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Sean Scully Goes Down a Rabbit Hole
By introducing his motifs into a children’s story, and avoiding any sense of self-importance, Scully reveals another side of himself.
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Sean Scully's Abstract Paintings Have Stories to Tell
Minimalism sought to empty out narrative pictorial content. Scully's goal has been to put it back.
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When a Square Is Not Just a Square
Like his best works, Sean Scully’s “Black Square” is oddly exhilarating, especially because it is initially grim.
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Reconciling Secular Art in Sacred Spaces
Surprises and puzzles in Venice and Vienna, from Sean Scully to Tintoretto.
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Sean Scully’s Figurative Leap
“Someone recently asked me how I navigate the space between my abstract and figurative paintings, which I often paint side by side. I said I jump.”
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Artist Sean Scully’s Former Assistant Allegedly Stole Work to Sell at Auction
Arturo Rucci, a former assistant to Scully, has been arrested under suspicion of stealing a triptych from the artist's studio and consigning it for auction at Bonhams.
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How Sean Scully Bent the Grid
The Irish-born, London-educated, abstract painter Sean Scully established a signature style of painting nearly four decades ago.