George Condo is one of the biggest names in American painting, and Hauser & Wirth is hosting a large exhibition dedicated to him in its London location. From 13 October to 23 December 2021, the gallery will be exhibiting new … Continued

You won’t want to miss this treat from the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Pioneering feminist artist Judy Chicago is being celebrated with the first retrospective of her work at the de Young Museum (San Francisco), where visitors will … Continued

Eileen Agar (1899 – 1991) was a British artist attached to the Surrealist movement and known for her brilliantly unique paintings, collages, photographs, and objects. Whitechapel Gallery, in London, is hosting a major retrospective of the late artist’s work, titled … Continued

The Brant Foundation Art Study Center is presenting works by David Salle at its Greenwich, CT location. From November 16 until April 1, 2022, visitors will have the opportunity to view over 40 pieces from the American artist. They are … Continued

MoCA Westport held its first Summer Open Call earlier this year. The work of the selected artists is being exhibited this summer in the museum’s immense gallery in an exhibition titled Élan Vital, which opened on June 25 and runs … Continued

Paul Cézanne, who is known mostly for his beautiful Post-Impressionist paintings, was also the creator of some incredible works on paper. Until September 25th, 2021, the Museum of Modern Art in New York is showcasing over 250 of these lesser-known … Continued

From July 17th to August 28, 2021, the Southampton Arts Center in Southampton, NY, is hosting one of the most fascinating New York art events of the summer: an exhibition titled BEYOND THE STREETS on PAPER, which features over 500 … Continued

One of our favorite artists is taking over Chicago. Amazing and provocative American artist Barbara Kruger’s work is being shown at The Art Institute, in a major exhibition titled Thinking of You. I Mean Me. I Mean You. It is … Continued

Not one but two museums are housing the latest retrospective of the work of legendary American artist Jasper Johns. The Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art simultaneously exhibit works from the artist’s entire career. The … Continued

Howl! Happening Gallery is presenting Helen Oliver Adelson’s haunting paintings in an exhibit entitled The Road. Adelson is known for her large-scale portraits and landscapes. The pictures feel like they come from another dimension. The paintings create a surreal atmosphere … Continued

The Museum of Contemporary Art, MOCA, has reinstalled the monumental wall by Los Angeles-based artist Barbara Kruger. The work holds a special place in the hearts and memories of LA’s art community. It may also be the highlight of MOCA’s … Continued

The visionary architect and draftsman Jean-Jacques Lequeu (1757-1826) died in obscurity and poverty. At the time of his death, a tenant in the building where he lived was the executor of his will. He was asked to sell the drawings … Continued

Jane Friedman opened Howl! Happening Gallery in the East Village of Manhattan in 2015. The name itself is a significant nod to the poet Allen Ginsberg’s masterpiece poem. Jane Friedman said of Ginsberg, “I always felt that Allan’s words directed … Continued

Many significant events took place in the United States in 1992. Jeffrey Dahmer was sentenced to life in prison, Jay Leno took over as the host of The Tonight Show, Southern California bore the brunt of many major earthquakes, and … Continued

Gerhard Richter: Painting After All is a major exhibition of the work of one of the greatest and most provocative and explorative artists of our time. The exhibit spans Richter’s six decades of his obsessive investigation of naturalism and at … Continued

Mimmo Rotella was one of the most important post-war Italian artists and writers, which is somewhat ironic since American pop culture played such a large role in his art practice. Much like his American peers Robert Rauschenberg or Jasper Johns, … Continued

Artist Charlie Hewitt was just 21 years old when he came to New York City in 1968. With eleven dollars in his pocket, he didn’t think about failure. Like many artists, he came to the city looking for inspiration and … Continued

The Los Angeles Museum of Modern Art is currently presenting the exhibition candidly titled Julie Mehretu, in a study of the artist’s mid-career survey. A comprehensive exploration of Mehretu’s works up until this point in her career, the exhibition collaborates … Continued

Vija Celmins: To Fix the Image in Memory For the first time in 25 years, the Latvian-American artist, Vija Celmins, is showcasing her latest retrospect. Within the scope of her time, Celmins has taken part in forty solo exhibitions and … Continued

Like no other artist of his time, Félix Vallotton chronicled the bourgeois of Paris in the late 1800s. His brazen, original approach, spareness, political leanings and an odd discomfort run throughout his art. We feel something is off, out of … Continued

The exhibit at the Neue Galerie in New York is an outstanding exploration of the genius of Ernst Ludwig Kirchner with an emphasis on color in his work across different media. It is Kirchner’s resounding and rule breaking choices of … Continued

The recent Louise Bourgeois exhibit at the National Gallery of Art in Washington was titled “No Exit,” as in the play by Jean-Paul Sartre, because Bourgeois liked to think of herself as a rational existentialist like Sartre, and not as … Continued

The West is such an integral part of our national myth, it’s not surprising that it has played such an formative role in the art of Ed Ruscha, the ur-American artist of our times. Born in Oklahoma, Ruscha left home … Continued

Since first making a name for himself in the aftermath of the 2005 Paris riots, the French street artist known simply as JR has traveled to impoverished and troubled hotspots around the globe, using his art—guerrilla photo installations pasted onto urban … Continued

Richard Prince is the artist who made “rephotographing” (taking photographs of photographs in publications like the New York Times) famous and whose work—from “Cowboy” sculptures  to “Naughty Nurse” paintings— is priced in the millions. “Rephotography is a technique for stealing … Continued

British artist Francis Bacon (1909—92) was a giant of 20th-century art and an individualist. His surreal, figurative imagery has many fans and a few followers (such as Lucian Freud), but it’s mostly inimitable, adding up to a uniquely dreamlike—and sometimes … Continued

A self-described “art renegade,” Kelly Moore sells his wares in his extravagantly appointed studio, the Dark Bird Palace, at the Tesuque Reservation Flea Market, which is located five miles north of Santa Fe, New Mexico (March through October, Thursday—Sunday, at … Continued

The dramatic tower of I.M. Pei’s East Building of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., had been closed for renovations for nearly three years. On September 30, it re-opened with a dazzling new exhibition of the works of … Continued

Jane Maxwell is a Boston-based artist who is interested in exploring body image in art. She has always had a passion for vintage materials, fashion and design and a fascination with pop culture and the feminine ideal. In her deeply … Continued

His drip paintings became an emblem of modern American art, the New World’s stamp on Abstract Expressionism. From his home and studio in East Hampton, Long Island, his creative explosion became the epicenter of the art world. His name was … Continued

Jean-Michel Basquiat was a street kid and a graffiti master who ascended to the top of the art world in the early 1980s, befriending Andy Warhol and making millions. Brooklyn-born, he had a Haitian father and a Puerto Rican mother, … Continued

The Mexican Revolution began in 1910 and lasted for most of the decade. More than a million people lost their lives, and the country was transformed, forcing electoral, land and labor reforms and the establishment of a new constitution in … Continued

The French artist JR’s eye-catching black-and-white photographs, posted as street art throughout the world, took on a monumental dimension last August. Chosen as one of three “artists in residence” at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro—the other two were … Continued

In the 1930s, America was a different place. Having been through a horrific World War, the U.S. emerged a world power and then retreated into isolation from world affairs. The 1920s were a period of expansion, experimentation—the Jazz Age. Immigrants … Continued

On the 100th anniversary of the birth of the Dada movement, Hauser & Wirth presented an exhibit of two seminal Dada artists, Kurt Schwitters and Hans Arp, along with the Spanish painter and sculptor Joan Miró, who was profoundly influenced … Continued

Nicole Eisenman first made her mark with a series of drawings—some of which made it into the 1995 Whitney Biennial—that presented a feminist passion with a sexy, cartoonish sensibility. As a lesbian artist, Eisenman also tapped into—as Art in Print … Continued

Known as one of the founders of Impressionism—and a key figure in 19th-century art—Degas and his graceful female figures, mostly ballet dancers, in pale, diaphanous fabrics and outstretched poses, have been imprinted in the visual memories of people around the … Continued

In 1990, one year after Robert Mapplethorpe died of AIDS—at age 42—a grand jury indicted the director of Cincinnati’s Contemporary Arts Center for exhibiting Mapplethorpe’s “obscene” photographs. The images in question showed explicit acts of sadomasochistic gay sex—including shots of … Continued

Tony Oursler’s Underwater (Blue/Green) (1996) Oursler is an American multimedia artist whose work often incorporates elements of psychology and technology. In this 1995 installation, Underwater (Green/Blue), Oursler projects a man’s head into a tank of water. Trying to evoke a sense … Continued

When is a work of art done? Should it ever be completed? These are the questions posed by “Unfinished: Thoughts Left Visible,” the awe-inspiring inaugural exhibition of the new Met Breuer in New York—the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s renovated modern-art … Continued

