The colorful works of Frida Kahlo continue to inspire many around the world to this day. Beyond her vibrant paintings, Kahlo was a complex woman who loved art from a young age and was committed to political activism and her community.
Somewhere along a narrow alley just off of Oakley or Leavitt, near the eastern edge of North Western Avenue behind an old row of red brick townhouses that, for an instant, could make you believe you were in Bushwick or Bed-Stuy, but definitely not Ukrainian Village.
Millions are flocking to the art collective’s five immersive exhibitions to duck through secret doors and explore new worlds. Coming soon: Los Angeles and New York.
It is context that allows a work to activate, or at least legitimise, a political dimension. Roméo Mivekannin’s “Black Mirror” exhibition at the Collezione Maramotti illustrates this.
As I write this, Los Angeles is ablaze and Accra, Ghana, is recovering from a fire; Richmond, Virginia, lost its potable water to a storm just after Asheville, North Carolina, finally got its supply back two months following Hurricane Helene.
Jock Reynolds’s 2015 essay “Natural Encounters” observes that Clifford Ross first began engaging with “the belief that representational imagery did not need to wage an irreconcilable war with abstraction.
After several years of effort, Anne W. Brown and Rusty Munn completed the design and construction of their “forever home” in the scenic Four Corners region of southeastern Utah, where the state touches upon Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona.
The artist Amy Sherald is best known for her magnificent 2018 portrait Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama, which has been looked at, studied, and written about as much as any portrait in the 21st century.
CATS ARE TAKING OVER is the inaugural exhibition of Vila Catena’s contemporary art pavilion, marking the beginning of a new art space in Bucharest, one that aims to cultivate a warm and accessible approach to experiencing art.
An artist whose official portrait of Donald Trump was publicly lambasted by the president said his comments are "directly and negatively impacting" her business, threatening its future.