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Eva Hesse

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Who Discovered Eva Hesse?

by Sarah Rose Sharp 13 hours agoMay 25, 2022

A new exhibition focuses on Hesse’s works on paper, and the way they demonstrate the role of drawing in the famed sculptor’s process.

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Hannah Wilke’s and Eva Hesse’s Irreverent Experiments in Abstraction

by Ela Bittencourt June 1, 2021June 4, 2021

Erotic Abstraction revels in the subversive absurdity shared by both artists.

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A Podcast on Radical Women Unearths Rare Interviews With Alice Neel, Betye Saar, and More

by Alissa Guzman January 27, 2020September 30, 2021

This season of the Recording Artists podcast, hosted by Helen Molesworth, explores what it has meant to be a woman and artist through the lives of six iconic artists.

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The Pursuit of Art, 2019

by Thomas Micchelli December 28, 2019December 28, 2019

MoMA’s recognition of modernism’s multiverse, alongside artist-led drives for greater transparency on the part of museums and their boards, brought a twinge of optimism to the close of the year.

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An Unlikely Matchup of Paper and Steel

by Thomas Micchelli September 14, 2019September 17, 2019

An odd pairing of drawings by Eva Hesse and sculptures by John Chamberlain sets up unintended comparisons between two artists who otherwise seem to share only an ingrained rebelliousness.

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When Art Refuses to Let Go

by Thomas Micchelli September 23, 2017September 23, 2017

Delirious at the Met Breuer is an exhibition filled with beautiful but comparatively polite works by habitually transgressive artists.

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How Eva Hesse Embraced Absurdity in Life and Art

by Benjamin Sutton August 25, 2017September 1, 2017

In this exclusive clip from the documentary Eva Hesse, Lucy Lippard, Nancy Holt, and others reflect on the intimate character of Hesse’s sculptures.

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Best of 2016: Our Top 15 Exhibitions Across the United States

by Hyperallergic December 29, 2016December 30, 2016

Here’s a small taste of what this vast country had to offer in art this year.

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Benedict Cumberbatch Passionately Reads Sol LeWitt’s Famous Letter to Eva Hesse

by Carey Dunne October 20, 2016October 20, 2016

Reading the letter on stage, the Oscar-nominated, Golden Globe-winning actor Benedict Cumberbatch practically foams at the mouth.

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Reader’s Diary: ‘Eva Hesse: Diaries’ 

by Barry Schwabsky October 16, 2016October 20, 2016

An artist’s fame may continue, or even grow, as the actual works on which it is nominally based are lost from sight.

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A Guide to New York City’s Historic Artist Studios

by Allison Meier August 2, 2016August 4, 2016

In New York City’s constantly changing urban landscape, artist studios can be ephemeral.

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The Sinuous Lines of Influence Between Eva Hesse and Sol LeWitt

by Jillian Steinhauer July 27, 2016September 12, 2016

CLEVELAND — When I first saw the wall, I didn’t see what was on it.

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