“Some artists specialize in making life difficult for ourselves by choosing risqué subject matter,” says Ray Leaning about his own quest in creating erotic art. “It’s an obsession, I admit. I’ll go on drawing and painting foxy ladies, because I … Continued

A recent discovery of photographic negatives from the University of Illinois at Chicago library archives brought to light an early part of iconic artist Robert Rauschenberg’s career. In the early 1950s, when Rauschenberg was living with artist Susan Weil in … Continued

If you had to choose one artist who personified Abstract Expressionism—someone who put New York on the map as the epicenter of the art world in the post–World War II era, and whose passion literally exploded the restrained, modernist mind-set … Continued

When Peggy Guggenheim—whose grandfather made a fortune in mining and smelting, and whose father died aboard the Titanic with his valet and chauffeur—turned 21 in 1919, she inherited $2.5 million. With that money, she amassed one of the great collections … Continued

Although Nauman—who’s developed an artistic reputation for “probing relentlessly into the darker aspects of American life”—nabbed some admirers of his work right out of art school, his reputation as a modern art genius really took off in the 1980s, when … Continued

Robert Motherwell was one of the radical maestros of the “New York School”—a term he himself coined—who, along with Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning and Mark Rothko, turned Abstract Expressionism into the reigning movement in art in the United States … Continued

“Rayographs” were actually photographs of an unusual sort: these radical new Dada images were made by the American expatriate artist Man Ray in Paris in the 1920s without a camera or lenses. Instead, he placed a variety of objects—discs, coils, … Continued

According to Patti Smith, writing in the catalog of this splendid show, Lee Krasner’s work “provides us with the markers toward her eventual full-bloomed entry into a male-dominated world, forever establishing herself on equal ground, where aspects of gender may … Continued

Georgia O’Keeffe was a trailblazer without even trying to be. Born in 1887, she was the first acclaimed female modernist—she is known as “the mother of American modernism”—and she was the first woman artist to have a retrospective at the … Continued

During the excavation of the volcano-destroyed town of Pompeii in the mid-19th century, archaeologists discovered a shockingly wide range of erotic art. There was a sculpture that depicted Pan—the god of Nature—copulating with a goat. There were wall paintings of … Continued

Just a short train ride from Barcelona on the Mediterranean coast, the small town of Figueres is where the great surrealist Salvador Dalí was born and raised. In 1960, Dalí, by then a hugely successful art star and an international … Continued

It started in Zurich, Switzerland, in 1916, right in the middle of World War I, as artists from all over Europe who were disgusted with the state of things converged in a concerted effort to give the art world an … Continued

The great Norwegian artist Edvard Munch (1863–1944) is best known and loved for his mesmerizing pastel, The Scream (see below), which has become an emblem of nightmarish emotion. But despite a life filled infamously with mental anguish, Munch created a … Continued

For it’s first major exhibition since it opened its doors in downtown Los Angeles, The Broad presented “Cindy Sherman: Imitation of Life,” a comprehensive survey of this influential artist’s work over four decades, last summer and fall. It featured nearly … Continued

Best known for the photographs he has done over the years of his beloved Weimaraner dogs in unforgettable anthropomorphic poses and costumes, William Wegman was actually trained as a painter. “I studied painting in art school,” he says, “but by … Continued

PROVOKR was in the process of preparing a story on Zaha Hadid when we learned of her sudden and shocking death from a heart attack on March 31 at the age of 65. We were in awe of her unique … Continued

In his most recent show at Skarstedt, New York, Eric Fischl, known for both his lush figurative paintings of suburban life and his jaundiced eye, confronted the war between the spiritual and the commercial at art fairs. The climax of … Continued

Abstract Expressionism was a movement in art in the post–World War II years that turned New York into the center of the art world and American artists into international icons. Even so, the movement itself was always presented as overwhelmingly … Continued

Banksy, of course, is not his real name, but the artist believed to have been born in Bristol, England, in 1974, wishes to remain anonymous and thus free to subvert the system of art ownership and collecting and appreciation that … Continued

Alice Neel is arguably the greatest portrait painter of the 20th century. Her work went mostly unheralded until the 1970s, when she was elderly but still working, and women artists were finally beginning to get their due; she died in … Continued

Ramiro Gomez was born in San Bernardino, California, in 1986 to undocumented immigrant parents. The art he would grow up to make is a sly comment on the world he inhabited, deconstructing the divide between the privileged few and their … Continued

He died in 1964, on the eve of the Pop explosion that sent mid-century modernist painters spinning, but Stuart Davis’s work, which mixes American advertising style with the movements (cubist, dada, Abstract Expressionism) that he grew up with, presages the … Continued

Carole A. Feuerman came to prominence at a time when women artists were just beginning to build momentum in the art world, in the 1980s and ’90s. Today she continues to create hyper-realistic sculpture in the tradition made famous by … Continued

Utopian modernist and Bauhaus teacher László Moholy-Nagy hadn’t had a comprehensive museum retrospective of his work in 50 years until the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, in conjunction with the Art Institute of Chicago and the Los Angeles … Continued

A mix of Pop and conceptual art, Jonathan Horowitz’s work is provocative in an explicitly political way. Like the greats of Pop Art—Warhol, Lichtenstein—he appropriates pop-culture images in a celebratory, faux-naive way. But he also engages us in a cultural … Continued

British artist Tracey Emin takes a sexually provocative stance to her work, as a way of locating it within a feminist tradition—the personal as political. We are quite taken with the spareness and raw sensuousness of the paintings and prints … Continued

“Louise Fishman: A Retrospective,” which ran last spring and summer, was the first museum survey show ever of this accomplished, senior American artist. It was organized by the Neuberger Museum of Art in Purchase, New York, part of the SUNY … Continued

It was a very precise self-assignment: For his recent show at the Royal Academy of Art in London, David Hockney returned to his studio in Los Angeles and invited people up to sit for him for three days. Twenty hours … Continued

The newest art star in the New York scene is Carmen Herrera, a Cuban-born 101-year-old woman who has been doing her own brand of geometric, hard-edged abstraction for more than 50 years, virtually unknown. Born into an affluent family in … Continued

Provincetown, Massachusetts, on the furthest tip of Cape Cod, is home to the oldest and largest continuous art colony in the United States. The town, the historic fishing village where the Pilgrims first landed in the New World and wrote … Continued

Alfred Leslie is a trend-setting, multitalented American artist. He was born in the Bronx in 1927, and after serving in World War II, became an Abstract Expressionist and achieved success and recognition in the 1950s. He also branched out into … Continued

In 1950’s and 1960’s New York, Pop Art had yet to transform the art world, Soho was still light years away and young contemporary artists were fed up with the slick commercialism of the galleries uptown. So they migrated down … Continued

Lining the spiraling walls of the famous rotunda of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, “Agnes Martin,” a major retrospective of the artist’s work, is the first since her death in 2004. It runs through January 11, 2017. … Continued

One of the great figures of postwar European art, Yves Klein (1928-1962) was a leading proponent of the avant-garde Nouveau réalisme movement, an effort to find radical new ways of seeing and of defining art. A retrospective at the at … Continued

Ella Kruglyanskaya’s paintings look at women in a way that subverts the male gaze. She uses bright, saturated colors and depicts women as friends interrelating, their bodies strong and clothed. And while she uses traditional techniques, such as egg tempera … Continued

After three years of running the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, Jeffrey Deitch has returned to New York and reopened his old Jeffrey Deitch Projects space on Wooster Street in SoHo. For his first show at the revived … Continued

Sandro Chia is among the leading Italian contemporary painters of the 1980s and 1990s, his work from this period on a par with contemporaries like Francesco Clemente, Enzo Cucchi and Mimmo Paladino. But in the early 2000s, he walked away … Continued

Jim Kempner Fine Art presents Outside the Box: Rare, Experimental and Groundbreaking work from Four Decades. The exhibition features a selection of Robert Rauschenberg’s prints and multiples from a number of different series spanning the 1960s thru the 1990s. The … Continued

In 1968, at the age of 49, the Austrian painter Maria Lassnig moved from Paris to New York City to be in, as she called it, “the country of strong women.” She lived there for the next 12 years in … Continued

The J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles is best known for its collection of art ranging from ancient times to 1900. But it recently presented an exhibit (in conjunction with the Tate in London) of 20th-century artists who radically … Continued

For the paintings in his ninth solo show with Jim Kempner Fine Art in New York, “Charlie Hewitt: New Paintings, Sculpture & Ceramics,” recently completed, Hewitt focused less on brushwork and used an array of tools, such as sponges, paint … Continued

