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[Left] Portrait photograph of Clyfford Still; [Right] his painting “PH-455” (1949), Gouache on paper, 30 x 22 in | Source: phaidon.com
Clyfford Still: The Lone Visionary of Abstract Expressionism – A Force Beyond the New York School
On view until September 14, 2025, the Clyfford Still Museum's current exhibition, 'Held Impermanence,' guest-curated by Katherine Simóne Reynolds, draws deeply upon the collections and archives of the museum to explore a fascinating paradox: Still's fierce desire for artistic control set against the inevitable aging and deterioration of his materials. The exhibition illuminates this tension…
Beyond Klimt: Rediscovering the Radical Voices of the Vienna Secession
In June 2023, at Sotheby's London, Gustav Klimt’s Lady with a Fan (Dame mit Fächer) (1917) became the most expensive artwork ever sold at a European auction, fetching $108.4 million (£85.3 million). Now, a significant painting by the legendary Austrian painter has resurfaced at 2025 TEFAF (The European Fine Art Fair) in Maastricht — a…
‘To Carry’ the Unseen: How Sharjah Biennial 16 Reframes Collective Memory
to carry a home to carry a history to carry a trade to carry a wound to carry equatorial heat to carry resistance to carry a library of redacted documents to carry rupture to carry Te Pō [the beginnings] to carry change to carry songs to carry on to carry land to carry the language of the inner soul to carry new formations to carry the embrace of a river…
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Stitching Stories: Faith Ringgold’s Quilts and Art of Activism Faith Ringgold, the African American multi-media artist who wove her spirit, voice, and vision into the fabric of our collective consciousness through her passion for quilting, passed away on April 13, 2024, at her Englewood, New Jersey residence. She was 93 years old.  Raised against the backdrop of the Harlem Renaissance, Ringgold was exposed to…
[Left] Kusama with her piece Dots Obsession, 2012, via AWARE, [Right] Yayoi Kusama (Courtesy Whitney Museum of American Art) | Source: thecollector.com
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Obsessed with Dots: Yayoi Kusama’s Endless Exploration of Infinity “With just one polka dot, nothing can be achieved. In the universe, there is the sun, the moon, the earth, and hundreds of millions of stars. All of us live in the unfathomable mystery and infinitude of the universe.”  By allowing audiences to lose themselves in the endless repetition of polka dots and mirrors, Japanese…
Lucio Fontana and Radical Spatialist Concepts
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Lucio Fontana and Radical Spatialist ConceptsRecently, the Sorol Art Museum in Gangwon Province in South Korea opened its doors to the public, showcasing its eagerly awaited architectural design by Meier Partners. The inaugural exhibition features the works of the art master and father of Spatialism, Lucio Fontana (1899-1968), marking a historic moment as his art exhibits for the first time…
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Brushes to Bytes: Navigating the Intersection of Art and TechnologyThe recent controversy surrounding the “completion” of Keith Haring's unfinished painting using AI has ignited a global discussion on the ethical boundaries of using technology in the art-making process.  Haring, celebrated for his graffiti-inspired works characterized by dancing figures and radiant lines, captured the essence of the 1980s New York City street culture – making…
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Whispers of Nature: Exploring the Allegory and Mysticism in Caspar David Friedrich’s Romantic LandscapesAs the art world celebrates the 250th anniversary of Caspar David Friedrich's birth, the master of landscape painting and luminary of German Romanticism takes center stage across Germany, where three significant exhibitions pay tribute to his profound impact on the artistic narrative. Despite his near-forgotten and impoverished status upon his passing in 1840, Friedrich’s resurgence…
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Marina Abramović: Beyond Body and Mind – Pioneering the Spirit of Performance Art“The way to fight is not to reflect horror and put your spirit down. It’s to create something with beauty that gives you hope.” - Marina Abramović Heralded as the 'godmother of performance art,' Marina Abramović has defied convention for the past five decades and orchestrates a symphony of audience reactions through her visceral and…