Installation view, ‘Jennifer Rochlin. Paintings on Clay,’ Hauser & Wirth New York, 22nd Street, 2 May 2024 – 12 July 2024. © Jennifer Rochlin
Jennifer Rochlin’s Autobiography Gleams Off “Paintings on Clay”
Gallery Twenty years ago, Los Angeles-based high school painting teacher Jennifer Rochlin accepted a $10,000 grant to teach ceramics, despite one minor setback: she had never touched clay. Yet, this summer, Rochlin adorns Hauser & Wirth’s 22nd Street location with memory-laden terracotta vessels, each a heap of unabashedly spirited and a testament to her own bohemian actualization.
Mickalene Thomas is “All About Love” in Her New Exhibition
Gallery In the preface to her groundbreaking book, All About Love, bell hooks writes, “Redeemed and restored, love returns us to the promise of everlasting life. When we love we can let our hearts speak.” Artist Mickalene Thomas’ heart does a whole lot of speaking in her new survey, “All About Love.”
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10 Exhibitions Celebrating a Centennial of Surrealism in 2024-2025
Gallery French writer and cultural theorist André Breton (1896-1966) is credited with authoring the first Surrealist Manifesto in October 1924. Many international museums and galleries have now seized the opportunity to celebrate the 100th anniversary of this movement by mounting exhibitions through 2024 and beyond.
The Parallel Life and Art of Matthew Wong and Vincent Van Gogh
At Large The lines of inspiration between artists throughout time are endless. The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam offers a powerful example of this with Matthew Wong/Vincent Van Gogh: Painting as a Last Resort.
Exploring 30 Years of Nicole Eisenman’s Rich Figurative Work
Museum Ever a topical painter with unexpected ways of distorting and abstracting the human body, artist Nicole Eisenman has been commenting on politics, relationships, sexuality, and technology since her earliest explorations.
Remembering Sanford Smith: Art Lover, Collector, and Businessman
At Large On Saturday, May 25th, 2024, Sanford L. Smith, known to friends as Sandy, passed away at age 84. From childhood, Smith had a keen eye for collectibles—accumulating baseball cards and comic books while living with his family in New York.
Denver Art Museum Showcases the Politics of Korean Ceramics
Gallery At Denver Art Museum (DAM) a compelling ceramics exhibition showcases a longstanding tradition of earthenware objects made in Korea from the first century through contemporary times.
D’Lan Contemporary: Experiencing Aboriginal Art in New York
Gallery D'Lan Contemporary, one of Melbourne, Australia's well-established presenters of indigenous aboriginal artists, both living and dead, has now opened a second space in New York City at 25 East 73rd Street.
Hugh Steers’ Paintings Captured Bleakness and Hope
Gallery Steers painted queer life during the AIDS crisis with sensitivity, compassion, and sensuality— also with a sense of joy underscoring the banality and brutality of everyday existence.
Alexander The Great’s Family Tombs: An Archaeological Debate
At Large Upon opening the monumental tombs at the ancient city of Aegae, capital of the ancient Kingdom of Macedonia, archaeologists were quick to realize that they had found the final resting place of a royal family— Alexander the Great’s, to be specific.
10 Must-See National Pavilions in the 2024 Venice Biennale
Fair The 60th edition of the International Art Exhibition, titled “Foreigners Everywhere,” is a testament to how artists have always traveled and moved about under various circumstances. Curated by Adriano Pedrosa, artistic director of the São Paulo Museum of Art, the exhibition features 331 artists and collectives living in and between 80 countries.