In 1971 feminist art historian Linda Nochlin published the essay “Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?” to call out the art world on the lack of balance keeping female artists from achieving on a par with male peers. Times … Continued

Cy Twombly, one of the greatest painters of 20th century, died at the age of 83 in 2011 in Rome, where he lived when not in the United States, merging as he did the origins of Mediterranean culture with Abstract … Continued

Ariel Shallit’s memorable portraits present a unique new way of looking at the famous and the familiar—one that upends our expectations and asks us to genuinely examine the face in front of us. Shallit uses black and white photography for his art, appropriating … Continued

The images on display in the Museum of the City of New York’s show, “Gay Gotham: Art and Underground Culture in New York,”, are probably familiar to anyone who has lived in New York over the years, even those who … Continued

Surrealist painter Wilfredo Lam was born in Cuba in 1902. His mother was of Spanish and African heritage, and his father was Cantonese Chinese. After traveling for 18 years in Europe, making connections with such artists and writers such as … Continued

“Rosalyn Drexler, 88, has worn many hats,” wrote Phoebe Hoban in the New York Times Style Magazine. “Born in 1926 and raised in East Harlem and the Bronx, she traveled around the country in the late 1950s as a wrestler: … Continued

The women painted by Gustav Klimt in Vienna at the height of the Austro-Hungarian Empire’s golden age, from 1900 to 1918, were part of a very art-conscious bourgeoisie. Some were avid collectors of his work; others were interested in art … Continued

This year’s 78th Whitney Biennial, curated by Christopher Y. Lew and Mia Locks is the first to take place in the museum’s new Meatpacking District location. Current controversy over painter Dana Schutz’s subject matter aside, the show has been a critical success … Continued

“SPEED POWER TIME HEART,” an installation at Gladstone64 in New York through December 21, is the first show by Elizabeth Peyton at Gladstone Gallery. Her work has been exhibited extensively and globally in galleries and museums, and is in leading … Continued

The exhibition “Max Beckmann in New York,” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art through February 20, 2017, puts a spotlight on the artist’s special connection with New York City. It will feature 14 paintings that Beckmann created while living in … Continued

The magnificent, sleekly modernist Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebæk, Denmark, is nestled into a parklike seaside setting 25 miles north of Copenhagen, with Sweden not far away across the Øresund. Through January 8, 2017, it will present “Daniel … Continued

The great modern master René Magritte was born in Lessines, Belgium, in 1898, and began taking drawing lessons at the age of 10. His father, Léopold, was a textile merchant. His mother, Régina, committed suicide (after several attempts) when Magritte … Continued

Matthew Marks is pleased to announce Ray Johnson, the next exhibition in his gallery at 523 West 24th Street. Included are over thirty collages spanning nearly three decades. It was during Johnson’s reclusive final decades that he created most of … Continued

One of the most influential figures the Abstract Expressionist movement, Clyfford Still led the way in the shift from representational to abstract painting. His raw, powerful abstracts predate the work of peers like Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko and Barnett Newman by … Continued

If you go to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, you see all of the classics. “Cypresses” by Van Gogh and “The Death of Socrates” by Jacques Louis David. What you might not recognize is the exhibit entitled Marsden Hartley’s Maine. … Continued

The Yale Art Gallery presents a selection of paintings, sculptures, and works on paper by important Middle East artists rarely exhibited in the United States. The artwork on display is from the Barjeel Art Foundation, an impressive collection of modern and … Continued

Presenting a new view of two of the twentieth century’s most extraordinary painters, Matisse/Diebenkorn is the first major exhibition to explore the profound inspiration Richard Diebenkorn found in the work of Henri Matisse. It brings together one hundred extraordinary paintings and … Continued

He was born in Paris in 1879 to a French mother and Cuban father. After painting in an Impressionist style in his younger days, he made an influential series of Cubist works, became a key figure in the revolutionary Dada … Continued

2017 marks the centennial anniversary of 1917’s Russian Revolution. To shine a light on this watershed moment in history, The Museum of Modern Art has brought together 260 works of art from its permanent collection, the most extensive collection of Russian … Continued

The Renaissance brought a renewed interest in philosophy, science, literature, architecture and art—and wow, are we glad it did. In Renaissance painting, Classical themes plus a new humanism meant a change in subject matter that, lucky for us, quite often included creative exploration of … Continued

At first glance, the work of Robert Mars delivers a bold statement—large scale pop images, iconic celebrities and the emblems of American success laid out in appealing and seductive compositions. But look closer, and just behind these glamorous, fascinating images … Continued

Through April 2, the Tate Modern in London is presenting a retrospective of the works of Robert Rauschenberg. Each chapter of the artist’s six-decade career is represented in the show, including loans of major works that rarely travel. Among them … Continued

Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors promises an unforgettable art experience, a unique opportunity to discover a legendary avant-gardist whose work influenced contemporaries from Andy Warhol to Claes Oldenburg, Donald Judd and more. This Hirschhorn exhibition is the first to focus on Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity … Continued

Fact: women get marginalized. Also a fact: when it happens, women get loud and make themselves heard. The art world is no exception. Riot Grrrls, at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago is a direct response to gender bias with a celebration of bold, breakthrough abstract … Continued

Kerry James Marshall was born in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1955. His paintings, most of them large-scale works featuring African-American subjects, are composed in a style that blends social realism with outsider art and demonstrate a critical, self-conscious and sensuous eye. … Continued

Behind many venerable institutions are radical beginnings, and that is certainly true for art museums, such as Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation. In honor of its 80th anniversary, the Guggenheim has selected more than 170 modern works from its permanent collection to … Continued

The remarkably astute gallerist and collector Virginia Dwan, who had galleries in Los Angeles and New York, has been honored with a show at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., through January 29. It’s called “Los Angeles to New … Continued

Who is Fabrika Ouch? Is it a “Brooklyn-based art project led by Russian artist from St. Petersburg Ouch,” as stated in the Fabrika Ouch website? Or is it “an art production company based in New York that finds their inspiration … Continued

Good news—painting is alive and well, thriving in the studio of Mr. David Salle. In his new work at Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac in Paris, Salle’s painting is big, bold, and more direct than ever before, a jumble of images that … Continued

Cross-pollination pervades the art field. Painters who unwind with a guitar in hand, dancers who sketch, musicians who turn their songs into dance moves – it’s common for artists of all kinds to be magnetically drawn to multiple art forms … Continued

One of the biggest losses of music going from LPs to digital—besides the comforting click and pop sounds of a needle on vinyl—is the shrinking size of the album cover art canvases, so often illustrated with the exquisite vision of … Continued

Embracing new angles, opening oneself to experimentation, and concluding before the passion is gone – initiating a design piece is much like exploring a new lover. Few architects exemplify this as well as Frank Lloyd Wright, whose work is the subject … Continued

Marilyn Minter’s sensual paintings, photographs and videos vividly explore the complex and contradictory emotions that are evoked by beauty and the female body in American culture. She trains her eye and her critique on the power of desire and the … Continued

The most sensual and cerebral art embraces contradiction. The clashing of colors, the deliberately tense laying of shapes in relation to each other, hard edges over soft, gossamer wisps of medium – these juxtaposed elements are the heartbeat felt throughout … Continued

American fine artist and photographer Christopher Beane creates beautifully psychedelic art from paint and his photographs of flowers. There is a profound sense of power in his use of color and tension with nature in these unique images. Each is an arresting … Continued

Italian artist Mimmo Rotella experienced an artistic crisis in 1953. Unsatisfied with his work as an abstract painter, he completely stopped making art, convinced that the medium had nothing left to say. But out of this crisis, Rotella hit upon … Continued

Many artists have gained their reputation through developing a recognizable set of stylistic or conceptual cues. Laura Owens happens to have taken the opposite approach. Since the 1990s, when painting was then considered a dead end, Owens took up the … Continued

British-born David Mitchell began his career as a photographer in the early eighties in London, Florence and Milan. In 1991 he moved to Hong Kong where he found instant success shooting for prestigious fashion labels including Christian Dior and Laura … Continued

In the 1980s, when performance art, installation art and video were just coming into their own, painting could have easily given way to these new avenues for artistic expression. Instead, what happened was a painting renaissance, an explosive reinvention of the … Continued

Barbara Hammer: Evidentiary Bodies at the Leslie-Lohman Museum was an ecstatic homage to the original (and long overlooked) pioneer of queer cinema and video.

ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG: AMONG FRIENDS at MoMA was a brilliant and exemplary illustration of an artist who reshaped post-war art practices. It was a truly stunning and breathtaking display of his work.

