Art

We’re thrilled to be returning to Los Angeles to present Printed Matter’s LA Art Book Fair (LAABF) — our first time back since 2019! Along with the annual NY Art Book Fair, this event is a leading international gathering for the distribution of artists’ books, celebrating the full breadth of the art publishing community. Taking place at the Geffen Contemporary …

 Craft #dolls #Finland #Russia #Salakauppa #toys #wood July 17, 2023 Kate Mothes “The Bears (polar bear, brown bear, panda, moon bear, and Misha)” (2014), linden, paint, and lacquer, 210 x 120 millimeters. All designs by Aamu Song / COMPANY, produced in Semenov, Russia. Images © Salakauppa, shared with permission A saltwater food chain, a collection of vegetables, and an …

A selection of images from multi-disciplinary artist and self-taught photographer Ebrahim Bahaa-Eldin. Based in Cairo, Bahaa-Eldin approaches photography as both a form of art and documentary device. His studies in Anthropology influence his practice as his work engages with ideas of space, time, and memory. Through questioning and reinterpreting reality, Bahaa-Eldin attempts to develop new forms of storytelling and a …

Born and raised in the post-industrial city of Fall River, MA, and Narragansett Bay, where he resides to this day, Harry Gould Harvey IV draws inspiration from the ecological fabric of his native South Coast Region to deconstruct the building blocks of empire and illuminate the weight of anonymous labor. Foraging materials from downed or cut trees, destroyed Gilded Age …

For “THE EDUCATIONAL WEB” the Kunstverein in Hamburg hosts eight schools, educational organisations, and independent study programmes which define themselves as alternatives to the traditional “art academy” and have established key positions in today’s field of contemporary art. Taking the theorist, educator, and decolonial thinker Ivan Illich’s seminal book Deschooling Society (1971) as a point of departure, “THE EDUCATIONAL WEB” …

Detail of the mosaic floor of the Duomo di Siena. The mosaic floor is usually covered and can only be seen in some exceptional periods. (photo via Getty Images) Those traveling to Siena this summer can get a glimpse of one of the northern Italian city’s most astonishing sights. At the Medieval Duomo di Siena cathedral, in addition to the …

ROME — At first, visiting Jochen Klein: After the Light at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome (MACRO) made me feel lost. The exhibition features paintings by Klein with contributions by artists including Julie Ault, Thomas Eggerer, Wolfgang Tillmans, Ull Hohn, and Amelie Von Wulffen, from the time they knew Klein. It’s a varied group of artworks that seemingly …

David Amico, “Newstand” (2011), 96 x 72 (all images courtesy the artist) LOS ANGELES — After spending the good part of three days in David Amico’s studio, looking at work he’s made since he was a student at California State Fullerton, I have been thinking about how to characterize his paintings and his career, both of which have remained under …

No one can fault the Brooklyn Museum’s It’s Pablo-Matic: Picasso According to Hannah Gadsby for attempting to showcase a narrative of Picasso’s legacy that centers feminist artists, but the exhibition has rightly drawn criticism for its lack of critical engagement with the aesthetic contributions of the women artists it brandishes and their tenuous links with Pablo Picasso’s corpus. The show, …

Amidst the blue-chip galleries and renovated brick buildings of New York’s Chelsea neighborhood, a newly graduated class of School of Visual Arts (SVA) MFA students is presenting their thesis work through Monday, July 17. The Photography, Video and Related Media department work offers startling perspectives on technology and human connection, with varying degrees of optimism over the direction of our …