Jan 6, 2022 | Exhibits
Seattle Art Museum Imogen Cunningham: A Retrospective showcases the innovation and influence of this photographer who pushed the boundaries for both women in the arts and photography as an art form. Nearly 200 of Cunningham’s portraits, flower and plant studies,...
Jan 6, 2022 | Exhibits
Alma W. Thomas: Everything Is Beautiful provides a fresh perspective on the artist’s vibrant life (1891-1978) and multifaceted career that was defined by constant creativity. This retrospective traces her journey from semi-rural Georgia to Washington, DC, to becoming...
Jan 6, 2022 | News
With a focus on raising awareness of museum conservation practices, the Guggenheim Museum in New York has promoted one of its longtime conservators and established a new mentoring program. Francesca Esmay has been named director of engagement, conservation, and...
Jan 5, 2022 | News
bell hooks, a writer and thinker whose texts about Black art, feminism, and identity that inspired legions within academia and far beyond, has died. The Washington Post reported that the cause of death was end-stage renal failure. Since the ’70s, hooks had been...
Jan 4, 2022 | The Artist
“My goal is not to paint one single stroke with fear. I do not want to be afraid to preserve something already well done,” says Torsten Wolber, a portrait painter based in Cologne, Germany. His fearless approach to art, however, was developed over time. He remembers...
Jan 4, 2022 | The Artist
Lara Zankoul is a visual artist based in Beirut whose work captures every human behavior and the issues that occur within society through photographic media and video and 3D mediums. Her aim is to allow her audiences to come up with their own interpretation and...
Jan 4, 2022 | The Artist
Tatjana Cechun is an oil painter from Lithuania who has been painting and drawing for 30 years. She’s been surrounded by art since her childhood. “My parents were artists. My husband, with whom we have been friends since childhood, is an artist. Therefore, the...
Dec 2, 2021 | News
A self-portrait by Frida Kahlo that had been held in a private collection for 30 years recently sold for a record-setting $34.9 million at Sotheby’s in New York. The painting, Diego y yo (1949) is a depiction of the artist gazing tearfully at the viewer;...
Dec 2, 2021 | News
Simone Leigh, who left Hauser & Wirth last October after just 21 months, has joined Matthew Marks gallery. Leigh joins a roster that includes Alex Da Corte, Martin Puryear, and Jasper Johns and is preparing to represent the United States at the 2022 Venice...
Dec 2, 2021 | Exhibits
Peter Blum Gallery is exhibiting a solo presentation of recent work by Nicholas Galanin (b. 1979 Sitka, Alaska) at Art Basel this week. Nicholas Galanin works at the intersection of conceptual and material practice, rooted in his Tlingit/Unangax background. Using...
