrii Volkov, accompanied by two perspectives that open the door into his world: a reflective article written by members of his team and excerpts from a recent conversation with the artist. Together, they form a quiet narrative that mirrors the spirit of his drawings - direct, sincere, and grounded in lived emotion. The insights shared by those who work alongside him reveal the depth of care, solitude, and sensitivity that shape every gesture on the page.

INDUSTRY

Manu de Mey

The paintings are actually not so much a response to the contemporary digital landscape but more so a response to 'the human condition' in general. It is something that has puzzled me since I was a kid, well before the invention of the internet. How people became what they are now (good and evil) and what the point is of everything, of our existence. The point of suffering. Where evil comes from. The evil within ourselves. Why we are like this. All of these unanswerable questions are what drives my work.

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ARTISTS TO WATCH

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Naska

United States

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Iryna Götz

Erfurt, Germany

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Ekaterina Bryleva

St. Petersburg

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Kripa Radhakrishnan

United States

TRENDING NEWS

Artist to Watch:
Artem Nosov

Gallery Feature:
Galeria La Cometa

Artist Feature:
Nuria Riera

Studying at the academy played a decisive role in my development as an artist. After all, masters like Kiprensky, Bryullov, Repin, Serov, and Vrubel studied there. The work at the academy was done exclusively from life (working from live models). Throughout these six years, students acquire skills that are hard to gain anywhere else. Regarding my style, I could say that I don’t give it much significance and just work as it feels right.

La Cometa recognizes its responsibility to propel fiber beyond its usual confines, undervalued and miscategorized as merely “craft.” As trained designers, Escobar and Gómez invite the modern fashion world, which is moving at remarkable speed, to slow down, look inward, in a return to the origins of craft and return it to artistry.

I work only in watercolours. I made that conscious choice because I live by the sea and I love love it. I had a traditional academic training so I was painting in oils back then, but while cleaning oil-paint brushes, watching the murky water go down the drain I couldn’t bear the thought that at some point it would reach the ocean.

St. Petersburg

Medellin

Barcelona

INTERNATIONAL ARTICLES

Galeria Nueve Ochenta

¿Podrías explicar cómo inició y evolucionó tu colaboración con la galería Marc Straus? La colaboración se originó a través de nuestras conversaciones en distintas ferias en las que coincidíamos, pero fue justamente en la feria Untitled Miami en 2024 en la que empezamos a explorar un intercambio de nuestros programas, potenciando de esta manera la presentación de los artistas que representamos en otros mercados. La exposición se plantea como un diálogo internacional. ¿Cuál es

Artem Nosov

Могу сказать, что на мое творчество и в какой-то степени стиль повлияли как жизнь в Санкт-Петербурге так и обучение в Академии художеств. В России ведь не даром Санкт-Петербург называется культурной столицей и это конечно же чувствуется. Ну, а обучение в академии сыграло решающую роль в становлении как художника. Ведь в ней учились такие мастера как Кипренский, Брюсов, Репин, Серов, Врубель. Работа в академии художников велась только с натуры. И на протяжении 6 лет у учащихся

Galeria Carlos Orozco

Sobre el diálogo entre prácticas: ¿Cómo conciben ambos artistas la noción de “correspondencia” en términos formales y conceptuales, y de qué manera este diálogo transforma la comprensión del territorio fronterizo como un espacio vivo de intercambio simbólico? La exposición fue concebida como un diálogo donde los artistas encontraron ciertos puntos de interés. Desde la parte formal está el interés por transformar aquellos materiales que tienen un fin principalmente transaccio

Galeria La Cometa

1. En la curaduría de la exposición, ¿qué observaron sobre la manera en que Escobar y Gómez escuchan, responden o colaboran con el material, en lugar de imponer una Forma? Las artistas se aproximan al material desde la escucha; reconocen su vibración, su resistencia, su flexibilidad, su ritmo. La fibra no se somete: se acompaña. Escobar trabaja desde la evidencia cromática y el contraste, creando tramas que evocan espinas, trenzas y colas de caballo. Gómez se inclina hacia la

Dmitrii Volkov

The AFTER SHOCK — это продолжение вашего предыдущего исследования человеческого существования в состоянии турбулентности и трансформации. Могли бы вы рассказать о процессе, который вы прошли, работая над новой серией работ, которая глубже погружается в эту эмоциональную палитру? Что стало движущей силой этого продолжения? Это скорее выход из этой Палитры, но также и признание турбулентности, как чего то важного. То, что многие стараются скорее забыть, выстраивает наши выборы

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In this month’s issue, Modern Renaissance explores the contemporary classical revival — where heritage meets the avant-garde through an exploration of European artists and Latin American galleries.

In a quiet marriage of tradition and innovation, the December issue of Modern Renaissance turns its gaze toward contemporary artists who channel the masterful techniques and shadowed palettes of the classics. Across these pages, the human condition unfurls in rich strata of emotion, each layer tempered by an avant-garde impulse that keeps the past in dialogue with the present.

The moody portraits of Manu De May, Artem Nosov, Dmittri Volkov, and Iryna Götz pulse with fervent emotion, their subjects’ faces becoming sites of intimate revelation. These works lures audiences into a meditative state, inviting contemplation of vulnerability, memory, and the existential terrain we all inhabit—rendered in profound reds, contemplative blues, and storm-lit grays. With echoes of Rembrandt, Chagall, and other masters, these portraits reimagine the enduring contours of human nature through a distinctly contemporary lens.

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