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My Plastic Bag - Cheryl Donegan at Kunsthalle Zurich

For artists, it always has been, and hopefully always will be, perfectly reasonable to ask, “What is art?” Cynics, investors, politicians, academicians and other determined non-artists may mock th...

MoMA in Paris - Hosted by Fondation Louis Vuitton

A highly touted exhibition of modern art opened in Paris this week, and it is inspiring quite a bit of celebration. But perhaps it should inspire an equal amount of consternation as well. Being Mo...

Abstract Wonders of Cuban Art on View in Miami

What defines Cuban art has long been the subject of debate. The main question: does the term Cuban art refer to art made by Cubans still living on the island, or does it refer to art made by artis...

Georg Herold and The Luminous West at Kunstmuseum Bonn

Most people would probably categorize Georg Herold as a member of the so-called “older generation.” He is 70 years old, after all. And as a matter of fact, seven years ago the Kunstmuseum Bonn off...

Female Abstract Painters of Color Finally in a Museum Show

If you have not yet had a chance to see it, a fascinating and engaging exhibition closing soon at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary art in Kansas City, Missouri, is guaranteed to please your sense...

Two Major Mary Heilmann Exhibition Give the Artist a Long-Overdue Attention

Mary Heilmann is getting a lot of attention right now, which she would probably be the first to admit is all she ever really wanted. That is not a critique. I am only paraphrasing what Heilmann to...

At LACMA, Sarah Charlesworth Presents Doubleworld

The Pictures Generation sounds like a great name for children born today. Never before in history have so many people had immediate access to picture-taking technology, along with the ability to s...

Dan Colen, Bad Boy of Post-Pop New York, To Exhibit at Damien Hirst’s Gallery

It has been roughly a decade since New York Magazine ran the article that is widely credited with establishing Dan Colen as an art market star. Titled Chasing Dash Snow, the piece coined the monik...

The Utopian Architecture of Yona Friedman Reviewed at MAXXI Rome

Yona Friedman is part architect, part artist, part poet, part philosopher, and all human. Throughout the course of his long career, which could be said to have officially started in 1956 with the ...

Helen Frankenthaler Paintings Celebrated in Dual Retrospectives

Helen Frankenthaler paintings are common sights at many of the best museums in the world, as well as at many prestigious Modern and Contemporary art fairs and auctions. But far fewer people have h...

Pollock and Motherwell: Legends of Abstract Expressionism at the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art

A recently opened exhibition in Kansas City, Missouri, examines Abstract Expressionism from the perspective that less is more. The exhibition, Pollock and Motherwell: Legends of Abstract Expressio...

British Abstract Art Exhibition Arrives in Nottingham

This year marks the 70th anniversary of the Arts Council Collection, the most substantial loaning collection of British modern and contemporary art in the world. In celebration of this milestone, ...

Giardini Colourfall - Ian Davenport at Venice Biennale 2017

The Venice Biennale is a simple expression of something timeless: the act of returning regularly somewhere beautiful to enjoy contemporary art in fellowship with others. One of the highlights of t...

The Wall Works by Imi Knoebel at Von Bartha

Imi Knoebel is a conceptual artist. That may sound like a controversial statement to many who know his work. Knoebel more often tends to be associated with things like Minimalism and Geometric Abs...

Design Radical by Ettore Sottsass Takes Over The Met Museum

On 21 July 2017, the Met Breuer in New York will open a major exhibition of the work of the designer Ettore Sottsass. Sottsass reached the peak of his influence in the 1980s, and his most memorabl...

Vivid Compositions of 5 Los Angeles-Based Artists at Brand Library

The Brand Library in Glendale, California, is an architectural spectacle. A former mansiondubbed Miradero (meaning vantage point), its majestic white facade sparkles amid tree-covered hills and va...

Mitchell-Innes and Nash Salutes the Art of Julian Stanczak

The painter Julian Stanczak died earlier this year in his hometown of Cleveland Ohio, at the age of 88. Prior to his death, Mitchell-Innes and Nash in New York had been planning what would have be...

UK's First Major Retrospective of Alberto Giacometti at Tate

Among contemporary artists, Alberto Giacometti is one of the most revered masters of all time. Though the sculptor, painter and draughtsman lived his entire life in the 20th Century, he created a ...

Celebrating 100 Years of De Stijl at The Open Air Museum de Lakenhal

As we recently announced, 2017 marks the 100th anniversary of the Dutch art movement De Stijl. The founders of the movement, such as Theo van Doesburg, Piet Mondrian and Gerrit Rietveld, are remem...

Female Australian Abstract Artists at Newcastle Art Gallery

We love any opportunity to discover the hidden geniuses who helped make abstraction what it is. So many stories from abstract art history remain untold. One current exhibition in which we are part...

Colors of De Stijl Artists at Kunsthal Kade

This year marks an extraordinary milestone for the Netherlands: the 100th anniversary of the founding of the art movement De Stijl. De Stijl artists sought to reduce visual composition to its most...

The Mesmerizing Art of Fahrelnissa Zeid Gets a Tate Retrospective

Complexity may be the best word to define the life and the art of Fahrelnissa Zeid. Born in 1901 into a family with roots in both politics and art (her father was a diplomat, her brother was the w...

The Week in Abstract Art – Interchanging Connections

This week is about changing perceptions: a French conceptual artist partners with a global corporation to make something beautiful; a Dutch abstractionist reveals his romantic side; a Western-cent...

New York's Finest: Sideshow Nation IV, Thru the Rabbit Hole

Richard Timperio's Sideshow Gallery is one of Brooklyn's cornerstone visual art institutions. For the past 15 years, in addition to providing solo shows for many artists, including Dana Gordon, Jo...

A Dynamic New Look at the Sonnabend Collection

During her life of nearly 93 years, art dealer and collector Ileana Sonnabend had a profound impact on European and American art. A passionate advocate of Minimalism, Pop Art, Arte Povera, Abstrac...

Who's Afraid of Jackson Pollock?

I don't paint nature. I am nature. - Jackson Pollock One way to judge an artwork’s power is to measure how many people rage against it. Hate, disgust, confusion and anger are primal emotions. To e...

Miró on Miró: A Glimpse Inside an Artist's Mind

This week a major exhibition of the work of Joan Miró is ending, just as a fascinating glimpse at his process begins. Since October of last year, The Kunsthaus Zürich has been hosting a retrospect...

Daniel Göttin at PS Projectspace, Amsterdam

Daniel Göttin is a Swiss artist whose work is divided between site-specific work and colored or painted objects for walls. He lives and works in Basel. For more than 25 years, Daniel Göttin has fo...

Daniel Göttin at Bureau 14C in Bern

We are pleased to announce Daniel Göttin's new exhibition at Bureau 14c in Bern, Switzerland. The artist presents some installation works in this exhibition organized by young curator Mathias Kobe...

Richard Caldicott at 886 Geary Gallery, San Francisco - By IdeelArt

We are pleased to announce Richard Caldicott's forthcoming exhibition at 886 Geary Gallery, San Francisco. Richard Caldicott is an English artist who explores abstract photography and creates abst...

Greet Helsen at the Kunstverein Norden Gallery (Germany) - by IdeelArt

We are pleased to announce that Greet Helsen will be holding her fourth solo exhibition this year, "Klangfelder" ("Soundfields") at the KunstVerein Norden Gallery (North Germany). Greet Helsen i...