A Rembrandt in Denver. A Botticelli in Flint, Michigan. A Rothko in Boise. An O’Keeffe in Anchorage. Masterpieces from the collection of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. will soon be on view in far-flung locales across the country.
Lisson Gallery presents Intimacies, the first solo exhibition in London by American artist Oliver Lee Jackson, marking his inaugural collaboration with the gallery.
Even when Kevin Kovacs was a toddler, his mother recognized his artistic talent. At 2, he’d paint with his parents, both keen photographers, and, by 5, he’d started sketching in earnest.
Understandably, a fair amount of art and literature these days has a certain breast-beating quality, as artists strive to be relevant sometimes to the point of grimness, as though despair were the mark of serious intent.
The organizers of the Nineteenth Venice Architecture Biennale have awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement to American philosopher Donna Haraway, while Italian architect and designer Italo Rota (1953–2024).
Artist Graham Sutherland, who painted a portrait of Sir Winston Churchill that the wartime leader hated, has been honoured with a blue plaque in south London.