Art

 Art #Amy Sherald #painting #portraits August 15, 2023 Paulette Beete “The lesson of the falling leaves” (2017), oil on canvas, 54 x 43 x 2 1/2 inches. Photo by Joseph Hyde. All images © Amy Sherald, courtesy of the artist and Hauser & Wirth, shared with permission Here’s what painter Amy Sherald has always known about herself: She was born …

 Art Photography #identity #Karen Navarro #portraits August 15, 2023 Kate Mothes “Fragment” (2019), from ‘The Constructed Self,’ archival inkjet print, wood, acrylic paint, and epoxy, 56 x 48 inches. All images © Karen Navarro, shared with permission Stacked, spinning, and puzzled together, Karen Navarro’s vibrant portraits explore myriad facets of identity. Photography provides the foundation for the Houston-based artist’s …

 Illustration #digital #drawing #narrative #Ori Toor August 15, 2023 Grace Ebert “TJF.” All images © Ori Toor, shared with permission Tucked in the cramped confines of a rectangular form, the lively and fantastical illustrations of Tel Aviv-based artist Ori Toor (previously) are suffused with chaotic energy. Set on solid backdrops, the works are a frenzied mishmash of overlapping mechanical …

Public art has an interesting obligation to both represent and appease the community it resides in, but by the nature of humanity, even the most neutral or innocent examples can attract controversy. When Donna Dodson breathed life into her eight-foot-tall “Seagull Cinderella” in 2012, she never expected that years later, it would prompt such dramatic responses in the coastal city …

LONDON — “Care is a form of resistance.” This statement, borrowed from artist Otobong Nkanga, is a simple and potentially powerful premise for an exhibition exploring the climate crisis. Dear Earth at London’s Hayward Gallery attempts to demonstrate that caring for the world around us is the most important way in which we can protect the environment. The show demonstrates …

I’ve eagerly awaited The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession, Michael Finkel’s book on Stéphane Breitwieser, who stole several billion dollars worth of art from more than 150 museums before he was caught in 2001. I make a brief appearance in the book, since Finkel interviewed me about the psychology of art thieves. I …

Attributed to Jacques Guillaume Lucien Amans, “Bélizaire and the Frey Children” (c. 1837), oil on canvas, 47 1/4 × 36 1/4 inches (image courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art) The Metropolitan Museum of Art has acquired the first naturalistic portrait of a named Black subject in the American antebellum South in its American Wing collection, a c. 1837 painting of 15-year-old …

Esra Sarıgedik Öktem (photo by Berk Kır, courtesy Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts) Esra Sarıgedik Öktem, who was selected to curate the Turkish pavilion at the upcoming 60th Venice Biennale, has resigned from the post in protest of the Istanbul Biennial’s rejection of Defne Ayas as the curator of that event’s upcoming edition. In a statement posted on Instagram …

Gari Melchers, “Mother and Child” (ca. 1920), oil on paperboard, 23 1/4 x 19 3/4 inches, Smithsonian American Art Museum (image via Smithsonian Institution) It comes as no surprise that artists who become mothers have a difficult time maintaining their art careers. Indeed, this is so obvious that I initially wondered why Hettie Judah, who is the chief art critic …

 Design #flowers #installation #Lewis Miller Design #public art #street art August 14, 2023 Kate Mothes All images © Lewis Miller Design, shared with permission Sprays of vibrant blooms and foliage erupt from New York City trash cans, trucks, and road signs by Lewis Miller Design (previously). Known for his temporary Flower Flash installations, Miller sees phone booths and stacks …