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Oskar Fischinger, Pioneer of Abstract Animation
Animator, filmmaker, and painter Oskar Fischinger created abstract musical animations decades…
Female Iconoclasts – Paula Modersohn-Becker
Paula Modersohn-Becker is best known for her portraits of women and girls that upended traditional…
Last Chance: 10 Must-See Museum Exhibitions in the USA in Early 2020
Take a look at these 10 stellar museum shows in the USA, on view for just a few more months, until…
Last Chance – Must-see European Museum Exhibitions in early 2020
We guide you through the best museum exhibitions in Europe running till the beginning of 2020.…
Joseph Beuys’ I Like America and America Likes Me
In 1974, German artist Joseph Beuys spent three days living with a coyote in a New York Gallery. We…
The Challenges Facing the Art World Today
In the latest dslcollection column, Sylvain Levy assesses the key challenges facing the art market…
The Most Expensive Paintings of the Decade
The Most Expensive Paintings of the Decade. Part I: 2010-2014. As one decade draws to a close and…
Agents of Change: How Contrapposto Added Dynamism and Emotion to Art
This week, we dive into the development of Contrapposto, a sculptural approach developed in Ancient…
Standards & Practices, Vol. 2 Kalup Linzy
The art world has been at the forefront of inclusiveness and gender politics. When will the rest of…
Trompe l’oeil: Top 10 in contemporary art
When is an artwork not what it appears to be? When it is something else altogether. Check out these…
Female Iconoclasts: Meret Oppenheim
In this edition of our Female Iconoclasts series, we explore the life and work of trailblazing 20th…
Lost (and Found) Artist Series: Sanyu
This week, we feature the art of Sanyu, the great Chinese modernist artist who died in relative…
Robert Longo: Fugitive Images Metro Pictures
Visit Robert Longo's 'Fugitive Images' at Metro Pictures with our Chief Critic Christian…
Top 10 Pioneers of the shaped canvas
Read about the pioneers of the shaped canvas. See our selection of seminal artists who abandoned…
Artist In Focus – Josefine Lyche
Josefine Lyche’s work make out a universe of dreams, light, colors and shapes; she combines the…
The Most Famous Art Movements and Styles
What does fauvism mean and what is conceptual art all about? Speaking art seems like a discipline…
Art Movement: Zero Group
The Zero Group was a loosely knit group of artists that emerged in Germany in the 1950s, led by…
10 Influential Art Curators Shaping the Art World Today
The word “curator” comes from the Latin word curare, which means “to take care”. In Ancient Rome,…
Top 10 Most Iconic Art and Fashion Collaborations
Art and fashion are two fields of ongoing innovation and creative expression. Yet they are…
Controversial Art That Shook the World
Almost by rule, creators of controversial art like to provoke their audiences. Some definitely more…