Category: art
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From Micro to Mega, Jon McCormack's Striking Photos Reveal Nature's Patterns
Growing up in the Australian Outback, where he first picked up a camera as a teenager to document his surroundings in the bush, Jon McCormack developed a keen eye for the beauty and subtleties of nature. Throughout his career, he’s stepped foot on all seven continents. Yet the idea for his new book, Patterns: Art read more
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Cassandra Dias Takes an Impressionistic Approach to Painting with Thread
What better way to meditate on nature’s most majestic features than to recreate its details one stitch at a time? Since picking up a needle and thread in 2020, Cassandra Dias has translated rugged cliffsides, neat vineyards, and sun-streaked mountains into lush embroideries. The Southern California-based artist uses a technique known as thread painting, which read more
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Newsmakers: Nalini Malani Lets the Walls Speak with a New Installation in Venice
Entering the cavernous Magazzini del Sale in Venice, viewers encounter Nalini Malani’s animations, which are projected directly onto the uneven brick walls of the former salt warehouse. Her images flicker, dissolve, and reappear as they are cast across architecture shaped by centuries of trade. The installation feels both contemporary and archaic: moving images that seem read more
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At 77, Painter Archie Rand Is Still Telling New Stories
How do you know when a painting is finished? It’s a question asked of so many painters, many of whom struggle to come up with an answer. When I posed it to Archie Rand during a conversation in his Brooklyn studio, he stood up from his lounge chair and walked toward an easel on which read more
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Sharjah Biennial Lines Up 109 Artists for 2027 Edition, Titled ‘What Remains, Sits Restive’
The Sharjah Art Foundation has announced the title, curatorial framework, and artist list for the 17th Sharjah Biennial, set to run from January 21, through June 13, 2027. Titled “What remains, sits restive,” the exhibition will bring together 109 artists across sites in the emirate, including Sharjah City, Al Dhaid, Khorfakkan, and the Kalba Ice read more
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Digital Art Pioneer Nancy Burson Collapses the Border Between Mysticism and Quantum Physics
At first glance, Nancy Burson’s “Quantum Entanglement” paintings appear simply as white dots washing over black canvases in clusters and waves. Some dots resemble pairs of eyes; others appear as overlapping roundish figures. But when viewed as the 78-year-old artist intends—through a phone camera—the forms appear to jitter like static. Faint washes of color and read more
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A Long-Running Case Centering on Alleged Robert Indiana Forgeries Is Resolved with a $102 M. Settlement
A lawsuit claiming copyright infringement and forgery of the work of major American Pop artist Robert Indiana has come to a conclusion after eight long years. A New York jury found that art publisher Michael McKenzie had created unauthorized and altered versions of Indiana’s work, reports the New York Times. The suit included some versions read more
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Italian Culture Minister Will Not Attend Venice Biennale Opening in Protest of Russia’s Participation
Italian culture minister Alessandro Giuli will not attend the opening of the Venice Biennale as a protest against the Russian Pavilion, which marks the country’s return to the exhibition following its 2022 invasion of Ukraine. The news was announced in a statement from the Ministry of Culture, which noted that Giuli will neither travel to read more
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Printed Matter’s LA Art Book Fair Returns May 7–10
Announcement Connect with 250 international artists, publishers, and booksellers and celebrate the art publishing community at ArtCenter South Campus in Pasadena, California. Photo by Aleksey Kondratyev Initiated in 2013, Printed Matter’s LA Art Book Fair (LAABF) is a celebration and international gathering for artists’ book publishers to distribute their work, connect with broad audiences, and read more
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South Carolina Artist Aldwyth Dies, The Box Closes in LA, and More: Morning Links for April 27, 2026
The Headlines LOVE ACTUALLY. After eight years of legal disputes, a New York federal jury has awarded theMorgan Art Foundation$102.2 million in damages, contending that art publisherMichael McKenzieisolated artistRobert Indiananear the end of his life and created unauthorized versions of his work, theNew York Timesreports. Indiana is famous for his large sculpture depicting the word read more
