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fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
1 day ago

what the readymade still asks: marcel duchamp returns to new york at MoMA and gagosian

Marcel Duchamp's readymades challenge traditional notions of art, emphasizing the role of displacement and designation in transforming ordinary objects into conceptual events.
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fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
1 day ago

what the readymade still asks: marcel duchamp returns to new york at MoMA and gagosian

Marcel Duchamp's readymades challenge traditional notions of art, emphasizing the role of displacement and designation in transforming ordinary objects into conceptual events.
#photography
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fromBerlin Art Link
2 days ago

Review of Peter Hujar and Liz Deschenes | Berlin Art Link

Peter Hujar's photography captures the intensity of impermanence and liveliness in 1970s and 80s New York, complemented by Liz Deschenes' contemporary works.
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fromAnOther
1 day ago

"We're Calling It a Future-Spective": Inez & Vinoodh on Their New Show

Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin are influential photographers known for their digital manipulation and exploration of photographic truth and beauty.
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fromBerlin Art Link
2 days ago

Review of Peter Hujar and Liz Deschenes | Berlin Art Link

Peter Hujar's photography captures the intensity of impermanence and liveliness in 1970s and 80s New York, complemented by Liz Deschenes' contemporary works.
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fromAnOther
1 day ago

"We're Calling It a Future-Spective": Inez & Vinoodh on Their New Show

Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin are influential photographers known for their digital manipulation and exploration of photographic truth and beauty.
fromDesign Milk
1 day ago

Sabah House NYC Pays Homage To Set + Setting

Sabahs are made entirely by hand from 100% leather in either Texas or Turkey—two regions with distinct yet deeply rooted relationships to the material. The result is a shoe that varies subtly from pair to pair, even within the same size.
Brooklyn
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fromFrenchly
1 day ago

What PAD Paris Reveals About Parisian Design Culture - Frenchly

PAD Paris elevates design to collectible art, showcasing its cultural significance and attracting global collectors and galleries.
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fromArchDaily
3 days ago

What Textiles and Translucency Bring to Public Space: 5 Lightweight Interventions

Lightweight materials enhance public spaces through flexibility, visual permeability, and adaptability, fostering new relationships between the environment and human experience.
fromEater
2 days ago

These 6 Iconic Restaurant Artworks Are the Stars of the Dining Room

The painting in question was gifted to the Inn's late founder Helmuth Deetjen by the late, celebrated local artist George Choley. This particular Choley painting had been in the same place since the 1980s, undisturbed, and a symbol of continued historic preservation.
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fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
3 days ago

look back on olympus perspective playground: a traveling series of room-sized dreamworlds

The Olympus Perspective Playground operates as a fully built system, where walls, lighting rigs, circulation paths, and signage are developed together with each installation, creating a continuous spatial script.
Berlin
#bauhaus
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fromKALTBLUT Magazine
5 days ago

New Woman, New Vision. Women Photographers of the Bauhaus - KALTBLUT Magazine

The exhibition at Bauhaus-Archiv celebrates women photographers' contributions from the Bauhaus movement and contemporary artists, showcasing 300 photographs from 17 April to 4 October 2026.
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fromKALTBLUT Magazine
5 days ago

New Woman, New Vision. Women Photographers of the Bauhaus - KALTBLUT Magazine

The exhibition at Bauhaus-Archiv celebrates women photographers' contributions from the Bauhaus movement and contemporary artists, showcasing 300 photographs from 17 April to 4 October 2026.
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fromwww.amny.com
2 days ago

Marcel Duchamp: The mind above the hand | amNewYork

Abstraction in art emerges through radical recalibrations, with Marcel Duchamp exemplifying a shift from representation to conceptual exploration.
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fromOpen Culture
1 week ago

Watch 434 Avant-Garde and Surreal Short Films Online: Salvador Dali, Marcel Duchamp, Luis Bunuel and Many More

Hollywood faces a crisis with declining interest in films, prompting a search for re-enchantment through experimental cinema.
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fromwww.nytimes.com
1 day ago

7 Key Works of Avant-Garde Theater

Avant-garde theater originated in 19th-century France, emphasizing social reform and innovative artistic expression to critique mainstream culture.
fromBerlin Art Link
6 days ago

Tadashi Kawamata x Ruinart: Gallery Weekend | Berlin Art Link

Ruinart has invited internationally renowned artists to artistically interpret the Maison since 2008, with this year's collaboration featuring Tadashi Kawamata's unique vision.
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fromThe New Yorker
1 day ago

David Armstrong's Probing Gaze

David Armstrong's retrospective at Artists Space showcases over ninety works, emphasizing portraits and desire, revealing his artistic evolution and impact.
#performance-art
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fromwww.nytimes.com
1 day ago

How Do Museums Care for Unconventional Acquisitions?

