Art
Otherworldly Beings Hidden in Quotidian Scenes of LA
Aryo Toh Djojo’s paintings capture the jarring moment of looking at a familiar photograph, only to notice something slightly amiss.
Painting
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Abstract Art in the Southwest Is as Vast as the Region’s Terrain
The exhibition is a compelling, if at times dissonant, examination of the formal and material possibilities at the heart of abstraction.
Art
Hong Kong Painter Wesley Tongson and the Lineage of Chinese Landscape Art
At BAMPFA, Tongson’s paintings hang alongside works from the museum’s collection of traditional Chinese ink paintings.
Art
Abstractions Inspired by Light and Space Are an Exciting Perceptual Experience
These are works in the tradition of Light and Space, but instead of light, Brian Wills works with the earthy media of paint and colored thread.
Art
Transcendental Painting Lives on in New Mexico and Beyond
The group of self-identified idealists, active until 1942, created nonrepresentational paintings of and from the creative imagination.
News
When The Art Connoisseur Is a Robot
A recent study has found that AI technology can identify an artist's brushstrokes with over 90% accuracy.
Art
Jonny Negron’s Darker Portraits of Party Life
Jonny Negron captures the disappointment and delights of Dionysian narcissism.
Art
Jennifer Coates Communes with the Gods of Nighttime Revelry
A thought experiment I sometimes engage in is to ask myself what kind of god would make the world that is being represented in the work I’m seeing.
Art
The Whirling, Spiritual Abstraction of June Edmonds
Full Spectrum spans 40 years of the artist’s career and provides an efficient crash course for anyone new to Edmonds’s work.
Art
Words and Fonts, and How They Shape Worldviews
At the Museum of Latin American Art, Gabriella Sanchez asks each viewer to become aware of how they make associations based on their preconceptions.
Books
Artist Sam Francis Gets His First Comprehensive Biography
Francis made over 10,000 artworks, starred in more than 100 solo exhibitions, and, in the late 1950s to mid-1960s, commanded the highest prices of any living painter.
News
The Flowers that Blossom in Artistic Masterpieces
Gardening company Michigan Bulb analyzed 30 famous artworks depicting plants and the value of the painted blossoms in the high-end market.