Who is speaking? To whom? In his new work Bochner assumes various voices from the super-serious to the absurd. A strong vein of irony and humor flows through them. As poet Jeremy Sigler writes in the catalog: “… I would … Continued

There’s a lot of scary shit going around right now. Some of it’s catchy, like memes with truisms about the Earth trying to evict humans, and visual metaphors for which unsavory beasts bear the closest resemblance to various politicians. Some … Continued

In 1959, Robert Rauschenberg wrote, “Painting relates to both art and life. Neither can be made. (I try to act in that gap between the two.)” His work in this gap shaped artistic practice for decades to come. The early … Continued

Great art is like great sex – it allows for the exploration of boundaries, makes you weak in the knees, and occasionally, people cheat. David Hockney once said, “The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you’re an artist.” … Continued

Everyone has a type. The biker bad-boy, the starched executive, the wounded lone wolf, the self-deprecating comedian, the military hero – there’s always one we idolize, no matter how many times romantic practice cautions against it. This inner conflict between … Continued

Rei Kawakubo/Comme Des Garçons: Art of the In-Between at the Met wins for its mind-bogglingly deconstruction and reconstruction of traditional fabrics, colors, and garments, which resulted in something entirely surreal and remarkable.

Kerry James Marshall: Mastry at Moca Los Angeles was an elegant and triumphant finale for an exhibition that received praise for its spare installation and powerful narratives regarding painting, history, family, violence, and race.

Kara Walker was a powerhouse in 2017 with her critically-acclaimed exhibition at Sikkema Jenkins & Co. that directly criticized the recent rise of white supremacy, Trump, and the repetition of violent histories.

Strip down any view of the horizon to its barest element and what’s left is a horizontal line. Such raw, bare imagery is the subject of The Horizontal, a new group exhibition at Cheim & Read NYC, where 21 intergenerational … Continued

Louis Fratino: So, I’ve Got You At Thierry Goldberg was a movingly intimate exploration into the nuances of male love and sexuality.

Knowing how an artist touches his or her work, whether it’s like a thoughtful lover or a BDSM hookup, helps onlookers better absorb the art. It enables us to imagine the work being made. Often we classify pieces by saying … Continued

The idiom, “playing with fire” implies the kind of wild recklessness that can only be fueled by sexual desire, power, or money. In the case of the late Carlos Almaraz and his artwork, all three support his hypnotic point of … Continued

David Salle a master of postmodern painting, who for over 40 years has deconstructed the image by embracing the performative as well as cinematic aspects of his medium, new work Ham and Cheese and other Paintings is being shown at … Continued

This unique exhibition of Robert Motherwell at Paul Kasmin Gallery in New York City is wonderful in so many ways. We get to witness the artist’s early explorations in painting and his changing creative direction. Initially, Motherwell was under a … Continued

The exhibit at the Jewish Museum in New York looks at the artist after he arrived in Paris in 1906. In these years prior to World War l, Modigliani stopped painting and focused on drawing and sculpture. The works are … Continued

Iconic Surrealist artist Max Ernst was French and American by blood, and born in Germany in 1891. If we were to translate that into erotic clichés, one might estimate him to be a well-read romantic with a hero complex and … Continued

Painted between 1959 and 1962, Krasner’s Umber Paintings on display at the Paul Kasmin Gallery in NYC are incredibly emotional exercises. This solo exhibition is presented in collaboration with the Pollock-Krasner Foundation and focuses on these iconic works only and … Continued

The word “seedy” paints a clear picture in the mind of anyone using it to describe a place. More often than not, that place is urban and bears a strong resemblance to the drug-laced crumbles of pre-gentrification New York City … Continued

With a new year comes a new slew of exhibitions. One that we are looking forward to at PROVOKR is Jasper Johns: ‘Something Resembling Truth’ at The Broad. The show opens on February 10 in Los Angeles, and the iconic American … Continued

What happens when a former punk rocker takes on sex, drugs, astrology, myth, and the history of art in the form of paintings? Well, to get an idea of what the results may look like, I recommend looking at Sally … Continued

The year is coming to a close, and I think many can agree that 2017 has been one hell of a rollercoaster. When it comes to the concern of what art can do for us in these tumultuous times, we … Continued

Friedrich Nietzche once wrote, “To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.” History is dense with famous aphorisms about agony, as it is one of the constants in the human condition. Turmoil is … Continued

Addiction is a powerful thing, and it comes in many forms: A brutal, invasive carnivore on the underbelly of an obituary; an insatiable need to consume all the tiramisu in the world; a chemical dependence on getting off, or on … Continued

As we look back on 2017, there were thousands of art exhibitions in the hundreds of major museums around the world. Many of these shows were worth seeing, but of course, some favorites stick out. We have compiled a roundup … Continued

Collage (officially speaking) is over 100 years old. Whether Pablo Picasso or Georges Braque invented it first doesn’t really matter, but what became of this technique is much more interesting. Fritz Bultman, who lived from 1919 to 1985, is one … Continued

The dialogue between architecture and fine art is nothing new. Russian artists were exploring that realm over a century ago, yet it still remains fertile ground and a point of interest for artists. Think of El Lissitzky’s spiritual planes of … Continued

One of our favorite sayings was gifted by designer Tim Gunn: Make it work. Running out of time? Make it work. Can’t decide between lovers? Make it work. If you find yourself between hard places you make it work, and … Continued

Los Angeles is the entertainment industry. If you don’t work directly for film and television, it’s likely you indirectly or tangentially have some connection to Hollywood. You have to wonder what sort of psychological effect that has on a regional … Continued

Kiki Smith has been a major figure in the art world for several decades, but her career has been relatively subdued outside of America. However, Munich’s Haus der Kunst is looking to change this with a major survey of Smith’s … Continued

Cuba has become a place of increasing interest, especially within the art world. With somewhat relaxed dynamics between the United States and the tropical nation, institutions are finally giving credit to the incredible work that was produced by Cubans since … Continued

The New Museum Triennial is only in its fourth iteration, but is already as famous as any large scale art fair or biennial. There is good reason for its notoriety: the New Museum gives emerging artists and curators nearly total … Continued

Gerhard Richter is arguably one of the most famous, elusive, and respected living artists. He has had numerous exhibitions at the most prestigious galleries and museums in the world, was the subject of a documentary, and has more than a … Continued

Cy Twombly was unique in his contradictions. He was thoroughly American while also a globetrotter, with his home and studio in Virginia and his homes in Italy. His loose scribbles and dripping paint and wax always have a child-like quality, … Continued

Los Angeles is a place, a phrase, a culture, and a myriad of cliches and histories. It’s not a surprise that West Coast artists are fascinated by the silver screen, car culture, or the dualities of violence and glamour that … Continued

Clarity: what does a word like that mean today? There are plenty of interpretations that range from the literal to the psychological to the environmental. Abstraction (which rarely deals in clarity) oddly seems to provide one answer when in the … Continued

The non-western world is the stylistic foundation for western Modernism. It’s a fact that still doesn’t receive enough credit, and Japan was one of the countries that helped drive our own culture forward. The greatest impact Japan had was on … Continued

Street art has a bit of a marred reputation these days. What was once a defiant gesture has been co-opted by the rich and normalized in our culture. However, certain artists use their graffiti skills to less redundant ends, and … Continued

What is the most contested thing on this earth? Well, readers, not to make any bold claims, but I think the female body is certainly at the top of the list. All forms of media and representation throughout history lends … Continued

Composure and balance often leads to a peaceful and serene state of mind, but balance is a tenuous state. Stillness can always topple into motion, and order can be consumed by chaos. Painting has long been concerned with balance and … Continued

Consider the work of the Surrealists or the painted cutouts of Matisse. Just think about it for a moment. It’s nice, right? It could be described as elegant, modern in the twentieth-century sense, playful or psychological in nature. However, I … Continued

Modernism, and all that it encompassed, was based on idealism and an elevation of the human mind and spirit. However, things didn’t go quite as planned. Movements like Art Deco and Futurism were co-opted by Fascism, cities in the United … Continued

The Romantic notion of art is rooted in the power of nature, and the profound awe of the sublime. This came from an artistic reaction to the Enlightenment in seventeenth-century Europe, and one could argue that many artists are in … Continued

In the post-postmodern world, art has become much more layered. Appropriation of imagery, style, and narrative are common, and are often effective with the right artist. However, sometimes the references and techniques work together so beautifully that the artwork you … Continued

Modernism was a global movement with communities in dialogue and absorbing various schools of thought and practices. However, canonically speaking, European modernism has always taken center stage. As much as Picasso or Matisse or Giacometti deserve credit, it is important … Continued

The Dutch artist Marlene Dumas has been a constant presence in the art world since her rise to fame in the 1980s, and as time goes on, she seems to grow more and more ambitious as an artist. Her new … Continued

