[ad_1]  Art #abstract #Jason Boyd Kinsella #painting #portraits “Angus” (2023), oil on canvas, 61 x 47 inches. All photos by Andris Søndrol Visdal, courtesy of the artistand Perrotin, shared with permission “For me, the studio is a place of discovery,” says Jason Boyd Kinsella (previously). “It maybe sounds silly, but it’s a little bit like […]

[ad_1] María Magdalena Campos-Pons, “Replenishing” (2001), composition of seven Polaroid Polacolor Pro photographs, 88 1/2 x 66 inches (image courtesy the artist) Mother’s Day, traditionally celebrated on the second Sunday in May in the United States, can evoke a vast range of feelings, from pride to comfort to grief to apathy. On this day, some of us will […]

[ad_1]  Illustration #portraits #Sam Rodriguez “Terracotta.” All images © Sam Rodriguez, shared with permission Sam Rodriguez sorts his works into three categories: nouns, verbs, and typography. Nouns comprises his portraits that zero in on a singular person and their expressions, while verbs takes a step back to portray figures in action. Typography is more […]

[ad_1] The European Fine Art Fair, best known as TEFAF, is all about decadence. Its ninth New York edition, running through Tuesday, May 14, features 89 galleries showing everything from furniture, jewelry, and antiquities to contemporary art. It makes for a disorienting mix, hopping from sculptures by Kehinde Wiley at the booths of both Sean […]

[ad_1]  Art #food #Marisa Adesman #painting #still life #surreal “Imitatio Ludum” (2020), oil on panel, 10 x 8 inches. All images courtesy of the artist and Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles/New York, shared with permission Marisa Adesman unsettles domestic stability by twisting common sights into the surreal. From her studio in St. Louis, the artist […]

[ad_1] The Independent is 15. Hip, chic, and so boutique, the Manhattan art fair doesn’t want to grow up. It wants to stay lean and taut, focusing on mid-size galleries and new talent. It prefers jeans and leather jackets over three-piece suits, a vape over a Cuban cigar, cushy sofas and hanging chandeliers over sterile […]

[ad_1] At least 100 demonstrators from student groups at New York City art schools gathered in Manhattan’s Cooper Square this afternoon, waving Palestinian flags and carrying banners calling for the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art’s (CU) divestment from individuals and corporate entities linked to Israel’s ongoing assault on Gaza. Organized by […]

[ad_1]  #sponsor Immersive screening of the 5th VH AWARD. Image courtesy of Ars Electronica Since its establishment in 2016, the VH AWARD, hosted by Hyundai Motor Group, has offered a platform for emerging media artists to showcase their artistic expression and discuss diverse cultural and socio-political issues. Artists interested in applying for the 6th […]

[ad_1] The work “Prayers to Nana Buruku altar” (2017) was flagged by Providence College administrators for containing imagery offensive to the Catholic faith. (photo by and courtesy Shey Rivera Ríos) A group exhibition at the Reilly Gallery at Providence College (PC) was abruptly canceled just two weeks before its opening because school officials deemed the […]

[ad_1]  Art Books Photography Social Issues #black and white #portraits #self-portrait #Zanele Muholi “Buciko I” (2019). All images from ‘Zanele Muholi: Somnyama Ngonyama, Hail the Dark Lioness, Volume II'(Aperture, 2024), © 2024 Zanele Muholi Following their lauded 2018 monograph, South African artist and activist Zanele Muholi has released a second book collecting the most […]