Museum Of Modern Art Continues Long Relationship With Wifredo Lam

The Museum of Modern Art in New York presents “Wifredo Lam: When I Don’t Sleep, I Dream,” the most extensive retrospective ...

Rockwell Museum’s 50th Anniversary Year Begins With Contemporary Native American Art

To celebrate its 50 th anniversary, the Rockwell Museum in Corning, NY presents an exhibition highlighting its sustained, ...
Alfred University

Two paintings by Professor Stephanie McMahon ’98 acquired by Cleveland Clinic Art Collection

The School of Art & Design at Alfred University proudly announces that two paintings byProfessor Stephanie McMahon, Local ...
CNN

African artists are banking on a record-breaking contemporary and modern art market

For Abidjan-based artist Saint-Étienne Yéanzi, the continent’s social and political reality has sparked a creative evolution for contemporary African artists, he says, giving them confidence to work ...
Artnet

This Self-Taught Artist, Known For His Art Magazine Riffs, Lands His First Solo Museum Show at MoMA

A self-trained artist who often takes art and art magazines as his subject will get a major museum spotlight this coming winter. In its Projects gallery, which is free to enter, New York’s Museum of ...
CNN

These artists revolutionized modern art in Nigeria. They’re finally getting recognition further afield

Curved lines and block colors in shades of orange, yellow and blue create the image of an artist, framed by a border of abstract shapes. Look a little closer and you can see the artist’s beret with ...
Manila Standard

Contemporary artist showcases audio-visual collection of unfinished works

Filipino contemporary artist Poklong Anading is presenting a collection of unrealized and abandoned ideas in #AVoidWork, an audio-video project that ...
National Catholic Register

First Woman to Lead the Vatican’s Arts Academy Wants the Church to Embrace Contemporary Art

Contemporary art is powerful vehicle for communicating values, challenging reality, and understanding the times we live in, ...
Booth School of Business

The Surreal Economics of the Contemporary-Art Market

A conceptual artwork titled “Comedian” sold at auction last November for just over $6 million. The piece consisted of a banana duct-taped to the wall, along with installation instructions and a ...
Hyperallergic

Painting a Fuller, More Complicated History of Mexican Modern Art

Francisco Goitia, “Zacatecas Landscape with Hanged Men I” (c. 1914) (courtesy the Philadelphia Museum of Art) Ironically, several artists who created celebrated images of the Mexican Revolution did ...