Does every mystery need to be resolved? At Carl Kostyál’s London outpost, the artist Henry Gunderson answers that question with a resounding “no.” In a tightly edited and technically accomplished set of paintings, Formula One is an exhibition that takes … Continued

Mysticism and spirituality has been one of the major tenets of art over the course of its long and winding history. When discussing these topics through the lens of the western canon, Catholicism and other iterations of Christianity defined this … Continued

Time is something both real and imagined. We may wake up to an alarm clock in the morning or see lines form around our eyes, but our imagination of time is extremely limited. Time is essentially abstract, and impossible to … Continued

After the first blush of modernism in Europe, the post-war art world relocated to America. This is partially due to Abstract Expressionism, and partially due to the exile of artists to the United States during Nazi invasions. However, this narrative … Continued

In our current state of affairs, death and disaster is a near constant presence in our media saturated culture. So it may seem that World War I, which ended exactly a century ago, was simply a historic event that now … Continued

For decades Chicago has been an oasis between the two coasts for American artists. Jim Nutt, Christina Ramberg, Kerry James Marshall, and Michelle Grabner are just a few artists who have called Chicago their home. Another is the painter Miyoko … Continued

Tomma Abts is a painter, and has one of the most accomplished careers in Europe. After all, this German artist won the Turner Prize in 2006. However, she has yet to have a major survey in the United Kingdom. The … Continued

David Wojnarowicz began as one of many artists and poets in 1980s New York, but now he lives on as a legendary figure that represents art engaged with activism, politics, and marginalized communities and histories. The Whitney Museum’s spectacular (and … Continued

Making art that is odd or hard to define is not an easy feat. In our post-post-modern world, just about everything has been done. You have everything from the baroque to the minimal. However, Propositions, a new show by the … Continued

Artists often have fits and spasms of styles in their early years. Any number of artists from the canon of art history developed and evolved over the course of their lives. However, there are rare cases where an artist immediately … Continued

The cultural norms and traditions of our world has been defined for thousands of years by patriarchal systems of power. This visual world is no different, which if we follow Freudian symbolism, includes the prominent use of the phallus throughout … Continued

Precisionism was born in the 1920s, and is arguably one of the first American art movements. The works of the Precisionists were known for clean, geometric forms that glorified the industrial American landscape. It went on to influence the Pop … Continued

Provincetown is a picturesque place to vacation during the summertime, but it’s also a haven for outsiders. Artists and queer populations have long flocked to this town on the tip of Cape Cod for its laid back attitude and hospitality … Continued

What can one say about Andy Warhol that hasn’t already been said? He has inspired, infuriated, and amused critics, his peers, and artists of later generations. His work has been shown around the world, and his auction prices soar with … Continued

Elegantly agreeable and pleasing to the eye, Paris-born Édouard Manet’s last works have often been overlooked in lieu for the artists’ early paintings. Still life and portraits are cast in soft, quiet light, and Manet’s brushstrokes interpreted modern Parisian life … Continued

Marilyn Minter’s recent exhibitions were a continuation of her large format photographs and paintings that show lips, hair, and flesh. They feel just as sexy, lush, and provocative as when Minter began working.

It isn’t often that a creative master is revealed to be talented in another form of art, but we do have examples. Jacques Henri Lartigue was a skilled painter, but he was made famous because of his photography. Serge Gainsbourg … Continued

Jean-Michel Basquiat belongs to a group of artists that quickly came into their own voice and prowess as an artist, but only produced work for a brief time before an untimely demise. Tomasso Masaccio, Egon Schiele, Franz Marc, Eva Hesse, … Continued

The Russian Revolution of 1917 was possibly one of the most seismic moments in twentieth-century history, and Bolshevik ideals trickled down into every aspect of the culture. Notably, Jewish people residing in Russia finally received some legal protections, and most … Continued

Although Wojnarowicz died in the 1990s, the artist experienced a resurgence this year during his major retrospective at the Whitney Museum, and in our current political era, the work shone with renewed brilliance and urgency.

Egon Schiele died a century ago, and yet his art retains its controversial and raw appeal. At the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris, a large selection of drawings and paintings of Schiele has been assembled under the eyes of curators Suzanne … Continued

Walker’s show at Anat Ebgi may have just followed an aging beauty queen, but the results hauntingly expressed the oppressive stress and routine of late capitalism on the female body and mind.

Robert Rauschenberg is not the first artist you may associate with Los Angeles. Perhaps Ed Ruscha, John Baldessari, or Mike Kelley spring to mind. Rauschenberg is more known for his time in New York and Florida, but an exhibition at … Continued

Molesworth is a critical darling and a progressive advocate, and her work as Chief Curator of MoCA Los Angeles displayed her passion and intelligence.

Nostalgia for the cozy-knit ease of the ‘90s tightened its grip on society several seasons ago, and just as Calvin Klein epitomized minimalist chic, Dutch painter Karel Appel captured the type of beauty that looks best messy. A series of … Continued

If I told you that the Metropolitan Museum of Art was presenting works on paper from three long-dead artists in their collection, you wouldn’t immediately think sex. However, Obsession: Nudes by Klimt, Schiele, and Picasso from the Scofield Thayer Collection … Continued

Richard Prince is known for his photo appropriations and collage, but the sleekness of Prince’s work is nowhere to be seen in his latest show at Gagosian Gallery in New York City. Instead of Instagram paintings or nurses, vivacious colorful … Continued

Martha Rosler has been working since the 1960s, and she came up during one of the first major waves of protest art, and today she is busier and more relevant than ever. From gender politics to war to capitalism, Rosler … Continued

2018 was a dynamic year for art exhibitions globally. Whether at a small gallery in Los Angeles or a sleek museum in Paris, stimulating, moving, and provocative work was shown. This was also a year of political and social turmoil, … Continued

Sol LeWitt is one of the more notable artists to emerge from the conceptualism of the 1960s. He is known for his wall drawings executed purely by written instruction, making each iteration different than the last. His sculptures of stacked … Continued

The oft-quoted but never duplicated Pop master was given a stunning reassessment of Warhol’s themes and interests by curator Donna DeSalvo.

Nigel Cooke is a painter who has already established a mature and distinctive point of view for an artist who is only in his mid-forties. In a new exhibition of paintings and works on paper at Pace Gallery’s Hong Kong’s … Continued

In the 1960s, art moved on from the traditional production process. Instead of painting a canvas after an idea or urge or request, art became a series of questions and experiments, not just a finished result to take pleasure in. … Continued

The months of November and December are usually when retailers are at their most flush and flashy, and the art world is no different. Set between Thanksgiving and Christmas, Art Basel Miami is not unlike a Black Friday sale. With … Continued

From ancient civilization to today, the nude has been one of the most common subjects in western art. Of course, cultural norms and styles evolved through the ages, but one of the great tides of the nude in art was … Continued

Do you think a small drawing could make you reconsider your own relation and awareness to something unquantifiable? Something as large as the ocean, or even outer space? A new retrospective at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art entitled … Continued

Certain artists throughout history have been able to push their mediums in new and powerful ways. Over the course of western Modernism you can see periodic breakthroughs. For example, Manet introduced Impressionism, af Klint and Malevich reached total abstraction, Picasso … Continued

Anni Albers was one of the longest-living modernists of the Bauhaus school. She was nearly ninety-five when she died, and during her lifetime, she witnessed both world wars, the Cold War, and every social revolution imaginable. She also led an … Continued

Joan Miró is one of the great modern masters. In Spain, he is a part of their modernist triumvirate, which consists of himself, Picasso, and Dalí. He is a key figure of the Surrealist movement. He influenced dozens of artists … Continued

How do you take the history of painting and make it feel new? The French artist Pierre Moignard proposes his own strategy at his latest show at Galerie Anne Barrault in Paris. Entitled nouveaux tableaux, Moignard mashes up not just … Continued

After World War Two, the artistic currency of Europe was on the decline while New York became the capital for new art. There are exceptions though, like movements such as Spatialism and Arte Povera. In the late 1970s and into … Continued

Petra Cortright rose to prominence, like many of her peers, in recent years because of a reliance on Internet sourced imagery and creating work with digital tools and software. In an age where technology and culture are becoming more intertwined, … Continued

Matthew Barney’s epic video sagas have come to define his career, but over the years he also has expanded his oeuvre with complimentary narratives in sculpture, printmaking, and photography. In his latest body of work at the Yale University Art … Continued

Every art exhibition needs two things: art and some sort of organizing principle. So it makes sense that the relationship and roles of artist and curator have only grown over the years. This year, artists and curators were as innovative … Continued

The sublime awe and power of the natural world might have been most famously captured by the Romantics of the nineteenth-century, but before and far after this style emerged, mother nature has been a muse to many artists and thinkers. … Continued

