DOOM: House of Hope is a three hour long performance by Anne Imhof at the Park Avenue Armory, curated by Klaus Biesenbach. It opened to the public on March 3rd and will run through the 12th.
Art News
A trove of ancient gold jewelry was unearthed in an excavation by the Egyptian-French Centre for the Study of Karnak Temples working alongside the Supreme Council of Antiquities and the French National Centre for Scientific Research.
When you ask people to name their favorite artist, the same names always seem to come up. In this roundup, we shine the spotlight back on our favorite lesser-known female artists. Perhaps after reading our roundup, you will walk away with a new favorite artist!
On a visit to a museum, one usually hones in on the quest to take in as much art as possible. As one walks between galleries, absorbing centuries of art, an expected but often overlooked constant emerges—the picture frame.
There is no doubt that the golden ratio runs rampant through the art of the sixteenth century and on. The most evident manifestation of the ratio lies in the composition of paintings and cutting of canvases
Over the past few weeks, mass layoffs have plagued the country across various sectors— from the National Park Services to acclaimed museums.
Here is a list of six great American museum cafés from coast to coast to visit after you've seen the art on view.
Around 1908, Vanessa Bell began a painting that she would call Poppies and Poison. In it, she limns a tabletop in cool-toned whites, set against a striped, cream-colored wall. A small green vial sits beside a pharmacist’s jar and a bowl. In the foreground, three poppies—two white, one red—reach across the canvas. They are carefully placed; their crooked stems have been pulled straight, as parallel as possible.
ACA Galleries is delighted to present Augustus Francis: Materia Prima, his debut solo exhibition in New York City. Featuring two new bodies of work that embrace the contradictions and dualities inherent to his practice.
Focused on simplicity and symmetry—principles valued by classical artists, Neoclassicism was an antidote to Rococo and Baroque excess. Neoclassicists painted everything from ancient myths to contemporary events, portraying their subjects through the heroic lens of a classical style.
