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Lee Ufan seen by Paolo Roversi for the cover of Numéro art 17
For its latest cover, Numéro art invited the famous photographer Paolo Roversi to capture the portrait of Lee Ufan, one of the most respected figures in the art world, known for the minimalist vocabulary he has been developing since the 1960s. The new issue will be available at newsstands and on iPad on October 18th.
Cover by Paolo Roversi.
Published on 17 October 2025. Updated on 20 October 2025.
Korean artist Lee Ufan seen by Paolo Roversi for the cover of Numéro art 17
At almost 90, Lee Ufan remains one of the most respected figures in contemporary art. Since the 1960s, the painter, sculptor, thinker, and philosopher has developed a minimalist language instantly recognizable. Simple elements are selected for their material presence – stones, steel plates, iron bars, mirrors, pigment-based paints – then associated with one another, with the space that welcome them and with the viewer looking at them.
That goes for a stone resting on a glass sheet or, as well as for his paintings, whose signature touch consists of a single tapered square executed with extreme focus and control in one move thanks to the width of his brushstroke. Numéro art first met with the artist in his Parisian studio, and then in the photo studio of another master, Paolo Roversi.
Thibaut Wychowanok, editor-in-chief of Numéro art.
Numéro art 17 will be available at newsstands and on iPad on October 18th, 2025.
