From Michelangelo's marble masterpiece to equally amazing but lesser-known works, here are some of the most fascinating representations of David in Renaissance and Baroque arts
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At Bowery on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, where the New Museum has stood since 2007, a 13-foot aluminum sculpture of two embracing figures now greets visitors before they step inside the recently renovated building.
I’d always been interested in Northern European painting, the earliest practitioners like Jan van Eyck, Rogier van der Weyden and all the supernumeraries that circulated around the Eyckian solar system—painting and sculpture from the Netherlands and Germany between 1330 to 1520 or so. As a painter myself during college and after, I had a great interest in the technical underpinnings as well as the subject matter.
Phong H. Bui is a lot of people. He is co-founder, publisher, and artistic director of The Brooklyn Rail, a monthly journal that features interviews, museum and gallery shows, book-music-dance-theater reviews, and even fiction. Bui also writes the monthly editorial that is political, cultural, global, and insightful.
In the spirit of the English poet Alexander Pope, art springs eternal, much like hope. Many artists have recognized the uplifting power of spring, particularly in times of societal and political upheaval. These ten artworks remind us that spring always follows winter's dark days of snow and ice.
A monumental 1983 Jean-Michel Basquiat canvas, Museum Security (Broadway Meltdown), heads to Sotheby's Contemporary Evening Auction this May with an estimate of $45 million.
The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth presents Rashid Johnson: A Poem for Deep Thinkers, the artist’s largest exhibition to date and his first major museum survey in more than a decade. Johnson, one of the most acclaimed artists of his generation, is known for his diverse practice, which spans painting, sculpture, film, and installation—all of which are included in this exhibition.
If you’ve ever attempted to take a photo of a work of art inside a museum, you’ll know that it isn’t always easy. How do you avoid the glare of a glazed painting? Will the power of an installation translate in your Instagram feed? And should you attempt to edit out the crowds standing around the object in question?
Multimedia artist Daniel Arsham (b. 1980) creates reality-bending pieces across multiple genres, melding art, architecture, and performance.
Acclaimed American sculptor, activist, and arts educator Augusta Savage (1892—1962) was a central figure in the Harlem Renaissance who fought for equal rights for African American artists and inspired future generations as a teacher.
