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Fire on High: The Pyrographic Art of Carlo Proietto

August 26, 2020

Italian artist Carlo Proietto creates graphic imagery through the age-old technique of pyrography. Using a heated metallic point, the artist …

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STAND UP—Call from Arts to Better Future

August 25, 2020

All of a sudden, there is a rush of things art to look forward to. Some, like The Metropolitan Museum’s …

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Painting the Lockdown Time

August 17, 2020

Like so many artists today, lifelong New Yorker Margaret Zox Brown found herself searching for new inspiration during the lockdown. With Manhattan …

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Lari Pittman Mediates Colonial Violence with Seductive Painting Techniques

July 30, 2020

Los Angeles-based artist Lari Pittman first received broad exposure in the late 1980s, partly in the wake of an …

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London Art Galleries Slowly Stir Back to Life

June 19, 2020

London announced that a handful of its galleries would reopen on June 15. As cities across the world begin to …

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Not in My Backyard: Interview with Maureen O’Leary

June 17, 2020

Most new businesses experience traditional first year challenges such as developing their brand, facilitating sales and dealing with competition. In …

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Dorothea Lange Points the Way for Today’s Activist Image Makers

June 12, 2020

One byproduct of museums’ closure during the COVID-19 pandemic is that some exhibits have extended their running time by dint …

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It’s a Wrap: R.I.P. Amazing Christo

June 06, 2020

The awe-inspiring art journey of Christo (b. Christo Vladimirov Javacheff, June 13, 1935, Bulgaria; d. May 31, 2020, New York …

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Michelangelo Lovelace Finds Dignity and Grace in These Fraught Times

June 04, 2020

One of the most shocking things the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed is the cavalier attitude that some people have expressed …

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Christo, Co-creator of The Gates and More, Has Died

June 01, 2020

Christo, the conceptual artist, known for his massive site-specific art installations, died on Sunday, March 31, at his home in …

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#Artistsoninstagram: Couch-surfing the Painted City

June 01, 2020

Part of the fun of browsing art on Instagram for both cognoscenti and laypersons is perusing diverse art without a …

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La Belle Noiseuse Finds Joy and Conflict in the Artistic Process

May 31, 2020

For fine-art mavens looking for a change of pace from all the virtual exhibitions that have been proliferating in the …

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Tapping Into the Subconscious with Mariah Robertson

May 19, 2020

How much does artistic intent matter? Many critics over the years have used an artist’s written statement along with …

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#Artistsoninstagram: Viewing New Art at Home

May 14, 2020

Through the postwar era, so-called visual culture has enveloped fine art— its forebear, if you will. Today images are central …

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Sara Cwynar Questions the Images That Comfort Us

May 13, 2020

Much about the world right now has changed, but judging by anecdotal evidence and news stories such as this, our …

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Ognjen Simic, 1965-2019

November 17, 2019

The Fine Art Globe lost a family member today. Our great writer, Ognjen Simic, has died by suicide, at age …

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Woman! Rachel Feinstein Poses Deep Questions Through Sculpture

December 26, 2019

She is masturbating while lying on her belly, bigger than body size, sensitive to every brush of the skin, enjoying …

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AI Gahaku: Your Latest Artificial Intelligence Art Obsession

April 06, 2020

Remember Google Arts & Culture’s Face Match? Back in 2018, Google’s Arts & Culture app—which primarily exists to give users access …

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Michelangelo Lovelace Finds Dignity and Grace in These Fraught Times

June 04, 2020

One of the most shocking things the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed is the cavalier attitude that some people have expressed …

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The 2019 Whitney Biennial – Catalyst for a Political Stance

July 29, 2019

This past week Eddie Arroyo, Christine Sun Kim, Augustina Woodgate, and the collective Forensic Architecture joined Korakrit Arunanondchai, Meriem Bennani, …

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Lari Pittman Mediates Colonial Violence with Seductive Painting Techniques

July 30, 2020

Los Angeles-based artist Lari Pittman first received broad exposure in the late 1980s, partly in the wake of an …

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Banksy—He’s Just Like Us!

April 16, 2020

Yesterday, Banksy, a street artist with notoriously disputed identity, posted on Instagram the images of his trademark rats that are …

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Outside Art Waves on the North Fork: The Sculpture of Arden Scott

May 07, 2020

One interesting social effect of the Covid-19 era is new circuits of networking borne not only of proliferating media forums …

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Jean-Michel Basquiat at Brant Foundation: ‘Every Single Line Means Something’

April 17, 2019

The solo exhibit, which spans four floors and features nearly seventy of the artist’s works, celebrates the inauguration of The …

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Thinking About Time, Fashion, and the Met’s ‘About Time: Fashion and Duration’

May 07, 2020

This should have been a banner week for the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Costume Institute would have kicked off …

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A Half-Century of Political Painting Packing Powerful Partisan Punch

March 20, 2020

“At 100, I shall be a marvelous artist.” Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) In the 1980s —I can vouch—the mean age …

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Hollis Taggart Showcases Alex Kanevsky’s Fluid Brushstroke

September 24, 2019

“Liberation and disorientation” is the second solo show by a contemporary artist Alex Kanevsky at Hollis Taggart gallery. The show, …

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Cary Hill Sculpture Park Offers Abstract Art in Nature (and It’s Safely Socially Distant)

April 16, 2020

Though terribly missing my diehard downtown tribe along with a plethora of art at my fingertips, my lucky stars have …

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Cade Martin—Cinematic Eye with Surrealist Flair

May 12, 2020

Cade Martin (Instagram: @cademartinphoto), is an award-winning photographer specializing in portrait and location photography. Driven by belief that one must …

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Portraitist in the Moment

March 24, 2020

I am so glad I was able to see this exhibition of large-scale paintings by Jordan Casteel (born in 1989) …