American Modernism at a glance always seems to be imbued with the sense of heterosexual masculinity. Think of the hearty regionalism of Thomas Hart Benton, the chaotic city scenes of a George Bellowes painting, or the angsty aggression of any … Continued

Absence is as powerful as presence in a work of art. Edward Hopper’s empty streets could be an example, as well as the canvases of Russian painters like Malevich or Rodchenko. Today, another instance can be found in the exhibition … Continued

Very few people have had the ability to have lasting career as an artist, and if you’re a woman, it only becomes more difficult. Joan Snyder is one of the few who have managed to not only survive in the … Continued

Maps provide useful data. They point you towards any destination you may desire. However, rarely are maps frenetic with energy and subjectivity, but the artist and designer Paula Scher might change your mind with her latest exhibition. Entitled The Art … Continued

The American landscape has long been mined by artists since the founding of the United States. Often times these interpretations have been monumental or sentimental, but by the late twentieth-century, the American landscape could be configured in a multitude of … Continued

There is a new exhibition space in New York City. With numerous institutions and galleries in the city, this might not be a surprise, but the new outpost of the Brant Foundation is a spectacular addition. Located in Manhattan’s East … Continued

Ralston Crawford is an artist best known for his Precisionist work in the 1930s and ‘40s, but there is much less knowledge of his work beyond those years. It is not every day that an artist is given a true … Continued

Nancy Spero is now a celebrated artist, but when she started her career as an artist, she struggled to gain footing. That was her reality as a woman working in the arts in the 1960s (or for any industry, even … Continued

The culture and history of Indigenous Australians is vast and rich, but has been underrepresented in the world of art. Like many indigenous cultures, they were subjected to the oppressive force of colonialism. Today, many contemporary Indigenous Australian artists are … Continued

John Baldessari is a living legend. Since his rise in the 1960s, he has constantly produced work that is always equal parts conceptual rigor and Pop irreverence. He has influenced everyone from Richard Prince to Cindy Sherman and beyond. At … Continued

Whether you love it or hate it, the Whitney Biennial is back for its 2019 iteration. This year, Whitney curators Rujeko Hockley and Jane Panetta have put together a sprawling show that is in dialogue with the tense cultural and … Continued

Since its inception in 1895, the Venice Biennale has become one of the most important events in the art world. Every two years, curators, dealers, collectors, and anyone else who is interested, descend upon the ancient floating city of Venice … Continued

Lee Krasner never received her proper dues as the dynamic artist she was during her lifetime. She easily matches any of her Abstract Expressionist peers, including her husband who took the vast majority of the spotlight. However, over the past … Continued

Turbulent times, whether they are personal or cultural, often require us to adapt and change, and this is often reflected in the work of artists. One such example is the artist Lorna Simpson. Originally finding success in photography and installation, … Continued

The human body is a crucial and constant symbol and theme throughout the art of Francis Bacon. Known for rendering existential angst, violence, and sexuality, the body was used as a loaded weapon by the British painter. At a new … Continued

It’s a quiet time in the art world during the summer months. Usually there is a lull in major art fairs and exhibitions before the full swing of fall shows begin. However, if you do a little searching there are … Continued

Abstract art after World War II was a discussion often dominated by white, male, mostly straight painters. It can feel like a rehash to explain and exhibit Abstract Expressionist or Minimalist canvases for the umpteenth time, but thanks to a … Continued

Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat are considered some of the most iconic artists to come out of the second half of the twentieth-century, but their art wasn’t always celebrated. In the 1980s, Warhol was a has-been to critics and Basquiat … Continued

Frank Bowling is one of many artists from the post-war period who has never fully received his dues. Born in Guyana, and splitting time between London and New York, his approach to painting incorporates various forms of abstraction, poetry, and … Continued

It’s Pride Month throughout most of the United States, and it also happens to be the fiftieth anniversary of the Stonewall riots. With this piece of history looming in our minds, wanted to celebrate those in the LGBTQ+ community who … Continued

Street art harkens back to a more radical, democratic era in art, but now, it’s absolutely mainstream (sometimes even boring and banal.) However, at Tate Liverpool, one of the great artists who started on the streets is being rightfully celebrated: … Continued

Photography was originally a marvelous innovation in technology, but it also led to a number of changes in the realm of visual art, too. Painting and drawing lost its need to depict reality, and photography often took on the role … Continued

Hannah Höch was a rare female artist who was practicing prominently in the arts in the early 20th century and was unique in in her place in the Dada movement. She was a German artist and an an originator of … Continued

Leonard Cohen, the legendary musician and artist, passed away just short of three years ago. However, Cohen has served as an influential source of inspiration for dozens of artists, musicians, and all sorts of creative individuals. In a soon to … Continued

Painting is one of the main tenants of art history, but every so often it can be declared as a tired mode of work. However, the argument never holds up. Painters can surprise and please you. Egan Frantz is one … Continued

Amy Sherald has had a pretty eventful year. After Michelle Obama chose the artist to paint her portrait, Sherald has had non-stop press (most all of which was overwhelmingly positive), and Hauser & Wirth quickly announced that they would be … Continued

Lucian Freud: The Self Portraits will be the first exhibition to focus on the celebrated artist’s dark visceral side through his self portraits. They are at once disturbing and mesmerizing. The portraits were executed over almost seven decades on canvas … Continued

A solo survey of Nicolas Moufarrege‘s work is being presented at the Queens Museum. Moufarrege was a pivotal artist who helped catalyze New York City’s East Village scene in the 1980s. You can immediately feel that sense of new rules … Continued

Exhibitions from the permanent collections of museums can often be a tired affair. You might see some secondary works and sketches, and often, that’s about it. However, rarely does a museum put nine artworks together and create a stunning gallery … Continued

John Baldessari started his career as a semi abstract painter in the 1950s and was evidently not in love with his work. He felt so strongly that he took all of his work in 1970 to a San Diego funeral … Continued

Actress Lucy Liu rose to fame playing Ling Woo on the hit TV series Ally McBeal. This was followed by starring roles in blockbuster films like Charlie’s Angels (and the sequel) and Kill Bill Vol. 1. She is now in … Continued

Sur moderno: Journeys of Abstraction is a fresh, thrilling collection and a gift from Patricia Phelps de Cisneros to the new Museum of Modern Art in New York. Control of lines, space and color are an obsessive compulsive dream come … Continued

Delita Martin, an illustrator, fine artist and printmaker based in Little Rock, AR, is bringing spirituality and vibrance to everyone’s screen with her online exhibition Delita Martin: Calling Down The Spirits, currently on view on the National Museum of Women … Continued

PROVOKR AWARDS — The Museum of Modern Art came back with new priorities. It now emphasizes more inclusion and features artists from all over the world. The once dominant American and European exhibits are transforming into a more diverse, true … Continued

Museums are primarily white spaces—not merely aesthetically, but racially as well. The reason that Beyoncé and Jay-Z‘s 2018 music video “Apeshit” is set in Paris’s Louvre is that the African American duo symbolically expands a predominantly white establishment to include … Continued

This year is the inaugural edition of Future Fair, a New York-based startup attempting to disrupt the current art fair system through a profit-sharing model that puts galleries’ interests first. Due to increasingly high costs, the current dominant art fair … Continued

Vida Americana, the current exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art, explores the profound influence Mexican artists had on the direction American art would take. The exhibit debuts some never-before-seen Mexican art, one of them being Diego Rivera’s controversial … Continued

Like most large-scale, in-person events this year, organizers canceled Art Basel‘s flagship Swiss edition. It hosted virtually instead—where people could purchase featured work from participating galleries via the fair’s Online Viewing Room from June 17th to the 26th. This event … Continued

Since the beginning of time, the female form has been regarded as the epitome of beauty, the definition of “home” and the physical representation of desire. In the art world, the depiction of the nude woman goes as far back … Continued

2020 is one of global distress, but artist Betye Saar is having a fantastic year—and at the epic age of 93, she certainly deserves it. Her exhibition Betye Saar: Call and Response—the first comprehensive show of her work and first … Continued

Women have a more robust presence in the art world than ever before. The women we choose to illuminate for this feature are among the well-known and the not-so-well-known. We selected a mix of eclectic talent from a diverse group … Continued

Jim Kempner, renowned art dealer and gallery owner of Jim Kempner Fine Art in the heart of Chelsea, schools us on the collectability and importance of original prints. Jim specializes in, among other things, master contemporary prints. Those would be … Continued

In the words of French painter Georges Braque, “Art is a wound turned into light.” Today, as people everywhere struggle with boredom, loneliness and anxiety about their futures or about their lack of social contact amid the coronavirus pandemic, it’s … Continued

