[ad_1] One of the most iconic works of ukiyo-e is Hokusai’s 1814 print “The Dream of the Fisherman’s Wife,” which depicts a woman amid a sexual liaison with two octopuses. It is so familiar that its outré bestialistic imagery is somewhat diluted. The picture even appears in Mad Men (2007–15) as decoration in a Japanophilic […]

[ad_1]  Art Craft #animals #ceramics #Lorien Stern #sculpture July 12, 2024 Grace Ebert All images © Lorien Stern, shared with permission Ravenous sharks, two-headed snakes, and alligators that appear overly eager for a snack are notably less frightening in the hands of Lorien Stern. Armed with a bright color palette and exuberant style, the […]

[ad_1] Käthe Kollwitz, “Self portrait” (1891–92), gouache on paper (all photos Alice Procter/Hyperallergic) Käthe Kollwitz is an artist’s artist. There’s a chance you’ll recognize some of her more famous works without knowing her name, but her influence on 20th-century socially and politically critical art is unmistakeable. Although her art is better known in her native […]

[ad_1]  Art Social Issues #animals #Diego De La Rosa #painting #surreal #Venezuela July 10, 2024 Grace Ebert “Cat” (2022), oil on panel, 10 x 8 inches. All images courtesy of Povos, shared with permission Coated in vivid washes of lavender, chartreuse, and indigo, the paintings of Diego De La Rosa remind us of the […]

[ad_1] Among the most striking paintings within St. Petersburg’s Hermitage Museum in Russia is Leonardo da Vinci’s “Madonna Litta” from around 1490. Mary, the Mother of God, is in half-profile, her auburn hair wound tightly in the fashion of a Florentine noblewoman, her celestial blue cloak the same color as the firmament visible through the […]

[ad_1]  Nature Photography #aerial #Jan Erik Waider #landscapes #rivers #video #water July 10, 2024 Kate Mothes  As glaciers expand and recede, they have the capacity to grind rock so fine that geologists refer to the pulverized material as glacial flour. It slips down rivers and into lakes, carrying the otherworldly turquoise hue through […]

[ad_1] Artist Shahzia Sikander’s monumental sculpture “Witness” (2023) was beheaded in the early hours of Monday morning, July 8, on the grounds of the University of Houston campus. The 18-foot-tall sculpture depicting a female figure in a hoop skirt and jabot with braided hair shaped into ram horns and vine-like appendages was installed for a […]

[ad_1]  Art #drawing #ink #porcelain #Robert Strati “The Fall with Blackbird” (2024), 29 x 24 x 2.5 inches. All images © Robert Strati, shared with permission We often associate objects with memories—a stuffed bear reminds us of childhood playtime or a family heirloom of a beloved ancestor—but for Robert Strati, certain items also contain […]

[ad_1] Between 34th Street and 38th Street along Manhattan’s Park Avenue, several cast-bronze figurative sculptures are nested in the leafy malls between crosswalks, looking as bizarrely unconcerned about their missing body parts and hollow stature as they are about their heavy baggage. In a devastatingly hyper-literal interpretation of loss that appears to be made with […]

[ad_1]  Art Film Social Issues #found objects #prisons #sculpture #video  “When I start an artwork, I forget I’m in prison,” says Moath al-Alwi, presumably recorded from within Guantánamo Bay in a short documentary. Directed and produced by Dara Kell and Veena Rao for The New York Times Op-Docs series, the film zeroes in […]