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Louis-Charles Dionne

ART-PRESENTATION: Fresh Paint/New Construction, Part III

Celebrating its 15th edition, the exhibition “Fresh Paint/New Construction” is on presentation at Art Mûr-Montreal. While the previous editions were known for upholding their concentration on the eclectic worlds of sculpture and painting, this year’s event wholeheartedly embraces the rather inevitable inclusion of intermedia, this exhibition presents 52 artists from …

Sam Gilliam, Spread, 1973, Dia:Beacon, Beacon, New York. © Sam Gilliam. Photo: Bill Jacobson Studio, New York, courtesy Dia Art Foundation, New York

ART-PRESENTATION:Sam Gilliam

Sam Gilliam is associated with the Washington Color School, a group of Washington, D.C. area artists that developed a form of abstract …

Keith Haring, Untitled 1983, Vinyl paint on tarpaulin, 306.8 x 302 cm, Collection of KAWS, © Keith Haring Foundation

ART-PRESENTATION: Keith Haring

Keith Haring was an artist and social activist responding to New York City’s street culture of the ‘80s. His work is about …

Alma Allen

ART-PREVIEW:Alma Allen

Alma Allen is a self-taught artist who began his practice by hand carving salvaged materials into unique small objects. Allen moved to …

Map Office, Moving Lemuria from the Indian to the Pacific Ocean, 2017, Sanibel Island shells, plastic waste collected on the beach, fine white sand, plywood, 300 × 200 × 30 cm. Collection of the artist, © mapoffice

ART-PRESENTATION: Island Time

The Mediterranean Sea has more than 10,000 islands. Its history is marked by these places that alternate between centers of activity and …

Miriam Schapiro, Mexican Memory, Acrylic, glitter and fabric on canvas, 121.9 x 243.8 cm, Collection of Kathleen and Douglas Landy-New York, © Miriam Schapiro

ART-PRESENTATION:Less Is a Bore

Borrowing its attitude from architect Robert Venturi’s witty retort to Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s modernist edict “less is more,” the exhibition …