Author Jaye Zimet presents a collection of over 200 covers of absolutely deliciously wicked lesbian novels in her book Strange Sisters. The book, with a forward by revered lesbian pulp fiction writer Ann Bannon, Strange Sisters  – The Art of … Continued

The Artworld is going virtual and after cruising many galleries and museums all over the world on our laptops, The Los Angeles County Museum of Art is our hands-down favorite and the best adventure out there in the digital space. … Continued

Queer art, as defined by the Tate glossary, is “art of homosexual or lesbian imagery that is based around the issues that evolved out of the gender and identity politics of the 1980s.” There are artworks with latent homosexual themes … Continued

Taking a stroll through Sophie Taeuber-Arp‘s vivid world of magnificent abstract art on display at MOMA is a privilege indeed. Until the reopening of MOMA we would like to give you a preview of what you will see in this … Continued

Raised by Cuban parents in Miami and educated in the streets of the Bronx, José Parlá, 47, is one of the young creatives shaping New York street art today. His multimedia work is often classified as graffiti, or abstract contemporary painting, but he … Continued

Blazing fires, flash bombs and clouds of tear gas erupted in cities across America and beyond this past week. Tens of thousands are protesting the May 25th killing of George Floyd—a 46-year-old African-American man pinned to the ground by Derek … Continued

Maine artist Charlie Hewitt said, “My work is about communicating on subliminal levels to people who understand poetry.” He has made stunning art for years that truly is poetry. His work has included stunning painting, bold wood cut prints and … Continued

This major retrospective is the first Warhol exhibition at the Tate London for almost 20 years. It is a new look at the extraordinary life and work of the art superstar. Leave it to the Tate to thrill us with … Continued

If you read Diana Spechler’s recent New York Times opinion piece, deeming that in the age of COVID-19 “The Nude Selfie Is Now High Art,” and felt like something was missing, you’re not alone. While the article discussed nude self-portraiture’s … Continued

As Confederate statues and colonialist monuments are torn down by Black Lives Matter protesters across the U.S. and Europe, it may be time to contemplate the significance of public art and what it says about society. For example, when discussing … Continued

The Coronavirus pandemic has forced countless museums and galleries to close their doors indefinitely, driving both institutions and art lovers alike to resort to the one thing most have access to: the internet. Although a virtual experience cannot be compared … Continued

We have all heard of famous artist couples that helped shape the history of art. Take, for instance, Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, Marina Abramovic and Ulay, or Man Ray and Lee Miller. Even though women played a crucial role … Continued

The elevation of social media in the hierarchy of art exhibition spaces has been both beneficial and detrimental to artists living and working in an age of social media censorship. Creators who do not have the means or resources to … Continued

Cheim Read gallery, in New York, is hosting a fantastic group exhibition titled At Dawn, featuring the works of seven acclaimed artists: Lynda Benglis, Ron Gorchov, Joan Mitchell, Jack Pierson, Sean Scully, Kimber Smith, and Pat Steir, all incredibly big … Continued

Federico Fellini, one of the most revered filmmakers of the 20th century, won four Oscars for best foreign-language film by the time of his death in 1993. His deep connections into the world of dreams have contributed to his cinematic … Continued

People say a picture is worth a thousand words—but what is an image of words worth? American neo-conceptual artist Jenny Holzer has nailed the art of poetically conveying profound socio-political commentary in a digestible and relatable format. Holzer uses words … Continued

Cardi Gallery in London is presenting ‘MIMMO ROTELLA. Beyond Décollage: Photo Emulsions and Artypos, 1963-1980’ in collaboration with the Mimmo Rotella Institute. The Italian artist Domenico “Mimmo” Rotella (Catanzaro, 1918 – Milan, 2006) is recognized as a pioneer of post-war … Continued

Parsons School of Design and the New York Academy of Art graduate, Michael De Brito, is a name to know! Recognized in his early career for nearly a decade of representation at the influential Eleanor Ettinger Gallery on West 57th … Continued

When you think of posters, which one is the first to come to mind? Whichever one it is, the intent of the poster was successful if you can still recall the image or message. “Every poster’s principle message is “look … Continued

New York City museums are finally opening their doors to the public again, which means that temporary exhibitions cut short due to the pandemic are also making a return. At The New Museum, visitors are getting a second chance to … Continued

When thinking about the masterpieces Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo created, images of beautiful, perfect bodies may come to mind. Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) was born in Caprese, Italy, and was active between Florence and Rome during the fifth and sixth centuries. … Continued

Museum Folkwang in Essen, Germany, is hosting the exhibition Save the Love! International Posters against AIDS from August 21 through November 29. This fantastic show exhibits 180 posters that promote AIDS awareness. Some of these posters were from the 1980s … Continued

There was never any doubt that the 11th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art was going to be an event like no other. From its already extremely relevant and urgent themes to postponement due to the pandemic, its epilogue took place … Continued

When Marcel Duchamp submitted his “readymade” Fountain to the Society of Independent Artists for exhibition under the pseudonym “R. Mutt,” it was clear what can be considered art, as well as what is and isn’t original work, was evolving and … Continued

  The long-awaited Artemisia Gentileschi exhibition at the National Gallery in London is finally here. It will be open to the public from October 3rd, 2020, to January 24th, 2021, in the Sainsbury Wing of the museum. Never before has … Continued

Anyone who has listened to an interview with artist, musician, writer and activist Yoko Ono has noticed the kindness in her voice and the optimism in the way she speaks. Not many artists can say they have accomplished nearly as … Continued

As most of us know by now, the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has forced many art enthusiasts to resort to something most of them never considered in the past: online virtual exhibitions. Although navigating a show and analyzing works of art … Continued

Hidden within Barcelona’s Gothic Quarter, and across the street from the Picasso museum, is the European Museum of Modern Art (MEAM), a small museum dedicated to contemporary figurative art and located in the beautiful eighteenth-century Gomis Palace. From October 15 … Continued

Jasper Johns is one of the first names that come to mind when thinking of the Abstract Expressionist movement and Pop Art. Born in 1930 and raised in South Carolina, the American artist is famous for his experimental depictions of … Continued

The term “Nasty Woman” certainly doesn’t carry the same connotation today as it would have five years ago. Our soon-to-be ex-President, Donald Trump, used the words to describe his then-opponent, Hilary Clinton, during the 2016 presidential race. The term has … Continued

British painter Cecily Brown (London,1969) is an artist that continues to amaze us. She became known in the 1990s, following an exhibition where she displayed abstract paintings of rabbits. Her expressive, lively, and erotically charged works are viewed from a … Continued

The fascinating Dalí Theatre-Museum is in Figueres, a small town near Spain’s Catalan coast, and about an hour’s drive from Barcelona. It is what you would imagine Salvador Dalí would look like in building-form, and just seeing the exterior is … Continued

There is a new exhibition on view at New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), and as you might have imagined, it is one well worth your time. It is no secret that MoMA’s collection is one of the greatest … Continued

‘Rear Window’ is the title of a 1954 Alfred Hitchcock film starring James Stewart and Grace Kelly, and it is also the title of a new online White Cube exhibition inspired by the renowned director. Many of Hitchcock’s works place … Continued

For the past year, New York City’s Whitney Museum of American Art has been home to the exhibition ‘Vida Americana: Mexican Muralists Remake American Art, 1925-1945’, which opened on February 17 and will close on January 31, 2021. The show, … Continued

MoCA Westport’s Spring Exhibition Smash, opening April 2, will exhibit contemporary American artist Marilyn Minter‘s brilliant videos together for the very first time in a public institution. Minter’s sexy and outstanding work is an expression of feminism, pleasure, voyeurism, and … Continued

American artist Tschabalala Self is among the most talented up-and-coming names in the art world, and I can assure you that if you are unfamiliar with her work, you will not regret checking it out. In New York, the Eva … Continued

New York’s Mnuchin Gallery is hosting the exhibition Church & Rothko: Sublime, which connects two of America’s most famous artists: Nineteenth-century painter Frederic Edwin Church (1826-1900) and twentieth-century painter Mark Rothko (1903-1970). The show is available both as a virtual … Continued

2020 has been a year none of us will ever forget, especially those involved in the art world. The coronavirus pandemic caused many art professionals to lose their jobs, as many employees were laid off when institutions were forced to … Continued

One of the most significant art events of the year has been the revolutionary exhibition Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration at MoMA PS1 in Queens, New York. The show opened on September 12, 2020, with the … Continued

The incredibly creative and unique Japanese painter Teiji Hayama’s creations are on display at GR Gallery in New York in the show Ethereal Icons. It is the artist’s first solo exhibition with this gallery. Hayama’s works consist of oil paintings … Continued

As we step into 2021, most of us continue to experience feelings of exhaustion after a year of social isolation and a complete lifestyle change. The world has changed for everyone, and the art community has been hit especially hard. … Continued

