Enjoy an in-depth examination of John Singer Sargent's Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose, including a detailed description of the artwork, descriptions of the colors and forms in the artwork, and how the artist made the work.
October 2018 Art News
When Elsa Koditschek was forced from her home and stripped of her possessions in 1940, Egon Schiele’s masterpiece City in Twilight was lost to her family as another casualty of the oppressive Nazi regime. However, after Sotheby’s research initiated a dialogue between her family and the work's present owners, the parties decided to jointly offer this magnificent painting in our Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale.
The Museum of Modern Art and MoMA PS1 present the first comprehensive retrospective in 25 years devoted to the work of American artist Bruce Nauman (b. 1941), on view at The Museum of Modern Art from October 21, 2018, through February 18, 2019, and at MoMA PS1 from October 21, 2018, through February 25, 2019. Co-organized by The Museum of Modern Art and Laurenz Foundation, Schaulager Basel, Bruce Nauman: Disappearing Acts draws upon the rich holdings of both institutions and nearly 70 lenders.
Forget the hype and experience the art and history that Detroit offers up in spades. We visit the Diego Rivera mural, Heidelberg Project, MOCA, abandoned buildings, and much more.
In a new video titled "Shredding the Girl and Balloon - The Director’s half cut," Banksy reveals the inner workings of his now-famous shredder-frame.
From October 19, 2018 through February 17, 2019 the Art Institute of Chicago will present an exhibition of thirty extraordinary works by London-based artist Tomma Abts (German, born 1967), marking the artist’s largest exhibition to date. This selection, featuring paintings from 2002 to 2018, is the first solo museum exhibition of Abts’s paintings in the United States in ten years.
2018 marks the 100th anniversary of the Harlem Renaissance, an intellectual, social, and artistic explosion of African American culture that erupted in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City and spread across the cities of the greater Midwest, including Columbus, from 1918 to the 1950s. Organized by the Columbus Museum of Art with Guest Curator Wil Haygood, the exhibition I, Too, Sing America: The Harlem Renaissance at 100 offers a fresh look at the visual art and material culture of this groundbreaking moment in American cultural history, and serves as an anchor in a citywide celebration of the Harlem Renaissance.
EVERYTHING, accomplished muralist Jeff Zimmermann’s first solo show in ten years, opens October 19 at Chicago’s Zhou B Art Center. The exhibition showcases Zimmermann’s most recent work, including large-scale paintings, works on paper and sculptures.
The Tate asked leading artists, actors, filmmakers, architects and choreographers why art should be on the curriculum. Watch their responses.
Hilma af Klint painted abstract canvases before there was abstraction. A new survey at the Guggenheim, Hilma af Klint: Paintings for the Future, asserts the artists rightful place a true artistic innovator and visionary.