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“Primary Structures” Turns 60
On April 28, 1966, The New York Times ran a review of the Jewish Museum’s “Primary Structures” exhibition by Hilton Kramer, a conservative critic notorious for his disdain for contemporary art. That contempt was amply displayed in his views on the show: “Here are 42 American and British artists,” Kramer observed, “who care nothing for read more
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Israel Addresses Venice Biennale Jury’s ‘Boycott’ of Pavilion: ‘A Contamination of the Art World’
Israel has responded to a statement released by the Venice Biennale jury, in which its five curators said last week that they would not consider any pavilions by countries who are charged with crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court. Calling that move a “boycott,” Israel’s foreign ministry denounced the jury in a statement read more
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Artists Sell More Than $1 M. in Art at Sotheby’s in Support of a Debt-Free Yale MFA Program
Artists ranging from Mickalene Thomas to Tammy Nguyen are banding together to sell more than $1 million in art at Sotheby’s next month, with all the funds going toward Yale University’s MFA art program, among the most esteemed ones of its kind in the country. All of the works will appear in a contemporary art read more
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Matthew Hansel’s Hidden Demons – Hi-Fructose Magazine
The finished work finally appeared on June 16, 2023, with the same title but major changes to the subject. All three of the primary figures now build a tower of cheese out of the water. The cheese blocks the grotesque aspects of the central woman, although her gourd breasts now rest on a platter teetering read more
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Thousands of Strips of Silk Undulate in Kenny Nguyen's 'Deconstructed Paintings'
Silk has been crafted in Vietnam for centuries, where it’s treasured as a lightweight, luxurious fabric used in traditional garments and art. For Kenny Nguyen, who was born in Ben Tre Province and is currently based in Charlotte, North Carolina, the material provides the foundation for vibrant, large-scale wall works that combine elements of weaving read more
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EU Says It ‘Intends’ to Cut Funding to Venice Biennale Because of Russian Pavilion
In its most forceful condemnation yet of the world’s greatest art exhibition, the European Union said it planned to cut funding to the Venice Biennale, which will host this year host Russia’s first pavilion since the nation’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The pavilion has faced a bitter, negative response from European leaders and artists read more
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An Alexander Calder Retrospective in Paris Underscores His Inventiveness
Object with Red Discs</em>, 1931″,”description”:”ntttt nnnnnnn ntBy 1930 Calder sought to distance himself from what had brought him early recognition. His discovery of Piet Mondrianu2019s studio at 16 Rue du Du00e9part in Paris that October acted as a catalyst for his turn toward nonfigurative art. Calder later recalled that the visit gave him u201cthe shock read more
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Animals Wander through Neighborhood Streets at Twilight in Nicholas Moegly's Illustrations
In folklore, twilight is often interpreted as a liminal, even magical time during which spirits emerge in the transition between light and dark. It’s sometimes even seen as a period when extra caution is advised, as will-o’-the-wisps, shapeshifters, and fae may try to influence people in their path. For artist Nicholas Moegly, nightfall sets the read more
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Roses and Thorns of Greater New York
An artist on saying no to the US Biennale pavilion, Dumbo Open Studios turns 10, and the Rijksmuseum takes on Ovid’s magnum opus. MoMA PS1’s massive survey of local artists, Greater New York, happens just once every five years, so it’s only natural that the show would stir strong emotions … including ambivalence. Read all read more
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Collector Dimitris Daskalopoulos’s NEON to Conclude After ‘Having Fulfilled Its Mission’
NEON, the Athens-based initiative founded by leading collector Dimitris Daskalopoulos, will conclude its activities later this year, “after 14 years of activity, having fulfilled its cultural and social mission,” according to a release. NEON’s final project began last year when the first of three exhibitions by Chicago-based artist Michael Rakowitz opened at the Acropolis Museum read more
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