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One Fine Show: ‘Kinship: Photography and Connection’ at SFMOMA
Welcome to One Fine Show, where Observer highlights a recently opened show at a museum outside of New York City—a place we know and love that already receives plenty of attention. The language of...
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Artist John Yuyi On Skewering the Post-Internet Economy
At age 23, Taiwanese artist John Yuyi went viral for the first of what would be many times. Then, it was for her dreamy swimsuit collection, Clay Project, released in 2014. By age 27, the young artist...
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Five Things to Do in New York’s Art Scene June 26-30
Welcome to Things to Do, our weekly roundup of happenings in the ever-buzzing New York art scene. Here, we present an expertly curated list of the best goings on that don’t require an invite—but might...
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Alice Springs Eternal: A New June Newton Retrospective Opens in Berlin
The late photographer June Newton experienced different, creative lives under a mix of names, but somehow they all served a broader purpose. Born June Browne in 1923, she was a decorated theater actor...
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Klimt’s ‘Lady with a Fan’ Becomes the Priciest Painting Ever Auctioned in Europe
Austrian artist Gustav Klimt’s last portrait started breaking auction records before it even sold. On June 14, Sotheby’s announced that Dame mit Fächer—known in English-speaking nations as Lady with a...
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Founder Joumana Asseily on Marfa’ Projects’ Triumphant Art Basel Return
At this year’s Art Basel, discerning art lovers may have discovered, hidden amongst the hundreds of exhibitors, Raed Yassin’s Death Investment at Booth M8 or Lamia Joreige’s Sun & Sea at Kult Kino....
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One Fine Show: William Kentridge at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Welcome to one fine show, where Observer highlights a recently opened show at a museum outside New York City, a place we know and love that already receives plenty of attention. “There was the belief...
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Exploring Collective Responsibility and the Human Condition in ‘Support...
Support Structures is the London gallery Gathering’s fifth exhibition, and following in the vein of previous offerings, it’s a high-energy, immersive show littered with big names. It combines...
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Five Things to Do in New York’s Art Scene July 5-7
Welcome to Things to Do, our weekly roundup of happenings in the ever-buzzing New York art scene. Here, we present an expertly curated list of the best goings on that don’t require an invite—but might...
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On View Now: Marcel Duchamp, Jeff Koons, Wynnie Mynerva, Leonardo da Vinci...
The art scene in New York City is as vibrant as ever. But if you’re looking for an excuse to seek out art abroad, the season to do so starts now. Dakis Joannou, the mega-collector behind Deste, once...
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One Fine Show: Samurai Armor at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta
We don’t pay enough attention to armor. This is probably because it’s the part of the museum you visit to placate your bored nephew, because look at all those cool swords! But if fashion has revealed...
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Don’t Miss: Serge Charchoune at Rosenberg & Co.
Pinning down the importance of Serge Charchoune in the recent history of art is difficult. Born in Russia, he briefly studies painting in Moscow before being drafted. After deserting, he spends most of...
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Citing Her Sources: Elaine Reichek’s New Clothes at Shoshana Wayne
Brooklyn-born Elaine Reichek was part of the first wave of feminist practitioners to use traditional handcrafts like knitting and embroidery to explore social, sexual and identity politics, reimagining...
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Five Things to Do in New York’s Art Scene July 10-14
Welcome to Things to Do, our weekly roundup of happenings in the ever-buzzing New York art scene. Here, we present an expertly curated list of the best goings on that don’t require an invite—but might...
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Don’t Miss: The Living Altars of Edgar Calel
Dim lights. Birds call in the room’s corners. The visitor first embraces the vastness of the space before walking around the structure at its center. Here just before the solstice and the start of...
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Vermeer Fever Persists Because He Painted Life Perfected
“The Vermeers are back,” reads the subject line of an email from Washington’s National Gallery of Art announcing that Woman Holding a Balance and A Lady Writing are again on view at the museum. ‘Again’...
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One Fine Show: ‘Among Friends’ at the Walker Art Center
Welcome to One Fine Show, where Observer highlights a recently opened show at a museum outside of New York City—a place we know and love that already receives plenty of attention. This week in New York...
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Artist-in-Residence Programs Put Art at Hospitality’s Forefront
When checking into the W Los Angeles – West Beverly Hills, guests are presented with two choices: the real entrance and a colorful, sculptural Alice in Wonderland-style portal erected by artist Mary...
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Five Things to Do in New York’s Art Scene July 17-22
Welcome to Things to Do, our weekly roundup of happenings in the ever-buzzing New York art scene. Here, we present an expertly curated list of the best goings on that don’t require an invite—but might...
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Richard McBee and Joel Silverstein On the Universality of Creation and the...
I sat down with artists Richard McBee and Joel Silverstein to talk about their current exhibition, Genesis: The Beginning of Creativity, presented by the Jewish Art Salon with support from CANVAS. As...
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