Three Women Shaped MoMA’s Founding Legacy
What important art you think deserves to be in NYC’s Museum of Modern Art? Here’s the story three women helped create MoMA.
Gauguin Reveals True Story of Van Gogh’s Ear Incident
On Gauguin's birthday, his stirring first-hand account of what actually happened the night his best friend Vincent van Gogh cut off his own ear https://t.co/pFqRPISR4K
Alexandra Grant Unites Paintings with Polish Poetry
Everything Belongs to the Cosmos by Alexandra Grant. Everything Belongs to the Cosmos is a publication that captures six painted works from 2024 by Los Angeles– and Berlin–based painter Alexandra Grant, based on texts by Polish writers and poets Anna Adamowicz,...
Bronze Fetal Sculptures Turn Hospital Entrance Into Miracle
"Imagine this being the entrance to the hospital where you first saw your baby’s heartbeat… and nine months later, where you became a mom." It's a series of 14 bronze sculptures by the artist Damien Hirst situated outside the Sidra Medical...
First Monograph Celebrates Blondell Cummings' “Moving Pictures”
Blondell Cummings: Dance as Moving Pictures is the first monograph dedicated to the pivotal work of African American choreographer and video artist Blondell Cummings. Published in 2021, the book accompanied an exhibition of the same name, co-organized by the Getty Research...
Lucas Museum Opens in LA After $1.5B Delay
George Lucas new museum cost $1.5B. Chicago and SF both turned it down. So, it’ll open at Exposition Park in LA in September 2026. It is 300,000 square feet and has 11 galleries holding art (Norman Rockwell, Frida Kahlo), valuable comics (Marvel, DC,...
Black Portraits Claim Power, Presence, and Quiet Defiance
Amy Sherald’s American Sublime is at the @HighMuseumofArt in Atlanta, and I spent a long time standing in front of each painting trying to understand why I couldn’t move. Every subject carries something you rarely see given to Black people...
Explore America’s Iconic Land Art From 1960s Origins
For @TimeOutUSA, I wrote about where to see the most iconic Land Art pieces across the country. The modality dates back to the '60s when artists ditched the traditional gallery settings to place their work in nature, often in vast...
NYC Debuts Two Paul Thek Exhibits and Rare Notebook Book
Two encyclopedic Paul Thek exhibits just opened in NYC, a veritable gift to the city, featuring a surfeit of masterful works on view that have never been seen before. There is a new publication coinciding with the occasion, the first...
Plasma Balls Offer New Canvas for Shaping Art
Plasma ball as a medium for artistic expression is pretty cool. I hope they include magnets or electromagnets for some plasma shaping. So many ways one can express themselves in art.
Rauschenberg: The Unrivaled Giant of American Art
“Robert Rauschenberg was not a giant of American art; he was THE giant. I call him the American Picasso.” - Jerry Saltz
Mutu's Catalog Explores Human Representation Through Art
Wangechi Mutu is a catalog that accompanied Mutu's 2022 exhibition at @StormKingArtCtr, which included large-scale bronzes, earthworks, and films. Wangechi Mutu’s work deals with the very idea of human representation: how we perceive and reproduce images of what we think we...
Digital Art Coexists, Not Replaces Mixed Media Practices
This is correct although important caveat being this is a very particular year. The Arsenale was curated within an explicitly non digital framework - there were a bunch of shows (Jenna Sutela/ Eva and Franco Mattes /LAS/ Vatican Pavilion/ Canicula)...
Daily Bird Divination: A Prayer for Presence
A #birddivination for every day, a kind of prayer for presence. As always, find it as a solo print and part of the deck of 100, along with the story and process behind them, at https://t.co/xpo04XE701 https://t.co/j4IzPXycAT
First CreamyDreamy X Bis__cut Collab Unveils Avant‑Gay Universes
Looks like people finally "found" the first @CreamyDreamy x @bis__cut collab, each art work is an avant gay universe unto itself.