Modern Art Oxford gallery gets a £2m revamp
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OCTOBER 28, 2024
The new space's inaugural show is dedicated to the pioneering Cuban artist Belkis Ayón
The dangerous art of Hamad Butt makes a comeback at the Irish Museum of Modern Art
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NOVEMBER 29, 2024
Pioneering works by the British-Pakistani artist who died young are being restaged in Dublin before travelling to London
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Harem work removed from show at Qatar's Arab Museum of Modern Art
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DECEMBER 11, 2024
Renowned Turkish artist nci Eviner says her work was pulled "without further explanation and apology" and describes the move as censorship
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Mexico City's Zona Maco fair offers something for everyone
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FEBRUARY 3, 2025
From emerging artists to Modern art and antiquities, by way of design and photography, around 220 exhibitors span seemingly every collecting category
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Gee’s Bend quiltmakers, ‘degenerate’ art in Paris, and Mel Bochner remembered—podcast
The Art Newspaper
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
Exploring the history and potency of the small quiltmaking group from Alabama, plus a new show looks at how the Nazis attacked Modern art and artists in Germany, and we discuss a 1969 work by one of the pioneers of Conceptualism
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Les Nabis Revealed: The 8 Artists Who Redefined Modern Art as We Know It
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JUNE 5, 2024
Energized to achieve a “beauty beyond visible reality,” the Nabis group of French artists challenged convention to create a new artistic vision, as they harnessed Paul Gauguin’s synthetism to envisage an exciting alternative that would usher in the age of modern art. Where Les Nabis differ is in the subject matter.
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Max Ernst’s Outsized Impact on Modern Art Is Showcased in This Meticulously Curated Paris Show
Artnet News
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
Presented by Galerie Malingue, "Max Ernst: The Perfection of Chance" revives brings new light to the artist's enduring legacy. The post Max Ernst’s Outsized Impact on Modern Art Is Showcased in This Meticulously Curated Paris Show appeared first on Artnet News.
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Streetwise: Artist Peter Doig on the Thrilling Show He’s Organized at Gagosian in New York
Artnet News
NOVEMBER 22, 2024
A Balthus borrowed from the Museum of Modern Art is at the heart of the exhibition, which unites canonical and obscure figures. The post Streetwise: Artist Peter Doig on the Thrilling Show He’s Organized at Gagosian in New York appeared first on Artnet News.
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How Japonisme Shaped Modern Art
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MARCH 20, 2024
Coined in the late 19th century to describe the Western craze for Japanese art and design, the influence of Japonisme blossomed after Japanese ports reopened to Western trade in 1854 after being closed to the West for over 200 years, and in doing so helped to lay the foundations for Modern Art.
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A bridge between worlds: Central Asia’s first private Modern and contemporary art museum to open in Kazakhstan
The Art Newspaper
NOVEMBER 28, 2024
Almaty Museum of Arts will house more than 700 works by Kazakh and Central Asian artists, while also presenting an substantial collection of international art
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New York City celebrates David Wojnarowicz’s 70th birthday
The Art Newspaper
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Events across Manhattan will pay tribute to the late artist through readings, film screenings, music and a candlelit procession
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Artist being electrocuted to show the sinister implications of AI among highlights of the Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art 11
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DECEMBER 3, 2024
The work by Kawita Vatanajyankur and Pat Pataranutaporn was acquired by the Queensland Art Gallery, where the sprawling exhibition is being held
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Female British artists headline sale
Antique Collecting
NOVEMBER 7, 2024
Four of the twentieth century’s leading female British artists will headline the Modern Art and Design sale at Cotswold-based Chorley’s The post Female British artists headline sale appeared first on Antique Collecting.
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What is Modernism? A Guide to Art, Literature, and Design
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OCTOBER 14, 2024
But what exactly is Modernism, and why and how has it impacted the world as we know it today? What is Modernism art and which artists embraced the movement? In this article, we explore the rich tapestry of Modernism and how this period championed a new order in artistic expression. What is Modernism in Art?
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Jack Whitten at MoMA, Paris Noir at the Pompidou, Arpita Singh at the Serpentine—podcast
The Art Newspaper
MARCH 21, 2025
Tracing Whittens artistic development with the largest ever show of his work, the story of an exhibition exploring the lives of Black artists in France, and Hans Ulrich Obrist on a monumental painting by the esteemed Indian artist Singh
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Explore the World of Post-impressionist Art
Antique Appraisers Auctioneers
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
From Van Gogh’s iconic “Starry Night” to Cézanne’s breathtaking still-life compositions, these artists captured emotions and beauty in their unique styles. Post-impressionist Art Characteristics Post-Impressionism evolved in the late 19th century to respond to Impressionism’s limits.
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American Folk Art: Celebrating the Creativity and Craftsmanship of Everyday Artisans
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APRIL 24, 2024
The vast American folk art tradition offers authentic, innovative, and captivating creations whose reach spans generations and modes of creative expression. Despite this diversity, American folk art does share some core characteristics: Hand-Craftsmanship American folk art typically incorporates materials that can be wrought by hand.
