A First Look at the Big Ticket Artworks that Galleries Are Bringing to Art Basel 2026
It’s been a whirlwind 2026 already. The year kicked off with a bang at Art Basel Qatar and barrelled forward into a spring marked by a much-talked-about Venice Biennale, a…
Faces That Hold Still: Light and Skin in the Work of Sylvianne Blum Cassereau
A cheekbone catches afternoon light. A pair of eyes, slightly lowered, seem…
A First Look at the Big Ticket Artworks that Galleries Are Bringing to Art Basel 2026
It’s been a whirlwind 2026 already. The year kicked off with a…
Untitled Art, Houston Lines Up 95 Galleries for Sophomore Edition in October
Untitled Art, Houston will gather 95 galleries for its upcoming second edition,…
The First ‘Gulf Quinquennial’ in the UAE Argues for a ‘Less Is Best’ Approach to Group Shows
How many artists does it take to change the story of the…
A First Look at the Big Ticket Artworks that Galleries Are Bringing to Art Basel 2026
It’s been a whirlwind 2026 already. The year kicked off…
An Emotional Show in Ghana Marks the Return of Looted Asante Culture from the UK
Repatriation ceremonies tend to be bureaucratic affairs done for show the…
The Met’s Renovated Rockefeller Wing Is a Masterpiece
Last month, I encountered a piece of institutional history a…
Memory’s Afterimages Summer shows in Bangkok
Exhibitions at Warin Lab Contemporary, Bangkok CityCity Gallery, and STORAGEA…
Slovakia’s Kunsthalle Bratislava Director Resigns as Culture Ministry Revokes Funding
The director of the Kunsthalle Bratislava resigned on Monday, the institution announced on Instagram. In…
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In Maureen McCabe’s Art, the Medium Is the Message
The artist takes a mystical, magical journey through America’s supernatural past in…
The Artist Whose Shimmering Obelisks Are Cropping Up All Over the World
When I learned that Gisela Colón was having a retrospective at Museo de Arte…
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From the Archives Victor Hugo Drawn to the Void
The drawings of Victor Hugo author of Les Misérables and Notre Dame de…
Indiana University Cancels Major Exhibition of Palestinian Artist Samia Halaby
Indiana University’s Eskenazi Museum of Art…
Amy Sherald’s Portraits Have Injected the Genre with New Life, But They Also Flatten Blackness
In Amy Sherald’s unique visual language, muted…
Gaetano Ligrani: Where Design, Architecture, and Fine Art Converge
The careers of artists are often…
Elisa De Montis: Exploring Femininity, Myth, and the Inner Landscape Through Symbolic Painting
Contemporary painting often serves as a…
A 500-Year-Old Technique Painting a 2026 World: Inside Lib Mason’s Practice
There's a specific kind of friction at the center of Lib Mason's painting practice: a technique developed centuries ago, deployed…
Faces That Hold Still: Light and Skin in the Work of Sylvianne Blum Cassereau
A cheekbone catches afternoon light. A pair of eyes, slightly lowered, seem to be remembering something rather than posing for…
Gio Mondelli: A Journey Through Symbolism, Expressionism, and the Landscape of Emotion
Artistic evolution is rarely a straight path. For many artists, it unfolds through years of experimentation, shifting influences, and an…
Renata: Exploring Identity, Transformation, and the Ever Changing Human Self
Identity is never fixed. Every memory, relationship, emotion, and life experience quietly reshapes the person we become, creating a continuous…
Gaetano Ligrani: Where Design, Architecture, and Fine Art Converge
The careers of artists are often shaped by a lifelong dialogue between observation, creativity, and craftsmanship. For Gaetano Ligrani, this…
Elisa De Montis: Exploring Femininity, Myth, and the Inner Landscape Through Symbolic Painting
Contemporary painting often serves as a mirror for personal experience, cultural reflection, and emotional exploration. For Elisa De Montis, art…
Mimmo Rotella: The Pioneer Who Turned Urban Posters into Modern Art
Few artists transformed the visual language of post-war art as radically as Mimmo Rotella. By tearing, layering, and reassembling advertising…
The Artist Whose Shimmering Obelisks Are Cropping Up All Over the World
When I learned that Gisela Colón was having a retrospective at Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico (MAC), I leapt at…
The First ‘Gulf Quinquennial’ in the UAE Argues for a ‘Less Is Best’ Approach to Group Shows
How many artists does it take to change the story of the Arabian Peninsula lands comprising Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar,…
Rashid Johnson’s Revelatory Guggenheim Survey Lets His Art Remain Complex and Elusive
Targets recur through Rashid Johnson’s rotunda-filling Guggenheim Museum retrospective, an insightful show that certainly hits the mark. The first can be seen outside…