February 2025 Art News
Just last week, Italian authorities raided a home in the north of Rome, uncovering a slew of forgeries. Tipped off by the sale of fake artworks by famous 19th and 20th century artists on eBay and Catawiki, police were able to pinpoint the suspect and obtain a search warrant to enter the premises. Leading the investigation was the Carabinieri Command for the Protection of Cultural Heritage.
The exhibition Qi Baishi: Inspiration in Ink, on view at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco until April 7th, 2025, celebrates the 160th birth anniversary of the renowned Chinese painter Qi Baishi (1864-1957).
Mark Dion and Alexis Rockman are artists whose work probes our strained relationship with the environment. They were among the first to anticipate the epic ecological problems we now face. Throughout the course of their respective careers, both artists have collaborated on environmental research expeditions and publications. This exhibition is the first to consider both artists in a single presentation. Twenty-five sculptures, paintings, works on paper, and a new collaborative installation guide visitors on an absorbing journey into the shadowy depths of the threatened natural world.
Vanishing Point features a series of new paintings and watercolors by Alexis Rockman. These works will be on view at the gallery in tandem with the artist’s two-person exhibition with Mark Dion and Alexis Rockman, A Journey to Nature's Underworld, which opens at the Lowe Art Museum at the University of Miami on February 13th, 2025.
Painting, as an object and practice, has such a long, storied global history. It will never go out of style nor completely disappear from the realm of fine art. That said, aesthetics do move in and out of favor, and where figurative painting has ruled the roost for quite some time, abstraction is once again taking the lead.
Born on New Year’s Eve in 1869, Henri Matisse became one of the most influential French painters of the 20th century. Here are 10 surprising facts about the life of Henri Matisse.
Darkrooms are instrumental in movie plots: tiny rooms, red lights, and photographs hanging from a piece of string. But developing a photograph is not as easy as it looks in the movies.
Though the 2026 Venice Biennale is still over a year away, the national pavilions have not only been announced, but they have also already sparked controversy over recent changes made by Australia.
