In 2019, two Persian paintings sold in a private-auction house, in London, for roughly eight hundred thousand pounds each. The paintings were illuminated manuscripts, or “miniature” paintings, and the
The artist makes work that explores our relationship with the natural environment — as well as ideas of historical violence, mythology and ritual. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have 10
Jack Youngerman, Distinctively Abstract Artist, Dies at 93 He was a leading member of the generation that sought to recast abstraction in cooler, more analytic terms after the turmoil of Abstract Expr
Donald Baechler, the New York-based painter, sculptor, and collage artist whose brand of gleeful, deceptively simple imagery belied a rigorous commitment to formalism, died this Monday, April 4. He wa
Donald Baechler , a New York artist whose painted collages received significant attention starting in the 1980s, has died at 65. A representative for his longtime New York gallery, Cheim & Read, said
Donald Baechler, who made a name for himself in New York’s 1980s East Village with his flat, playful, almost naïve-seeming neo-Expressionist paintings that frequently cast everyday objects as symbols,
Leonardo Drew has often described a moment in 1992 when he pushed a large bale of cotton down 30 streets in Manhattan to his teacher Jack Whitten’s studio. This was not a performance, but a practical
À travers ses tableaux-objets imprégnés d’icônes consuméristes, Nick Doyle (né en 1983) rend compte d’une Amérique artificielle, et renverse un “way of life” dominant. Sa première exposition à Paris,
A new $5 million public art initiative will bring major commissions by world-class contemporary artists to downtown Miami. First up is a monumental mural by Nina Chanel Abney . The work is a joyful ma
ART Austin Lee’s Uncanny Visions of Our Tech-Saturated Universe Across a new series of airbrushed paintings, life-size sculptures, and digital animations, the New York artist’s blobby creations reflec
In organizing the 2022 Whitney Biennial —the museum’s 80th, somehow, in 90 years—senior curators David Breslin and Adrienne Edwards followed a series of “hunches.” These related to the expressive capa
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, ARTNews may receive an affiliate commission. For centuries, art history was almost exclusively the domain of
The Whitney Biennial has long held a reputation for being the most divisive exhibition within the United States, with its 1993 edition being its most polarizing one. That edition focused on what its d
"The scale of these paintings announces that the body’s relationship to the paintings is important. They’re bigger than us, they’re not human-scaled, they’re larger than life in a sense." Four large p
The Storm King Art Center in upstate New York will launch its 2022 season next month with an exhibition of evocative sculptures by the Kenya-born artist Wangechi Mutu, the artist who devised the Metro
As a child and even through his teenage years, the artist Chase Hall says he was always observant and imaginative. When we meet over Zoom to discuss his debut solo show in Europe—a collection of paint
D avid Hockney has never patented a colour, as far as I know. But there’s a Hockney blue and a Hockney red, in fact a whole palette of bright subtle hues that are totally his own. That has never been
Shantay Robinson Museum Correspondent Too often Black men are seen as threatening. Over the generations, whether they are boys like Emmett Till, Tamir Rice or Trayvon Martin, or adults like Philando C
Though he only lived to 27 years old, the legacy and work of Jean-Michel Basquiat feels timeless. In the past, his story has often been told through the lens of his connection to Andy Warhol and the w
New York-based artist Kate Shepherd will give an artist talk at the Menil Drawing Institute Feb. 17 to discuss her work: richly toned works on paper and paintings known for their exquisitely fine line
Photography: Marten Elder, Courtesy of the artist and David Kordansky Gallery. Jonas Wood, Kiki with Leopard , 2020. Oil and acrylic on linen. 52 x 38 inches (132.1 x 96.5 cm). A dog named Robot, Wood
Though Ryan McGinness creates art that’s best known in its physical forms, he’s no stranger to digital mediums. His paintings and installations all include a graphic layer (or layers) born on the scre
Galerie Eva Presenhuber , which maintains locations in Zurich and New York, and is set to open another in Vienna, will now represent Chase Hall , whose work is currently on view at the Los Angeles Cou
James Turrell: Aten Reign invites the viewer to feel aesthetic experience through its luminous artworks. James Turrell was a key figure in the Southern California Light and Space movement of the 1960s
Back in 2013, acclaimed artist James Turrell created an ethereal installation called Aten Reign . The site-specific commission was made for the Guggenheim Museum in New York, which transformed Frank L
It’s easy to rattle off the artists who’ve designed album covers that have gone down in history. During the ’60s, there was the covers of Rolling Stones’s Sticky Fingers and the Velvet Underground and
F or Brian Donnelly – known as Kaws since his graffiti beginnings in 1990s New York – art has always been a communication tool. From street art to vast public commissions, he says, “it’s a chance to c
Think of paintings of dogs, and what springs to mind? Something by Edwin Landseer or George Stubbs, perhaps? Dogs playing poker? The genre is not known for its artistic depth or profundity, but Jonas
Think back to some of the most iconic contemporary albums to come out over the past three decades, and it’s all but guaranteed that Interscope Records was behind one of the first that pops into your h
"Shara Hughes: On Edge," installation view Photo by Dusty Kessler Bryan Hollerbach Change across the spectrum calls into question what the term “landscape” even means anymore, and an ongoing exhibitio
It’s not every day you find yourself standing between two paintings of trolls waving at one another, but that’s exactly what you would have found in Robin F. Williams’s recent show, “Out Lookers,” at
Nothing in James Whitner’s background could have prepared him for where he is now. He grew up in a tough neighbourhood in Pittsburgh during the 1980s crack-cocaine epidemic, with parents who battled a
Support Hyperallergic’s independent arts journalism. Become a Member In 2021, two unimaginably large film portraits of two trans elders were unfurled with pride of place within the massive interiors o
OUTSIDE LA: Robin F. Williams P·P·O·W New York by Annabel Keenan | Oct 28, 2021 Robin F. Williams, "Final Girl Exodus," 2021, Robin F. Williams’ latest solo show Out Lookers at P·P·O·W teeters between
The large-scale arrival of new and veteran dealers has given the neighborhood its first unifying theme in 60 years. Here are three walks with our critics, a springboard to explore. Send any friend a s
Out Lookers: The Chameleon Nature of Robin F Williams PPOW Gallery // October 15, 2021 - November 13, 2021 October 20, 2021 | in Painting No matter how she evolves as a painter, you can recognize a Ro
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