Francis Bacon and Peter Beard were two prolific artists whose boundless creativity brought them together and formed their friendship’s foundation. Francis Bacon, the Irish-born painter, was known for his unsettling imagery. His work focused on the human form, the traumatized … Continued

There is a new exhibition at the MET beginning on February 12 that you won’t want to miss. The artist in question needs no introduction and is one of the greatest painters of all time. Goya’s Graphic Imagination compiles a … Continued

Art enthusiasts that also happen to enjoy poetry are in for a treat at Patron Gallery in Chicago. Los Angeles-based Israeli artist Liat Yossifor’s second solo exhibition with the gallery, titled Letters Apart, features some of her new beautiful abstract … Continued

Unlike many other cities in the US, New York’s museums and galleries remain open and available for visit, but it is only natural that not everyone feels comfortable attending indoor exhibitions just yet. Thankfully, in a city with one of … Continued

Marco Pariani is an emerging artist we ought to watch for in 2021. His first solo exhibition at Cheim & Read in collaboration with The Journal Gallery in New York, which opened on February 19th, is a bright and colorful … Continued

The American multimedia artist Robert Petersen is the definition of underrated. From his intricate journals, unique sculptures, and drawings to the work he created with his friend Robert Rauschenberg, he is an unassuming genius we all should be familiar with. … Continued

“I’m often asked what do I want my legacy to be, what will my legacy be? I don’t know what it will be. I want it simply to be, I saw the need to try and strengthen that we omitted … Continued

The John Michael Kohler Arts Center is a hidden gem in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, located about fifty miles north of Milwaukee. From February 1st through July 11th, 2021, it hosts an eye-opening large-scale installation titled Magic City, showcasing works by Nigerian-American … Continued

Given that we just celebrated International Women’s Day, it feels like a perfect time to talk about and honor one of the greatest artists and feminist icons of all time: Niki de Saint Phalle. MOMA PS1 is hosting the first … Continued

Francesco Clemente is a contemporary Italian artist who was one of the key figures in the Italian Transavanguardia movement of the 1980s. From April 16 to May 15, 2021, the Vito Schnabel Gallery in New York is hosting an exhibition … Continued

KAWS: WHAT PARTY, at the Brooklyn Museum, is guaranteed to be one of the city’s most significant art events of the year. The fun, interactive exhibition is the first major New York collection of Brooklyn-based artist KAWS’s work and runs … Continued

Paul Anthony Smith explores his identity and Caribbean lineage through his distinctive picotage on pigment prints. His new Tradewinds series is on view at Jack Shainman Gallery in New York until Saturday, April 3. Smith is known for producing works … Continued

Oh de Laval is quickly becoming a big name in the art world, and her sultry paintings depicting the absurd and the pleasures of human interactions will soon be on everyone’s radar if they’re not already. Her new show Wild … Continued

Street art and graffiti have always been controversial in the art world. Although this type of art may be illegal or an act of vandalism, it is often an excellent tool for protest and social change. While both terms do … Continued

Vito Schnabel Gallery, in New York, is hosting the historical exhibition Man Ray & Picabia. This show brings together two of the most legendary artists of the avant-garde and essential contributors to the Dada movement. It runs through May 15, … Continued

Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986) was one of the leading figures of 20th-century art in America. The beautiful Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid is hosting the first-ever retrospective of the artist in Spain.  The show, featuring 90 works, explores O’Keeffe’s entire career, … Continued

American artist Adam Pendleton’s first solo show in New York City consists of a large-scale installation at the Museum of Modern Art and it is fantastic. The show, titled Adam Pendleton: Who is Queen? opened on September 18th and runs … Continued

Young emerging artist Avery Singer’s first solo exhibition with Hauser & Wirth opened on September 9 and featured two new large-scale paintings. On 22nd Street in New York City, the gallery has dedicated its second and fifth floors to exhibiting … Continued

The groundbreaking work of Eva Hesse and Hannah Wilke, two pioneering artists of Post-Minimalism, is being showcased side by side for the first time in a show titled Eva Hesse / Hannah Wilke: Erotic Abstraction at Acquavella Galleries in New … Continued

At some point in life, everyone should become familiar with the incredible work of Dutch genius M.C. Escher. In Barcelona, the exhibition A través de los ojos de Escher (Through Escher’s Eyes,) a retrospective held at the city’s Maritime Museum, … Continued

Recently we have been seeing an increasing number of exhibitions that pair the works of artists from entirely different eras and styles that we would never have thought of compared to one another. The Royal Academy in London has made … Continued

Banksy: Genius or Vandal is a renowned exhibition that has been traveling the world, one city at a time, dedicated to one of the most exciting and mysterious living artists. The show is coming to New York City in August … Continued

The current show at the Brooklyn Museum isn’t just another Andy Warhol exhibit. As one of the most intriguing and beloved artists in modern history, Warhol is the subject of numerous yearly exhibitions worldwide, but his complicated relationship with faith … Continued

After the challenging past year and a half, summer 2021 should be a memorable one. Art lovers have countless incredible exhibitions and art events to look forward to in the next few months. One of these is a show opening … Continued

It is your last chance to catch the fascinating Julie Mehretu exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art. The show, which opened in March and consists of a comprehensive survey of Merhretu’s career, closes on August 8, 2021. It … Continued

The Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) is hosting a major exhibition of Andy Warhol’s work this summer. The retrospective initially was scheduled to open in March but opened on Wednesday, July 21, and will run through October 24, 2021. Andy … Continued

One of the most prominent and controversial artists of our time, Chuck Close, died on Thursday, August 19, at age 81. Known for his large-scale abstract and photorealistic portraits, this painter/photographer continued to create art despite the medical problems he … Continued

A fascinating show opened at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City this past October. The exhibition, Labyrinth of Forms: Women and Abstraction, 1930–1950, showcases works by American artists dedicated to abstraction. This extraordinary group of women … Continued

There’s less than a month left to see the renowned Alice Neel: People Come First exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The extremely successful show, which is the artist’s first museum retrospective in New York in twenty years, closes … Continued

Peruvian artist Wynnie Mynerva presents a solo show of their breathtaking and impactful work at LatchKey Gallery in New York. The exhibition, Sweet Castrator, is a brilliant transformation of the artist’s past traumas by depicting the predator as the prey … Continued

Ray Johnson, also known as “New York’s most famous unknown artist,” is the subject of a new exhibition at The Art Institute in Chicago. He was a significant (although lesser known) figure in the Fluxus movement, Conceptual art, and Neo-Dada, … Continued

One of the newer terms that seem to be brought up everywhere these days is NFT. Whether you are involved in the art world or not, there’s a good chance that you have had a conversation in which it was … Continued

Last month, the exhibition Vasily Kandinsky: Around the Circle opened at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. This incredible show examines the career and works of the legendary Abstract painter in reverse chronological order. It can be viewed … Continued

 Bill Jensen: Stillness/Flowing is the newest exhibition at Cheim & Read gallery in New York. The show, which opened on January 20 and is on view at its Chelsea location on 547 West 25th Street, showcases new stunning paintings by … Continued

The Marian Goodman Gallery in New York is opening its Fall season with new works by artist Tacita Dean, best known for her work in film. Multiple mediums are represented in the show, including photogravure, large-scale photographs, silkscreen prints, two … Continued

Anyone searching for an exceptionally unique and captivating art exhibition will find just that at the upcoming Julian Schnabel exhibit titled Self Portraits of Others, opening September 9, 2021, at the Brant Foundation in New York. It features twenty-five plate … Continued

Favorite Erotic Art is a three-part series that will gather some of our favorite erotic artists and works. This first list brings together quite a diverse group of artists, some of which are incredibly well-known and others waiting to be … Continued

A Joan Mitchell retrospective featuring over 80 of the artist’s works opened at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) in San Francisco on September 4. The show runs through January 17, 2022, and explores the life and career … Continued

The most extensive collection of Jennifer Packer’s work is currently on view at the Whitney. The New York museum features over thirty of her paintings and drawings in the exhibition: The Eye Is Not Satisfied With Seeing. It comes from … Continued

Immersive Exhibitions seem to be the latest trend in the art world, and it’s the digital experience of Vincent Van Gogh that has captivated art lovers. Enveloping experiences turn the floors and walls of an exhibition space into van Gogh’s … Continued

Though all of these powerful figures are “classic” statues, they actually are art from many different eras, from truly classical times in ancient Greece and Rome, to the classical-revival works of the Renaissance and Baroque eras, to the neoclassical stylings … Continued

Punk never really went away, did it? That’s why the name of this exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Westport, Conn. (“Punk Is Coming”) is more of a question than a statement of fact. For one thing, it’s … Continued