The long-overlooked artist received her first museum survey at age 83.
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A Major Korean Painter Begins to Get His Due
While postwar Korean artists are celebrated in the West, the strongest painters of the next generation remain under-known.
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Entering the Mischievous Portals of Monumental Paintings
Matt Kleberg’s paintings are nonetheless accessible, affording the viewer opportunities to “trespass.”
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The Geometric Origins of Modern Painting in Peru
LIMA, Peru — Geometric abstraction is one of those art movements that, depending on the viewer, either resonates deeply or bores one to tears.
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The Bewitching Geometry of the Moving Image Art Fair
Moving Image would be Emily Dickinson’s favorite art fair.
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The Hallucinogenic Origins of Art
A paper published in the most recent issue of Adaptive Behavior significantly updates the long-standing thesis that the global prevalence in prehistoric art of “certain types of geometric visual patterns” suggests hallucinogenic inspirations. The University of Tokyo authors — Tom Froese, Alexander Woodward, and Takashi Ikegami — conclude that this theory is largely correct, and go on to map specific neurobiological features to specific forms of geometric abstraction.