Whitney’s paintings at this point seem to embody the transitory.
Yves Klein
Posted inArt
An Exquisite Nail in the Coffin for La Maison Rouge Art Gallery
After over 180 irreverent exhibitions, a beloved Paris gallery prepares to close its doors.
Posted inBooks
The End of the World as We Know It
The Nuclear Culture Source Book considers the “lived experience of the uncanny nature of radiation” ushered in by disasters such as Chernobyl, Three Mile Island, and Fukushima.
Posted inArt
Required Reading
This week, a new public art work by Ursula von Rydingsvard, a former Yves Klein model speaks, the original webcam girl, podcasts, and more.
Posted inArt
At Spring Masters, a Glimpse of Precious Artworks Before They Change Hands
The Spring Masters fair preview welcomed its visitors with vases full of fresh magnolias, live classical music, and platters of champagne.
Posted inOpinion
Topless Femen Protesters “Salute” Marine Le Pen for Her Fascist Politics
PARIS — Most Parisians seem to have overlooked the radical, anti-fascist, irony-soaked, “top-down” demonstration by the international women’s movement Femen that took place on May 1.
Posted inNews
Two Photographers Emerge from the Shadows with Over 400 Artist Portraits
Few people may know the names of Shunk-Kender, but the pair of photographers behind that hyphenated moniker have captured many of the most famous images of post-war modern and contemporary art in Paris and New York and together they documented many ephemeral events that would’ve been lost to history if it were not for their work.
Posted inPerformance
Without Beginning or End: Yves Klein’s Monotone-Silence Symphony
Last Wednesday, the Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church was filled with an unlikely congregation of strangers: from art insiders to the media-savvy lucky enough to snag a ticket to Yves Klein’s Monotone-Silence Symphony.
Posted inArt
The Power of Non-Experts
I’ve had countless people express strong feelings against modern and contemporary art, as if “art” were a dirty word. (As a more high-profile example, filmmaker Werner Herzog’s declaration of despising art comes to mind.) But equally as problematic is the art world’s mocking response to the naysayers: The unease of many people is met with “That’s because you just don’t get it.”
Posted inArt
From Action to Inaction: The Tate’s Exploration of Performative Painting
LONDON — It is with the pairing of two 20th-century giants in one room, Jackson Pollock and David Hockney, that the relationship between performance and painting is introduced in A Bigger Splash: Painting after Performance, an exhibition currently on view at the Tate Modern.
Posted inArt
Who Owns the Color Red?
Can a person own a color? Yves Klein may say yes, but Yves Saint Laurent begs to differ.
Posted inOpinion
Required Reading
This week, a number of online journals have launched new editions, the Clyfford Still Museum finally opened in Denver, the value of professional opinions in art, the relationship of Yves Klein and Ed Kienholz, Roberto Matta at 100, does corporate culture suck …