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American Folk Art: Celebrating the Creativity and Craftsmanship of Everyday Artisans
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The vast American folk art tradition offers authentic, innovative, and captivating creations whose reach spans generations and modes of creative expression. Despite this diversity, American folk art does share some core characteristics: Hand-Craftsmanship American folk art typically incorporates materials that can be wrought by hand.
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The Art of Intarsia: Exploring the Intricate Craftsmanship of Wood Inlay
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SEPTEMBER 9, 2024
The masterful art of intarsia has produced some awe-inspiring pieces of Renaissance craftsmanship, but these meticulously crafted ‘paintings’ in wood with a geometrical illusion of depth have not only earned papal recognition but also foreshadowed modern art forms like Cubism.
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Wassily Kandinsky: The Pioneer of Abstract Art and Color Theory
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FEBRUARY 10, 2025
Well highlight key landmarks in his career while also showcasing essential paintings that helped secure his status as one of the most influential painters of modern art. Wassily Kandinskys Formative Years Kandinsky was born in Moscow in 1866 and attended school not for art but rather for economics and law. Ursula (1908).
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The Essential Guide to Minimalist Art: 10 Artists Who Mastered the Art of Simplicity
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APRIL 14, 2024
Challenging traditional notions of artistic expression, Minimalism pushed the boundaries of what art can be – and its concentrated form of beauty would leave a lasting legacy. Kelly wanted to eliminate any trace of the artist so that his works were, as he put it, “objects, unsigned, anonymous”. Can’t make it in person?
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Paul Klee: The Color and Spirit of Modern Expression
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FEBRUARY 17, 2025
A pioneering and imaginative artist of early 20th-century modernism, Paul Klee excelled in experimenting with color and form. His innovative visual language, cultivated by a melding of abstract practices borrowed from Cubism to Surrealism, revealed parallel passions in artistic practice and theory. But was he a Cubist?
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A Forgotten Woman Artist: Lilian de Glehn Thibaut
Mark Hill
MAY 3, 2023
The Parisian cul de sac called Cité Falguière (below) is renowned as the group of artists’ studios in Paris inhabited across the years by a roster of then penniless, now world famous, artists. So her art was seen by and hung in very good company! Gauguin, Modigliani, Brancusi, Soutine, the list goes on. He had five children.
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8 Famous Color Field Paintings that Define the Genre
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JULY 10, 2024
As the 1940s came to a close, a number of artists were looking for something new. During the style’s second wave, artists including Helen Frankenthaler , Morris Louis , Kenneth Noland and Jules Olitski also harnessed the spirit of non-figurative painting but embraced the idea of form as more important than any mythical content.
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Going Ape
Reagan Upshaw Fine Art
MARCH 25, 2024
It was the spring of 1985, and seven women artists were still pissed. The previous summer, the Museum of Modern Art in New York had held an exhibition entitled, “An International Survey of Recent Painting and Sculpture” to inaugurate the museum’s newly renovated building. Only 13 were women. Only 13 were women.
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Trusted Local Antiques Buyers and Their Services in Bradenton
Sarasota Antique Buyers
JULY 18, 2024
In particular, we are interested in English and Continental items from the 18th to the 20th centuries, as well as modern and traditional furniture. We understand that each piece’s value depends on various factors, such as age, quality, condition, rarity, period, and maker. Modern art: Our interest extends to modern art pieces.
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The Art of Henri Matisse’s Paper Cut-Out Sculptures
Sarasota Antique Buyers
MARCH 22, 2024
A Look at Matisse’s Creative Process and Techniques Henri Matisse, a French artist known for his use of color, is widely recognized as a painter. He initially studied law in Paris but began painting in 1889 after his mother gave him art supplies. However, he was also a skilled draughtsman, printmaker, and sculptor.
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Long Overdue: Cultural Change Affecting the Art Market
MIR Appraisal
JUNE 12, 2019
The art market is experiencing a boom in demand for work by African American artists. Several decades ago, the art world was quite different. African American artists were largely not included, and their accomplishments went overlooked. million, setting a record for a work by a living African American artist.
Constructivism: The Intersection of Art and Industry in the Avant-Garde Movement
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SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
Emerging from the 1917 revolution in the newly formed Soviet Union, Constructivism wasn’t only the most influential modern art movement in 20th century Russia, but its visualization of a new aesthetic language brought with it a sea change in how we view art that redefined the role of art in society.
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Capturing Contemplation: Contemporary Sculptor Wang Shaojun
MIR Appraisal
JULY 12, 2019
Wang Shaojun is a Chinese sculptural artist based in Beijing, China. Born in 1958, he is now a professor at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, China’s most prestigious and well-known art university, and an artist. Within the global art world, the discourse regarding Chinese contemporary art is still somewhat problematic.
