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The Reader, 1953, Pablo Picasso. Collection of National Gallery - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin.

Five Unforgettable Artworks at Museum Berggruen

Museum Berggruen is a museum in Berlin, which houses the collection of Heinz Berggruen. The focus…

Georgia O’Keeffe After Return from New Mexico, 1929.

Female Iconoclasts: Georgia O’Keeffe

Georgia O'Keeffe was one of the most significant artists of the 20th century. She is known for her…

John Copeland, I Feel It In My Bones, Installation View

John Copeland, ‘I Feel It In My Bones’ at V1 Gallery Copenhagen. Review plus Exhibition Tour and NYC studio visit in Artland 3D

John Copeland 'I Feel It In My Bones' at Copenhagen's V1 Gallery. Visit the gallery show and the…

Amalia Ulman, Excellences and Perfections

Amalia Ulman And The First Work Of The Next Communication Age.

Amalia Ulman's seminal 2014 'Excellences and Perfections' Revisited. William Pym asks if this is…

Mat Collishaw, Last Meal on Death Row: Velma Barfield

Still Life – This Classic Painting Genre Continues To Endure. See our Top 10 examples in modern and contemporary art.

The Still Life has been one of the staples of artistic production for hundreds of years. Why does…

Royal National Theatre by Sir Denys Lasdun

Brutalist Architecture: The Defining Style of the 20th Century?

Brutalist architecture, or Brutalism, is an architectural style that emerged internationally in the…

Painter Jack Whitten, 2016.

Lost (and Found) Artist Series: Jack Whitten

This week, our Lost (and Found) series features African American abstract artist Jack Whitten, who…

Alphonse Mucha, Four Seasons, 1890s.

Art Movement: Art Nouveau. A Style Across Disciplines

Art Nouveau was a turn of the century international art movement spanning the fields of visual…

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The New Collectors – Sylvain Levy Column

Who are the new collectors? And why art dealers need to focus on new audiences...Sylvain Levy's…

Noah Davis. Photograph by Ed Templeton.

Visit the exquisite Noah Davis exhibition at David Zwirner NY with Christian Viveros-Faune

Visit Noah Davis Solo exhibition at David Zwirner in New York with our Chief Critic Christian…

Yayoi Kusama, Infinity Mirrored Room – The Souls of Millions of Light Years Away.

Installation Art: Top 10 Artists Who Pushed the Genre to Its Limit

Installation art can best be thought of as three-dimensional works that aim to transform the…

Female Iconoclasts: Hedda Sterne

Female Iconoclast Hedda Sterne, remembered as a ground breaking artist who worked across genres…

Louise Bourgeois

Female Iconoclasts: Louise Bourgeois

Louise Bourgeois was a French artist known for her large-scale sculptures and installation art,…

Pink Islands. Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Surrounded Islands, Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami, Florida, 1980-83.

Stories of Iconic Artworks: Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s Surrounded Islands

In 1983, artist duo Christo and Jeanne-Claude completed Surrounded Islands in Miami, Florida,…

Brushstroke: Top 10 Artists Who Have Made This Elemental Gesture Their Own

Artists have long explored the potential of the brushstroke as a vehicle to explore the medium of…

Andy Warhol signing a print, 1965.

Agents of Change: Silk Screen

In this edition of our Agents of Change series, we discuss the contribution the development of the…

Norman Lewis working on Composition I (1945)

Lost (and Found) Artist Series: Norman Lewis

Norman Lewis was the only African American painter to be a member of the first generation of…

No.80, in a series of ninety cans of Manzoni's 'Artist's Shit'

Piero Manzoni and his Merda d’artista.

An article on Piero Manzoni and his life and experiences that led him to create the prolific Merda…

Nude Photography Martha Graham Imogen Cunningham

Nude Photography Pioneers Whose Work was a Source of Scandal

Nude photography has been a genre of fine art photography since the mid-19th century: explore the…

Leonora Carrington, Self Portrait (The Inn of the Dawn Horse)

Female Iconoclasts – Leonora Carrington

Leonora Carrington, a British-born Surrealist painter and writer, is fondly remembered in Mexico,…