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Sue Williams, was born in 1954 in Chicago, and came to prominence in the early 1980s, with works that echoed and argued with the dominant postmodern feminist aesthetic of the time. In the years since, her focus has never waned yet her aesthetic interests have moved toward abstraction along with …
Born in Dublin in 1945, Sean Scully has gained international prominence as one of the most admired contemporary abstract painters working today. …
Joe Bradley’s exhibition “Day World” is on presentation at Gagosian Gallery in London. Widely known for his powerful abstract paintings and spontaneous …
Adam Pendleton’s is a conceptual artist known for his multi-disciplinary practice in an array of different media, from collage to painting to …
Sarah Lucas arrived on the English Art Scene via the 1988 group exhibition “Freeze”, alongside several other young British artists coming out …
COINTELPRO (COunter INTELligence PROgram) (1956–1971) was a series of covert, and at times illegal, operations conducted by the United States FBI aimed …
The University of the Arts Helsinki consists of three academies and provides an inspiring environment for learning, research, and artistic activity. Academy …
For over 60 years, Robert Irwin has explored perception as the fundamental issue of art. Irwin, who began his career as a …
Throughout her 30-year artistic career, Lee Bul has been witness to South Korea’s evolution, from military dictatorship to democracy in perpetual confrontation …
More than any other American artist, Chris Burden pushed the boundaries of what was acceptable in art, forcing viewers and critics to …
For over 30 years, Rosemarie Trockel has consistently resisted a signature style and her practice ranges from works on paper, “Knitted paintings” …
By 1830, the price for a Navajo Chief’s Blanket was either 100 buffalo hides, 20 horses, 10 rifles, or 5 ounces of …
The Kingdom of Bahrein has a rich arts scene, except the Bahrain Annual Fine Arts Exhibition first established in 1972, Art Bahrain …
Joyce J. Scott is a printmaker, weaver, sculptor, performance artist, and educator, but she is probably most well known for her work …
Rogan Gregory’s title of his exhibition “Known Unknown”, provokes a discussion of the dichotomy between juxtaposing states of reality. For this exhibition, …
Open to accomplished practitioners and scholars working in fields related to the built environment; application deadline October 28, 2018. Harvard University Graduate …
The group exhibition “A Day at Hotel” conceives of the “hotel” as a ground on which both a dark comedy of the …
Sarah Lucas arrived on the English Art Scene via the 1988 group exhibition “Freeze”, alongside several other young British artists coming out …
Brazil’s leading artist on the international art scene, Vik Muniz is a multi-talented artist who most often works in 3-D materials to …
Continuing its series of exhibitions entitled “EMST in the World”, the National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens (EMST) collaborated with The Galleria …
Constantin Brancusi and Marcel Duchamp became friends in the 1910s. Around 1913, Duchamp abandoned painting and embarked on a completely experimental journey, …
Julie Mehretu makes large-scale, gestural paintings that are built up through layers of acrylic paint on canvas overlaid with mark-making using pencil, …
Liza Lou’s boundary-breaking work first gained international attention when her sculpture, “Kitchen” (1991-96), was shown at the New Museum in New York …
Adam Saks belongs to the early-2000s generation of painters who pull freely from various artistic sources. He is known for picking his …