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Gertrud Arndt: Exploring the Bauhaus Visionary
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JULY 3, 2024
Arndt refused to attach any deep artistic meaning to her photographs, but they were imaginative, provocative, and would prove to have a lasting legacy… once they were rediscovered by the public half a century later. From 1927 onward, she took on the role of wife and mother, developing her Mask Portraits out of boredom.
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Exploring the Influence of Zen Philosophy on Art and Design
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AUGUST 21, 2024
Characterized by a sense of space, a vibrant and expressive use of vivid blocks, and searing colors, Mark Rothko’s color field paintings would propel him to an uneasy fame and pioneer a new wave of artistic thinking, which had its roots in the Zen philosophy of minimalism, subtlety, and naturalness.
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Print or Poster?
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AUGUST 11, 2022
Etching as a means of printmaking was most prominent during the sixteenth century, utilized by such artists as Albrecht Dürer, Lucas van Leyden, and Pieter Bruegel the Elder. The medium was later mastered by artists like Rembrandt during the seventeenth century. The Museum of Modern Art. The Museum of Modern Art.
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Ocean Liners: Speed and Style
Alfie's Antique Market
MARCH 1, 2018
This exhibition revives the golden age of ocean travel, from ground-breaking engineering and fashionable interiors, to the lifestyle on board and their cultural impact on art, architecture, design and film. The exhibition will also feature works by Modernist artists, designers and architects inspired by liners.
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Reagan Upshaw Fine Art
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
In 1978, Roberta and I joined our friend Buzz Spector to found White Walls: A Magazine of Writings by Artists. One of the few publications dealing with word-and-image art, it soon began to attract submissions by some notable artists in the field. Artists in Residence) Gallery, the first cooperative gallery run by and for women.
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Mabel Dwight's American Scene
Michael Rose Fine Art
FEBRUARY 7, 2022
From the urban explorations of John Sloan or Edward Hopper to the more nuanced and human-focused prints of artists like Elizabeth Catlett or Sister Corita Kent, printmaking experienced something of a long golden age. 1945, lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Frank McClure, 1979.98.74
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“You Need Energy and Conviction” - Gallery Chat with San Francisco’s Rena Bransten
Art Dealers Association of America
JUNE 21, 2018
©The artist. Since the start of her art-dealing career in the mid-1970s, Rena Bransten has ridden the seismic shifts of San Francisco’s gallery landscape with success and style. While many come to art dealing from a sales background, Bransten established herself as a gallerist from the perspective of an avid art collector.
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Buckskin Ceiling
Reagan Upshaw Fine Art
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
The climate is constantly changing, and art fads can be as short-lived as those of the world of fashion. After centuries in which art markets and art museums were dominated by white men, hitherto under-represented artists are now being aquired with a vengeance, particularly by institutions.
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Modern Furniture – What is it and who wants it?
Sarasota Antique Buyers
JUNE 5, 2024
The late 19th-century contemporary art movement influences this type of furniture, blending abstract expression with functionality, a testament to the ingenuity of its creators. The concept of minimalism, characterized by simplicity, clean lines, and a focus on functionality, emerged as a defining style during the modern art movement.
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Assemblage and Collage: From Found Objects to Fine Art
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JULY 1, 2024
Upending the fine-art world, Collage and Assemblage subverted the very fabric of art, as artists like Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso and Marcel Duchamp elevated everyday items into high art, broke boundaries, and challenged traditional notions of what constitutes art, leaving an indelible print on the art world in their wake.
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The Art of Storytelling: Exploring Narrative Painting Across Cultures and Eras
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NOVEMBER 18, 2024
Meanwhile, ancient Greek vase paintings and Roman mosaics frequently depicted mythological scenes, battles, and everyday life, blending artistic expression with storytelling. Art of the Italian Renaissance or the Classical Realism movement of the late 20th Century is particularly conducive to following a narrative.
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Baker Schorr Fine Art
Art Advisor's Blog
JUNE 21, 2019
The gallery’s focus is Post-Impressionist and Modern art. The new show, “American Sublime: Sacred Landscapes of the Hudson River School,” is an attempt to introduce her patrons to the beauty and glory of traditional 19th C. American landscapes.
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“People Are Rewarded by Close Looking” – Kathan Brown of Crown Point Press on the Enduring Excitement of Printmaking
Art Dealers Association of America
MAY 7, 2019
Moving to Berkeley and then Oakland in the early years, and settling in San Francisco in 1986, Crown Point began by printing and publishing Bay Area artists including Richard Diebenkorn , Beth Van Hoesen , Wayne Thiebaud , and Robert Bechtle. Its how-to books on hand-printing processes enable artists anywhere to have successful access.
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The Unflinching Realism of New Objectivity
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MAY 14, 2024
I had the feeling that there was a dimension of reality that had not been dealt with in art: the dimension of ugliness.” This was a solemn time and the artists showed the social and political turmoil of life. In defiance of trends towards abstraction, Neue Sachlichkeit artists embraced realism.
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