Concrete Improvisations is the first major American museum exhibition to pair collages and sculptures by the noted abstract painter Esteban Vicente A distinguished member of the first group of New York School Abstract Expressionists, Vicente (1903–2001) was, like Willem de Kooning, born in Europe, in his case, Spain. Unlike his […]
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@earth is as revolutionary in form as it is in content. It is a story without words told in the universal language of photomontage, long the favoured medium of radical artists. For the past four decades Peter Kennard has consistently challenged power structures and injustice, from his anti-nuclear works of […]
This Bowers Museum publication is produced in association with the Xinjiang Institute of Archaeology, the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region Museum, and the Cultural Heritage Bureau of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. This soft cover catalogue is lavishly illustrated, including color photographs of each of the objects in the exhibition, along with […]
At the end of the nineteenth century, American artists demonstrated a preference for gardens as artistic motifs as well as a growing appreciation of the art of gardening itself. The range of color and the variation in form and silhouette made the garden a compelling subject for a large number […]
The Fundación Cisneros/Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros announce the release of Tomás Maldonado in Conversation with María Amalia García, the second book in the Conversaciones/Conversations series. The 136-page bilingual (English-Spanish) book presents an extended dialogue between the Argentine-born artist, industrial designer and theorist, Tomás Maldonado, and writer and art historian […]
As the Birmingham Museum of Art enters its 60th year a a new collection handbook, Birmingham Museum of Art: Guide to the Collection has been published. This 272-page catalog is an outstanding survey of four hundred centuries of art from one of America’s leading regional museums. Published by D Giles […]
Contemporary figurative painter Eric Zener has produced a large collection of fine art works over the past decade, and gathered quite a patronage in the process. The artist can often be found in his Sausalito based studio, working between spending time with his children, and creating works of art that […]
In collaboration with Aperture Foundation, VMFA has published the first substantial scholarly exploration of this world-renowned artist’s work and the first study of her approach to the body. “Sally Mann: The Flesh and The Spirit” emphasizes new and recent work: previously unpublished self-portraits, nude figure studies of Mann’s husband, haunting […]
“An Open Mind” is the title of the new jubilee publication by the Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein summarising the history of the institution and the exhibitions and events it has organ-ised in the first ten years of its existence. The prestigious volume, made possible by the generous support of the Centrum Bank […]
The Royal Ontario Museum has published a new book on Paul Kane. Paul Kane/the Artist/: Wilderness to Studio, covering the works of the Irish-born Canadian artist, Paul Kane (1810-1871). The book, published in the bicentennial of the artist’s birth, is written by Kenneth R. Lister, Assistant Curator of Anthropology in […]