Knowles was a conceptual artist known for food-related performances, while Heizer's Double Negative is a significant land art piece now facing conservation challenges.
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fromwww.nytimes.com
1 day ago

How Do Museums Care for Unconventional Acquisitions?

Knowles was a conceptual artist known for food-related performances, while Heizer's Double Negative is a significant land art piece now facing conservation challenges.
#rama-duwaji
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fromwww.nytimes.com
1 day ago

The Painting Movements Everyone Should Know

The fusion of poetry and painting in Chinese literati art influenced global artistic movements, emphasizing the equivalence of text and image.
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fromTime Out New York
5 days ago

A new exhibit at the Whitney focuses on Andy Warhol's social and personal life

Over 700 Polaroid photographs by Andy Warhol will be exhibited at the Whitney Museum, showcasing his social and personal life from 1972 to 1973.
fromArtnet News
3 days ago

Painting Has Entered Its Performance Era | Artnet News

Much of Instagram's video content is organized around transformation-the virtual magic of the before-and-after and clips that show cause and effect. A person makes pasta from scratch in 20 seconds via edits that compress time-intensive labor.
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fromwww.nytimes.com
1 day ago

Surrealism, Defined: What to Know About One of Art's Most Misused Terms

Surrealism is a rebellious philosophy of life expressed through literature and art, emerging from discontent with societal norms post-World War I.
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fromwww.nytimes.com
1 day ago

Surrealism, Defined: What to Know About One of Art's Most Misused Terms

Surrealism is a rebellious philosophy of life expressed through literature and art, emerging from discontent with societal norms post-World War I.
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fromwww.nytimes.com
1 day ago

A Timeline of Postwar American Art

Peggy Guggenheim's gallery in New York showcased artists like Pollock and Rothko, establishing New York as the new art capital post-World War II.
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fromArtnet News
1 day ago

Art Dealers Try Their Hand as Artists in This Unusual Exhibition | Artnet News

White Columns' new fundraising technique involves art dealers creating works for sale, challenging traditional norms of artist donations.
fromArtnet News
19 hours ago

What Not to Miss at the San Francisco Art Fair

"I love the range in this booth, from large-scale ceramic totems to more intimate neon paintings. I'm always impressed by the artists Freeburg represents and the clarity of her program's mission."
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fromwww.nytimes.com
1 day ago

Artists on Their Favorite Artworks at the Met, the Louvre, the Prado and Other Museums

American art reflects diverse cultural values and personal connections through various mediums and styles.
#art
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fromwww.amny.com
2 weeks ago

In praise of upheaval: Women, art, and the refusal of stillness | amNewYork

Art emerges from upheaval, reflecting change as an inherent female quality and rejecting imposed stillness.
fromHyperallergic
1 day ago

In an Unlikely Pairing, Giacometti Sculptures Head to The Met's Temple of Dendur

"At once naturalistic and highly symbolic, Egyptian art resonated with his enduring search for both monumentality and humanity," Bouvard said. "The opportunity to present his work within a setting of such profound historical and architectural significance offers a rare and compelling perspective on his oeuvre."
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fromBerlin Art Link
2 days ago

An Interview with Dafna Maimon | Berlin Art Link

The title came from starting to look at what would be in the show and realizing that most of the works dealt with people being symptomatic, whether psychosomatically or somatically.
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fromHyperallergic
2 days ago

MoMA PS1's "Greater New York" Is Gritty, Stunning, and Gutting

The curators of Greater New York really captured the energy of the city well - not the out-of-towner's New York with its glossy surfaces, brands, and trendy fare, but the gritty New York that's always in the process of formation, that rejects surface in favor of rawness.
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fromBerlin Art Link
1 month ago

Letter from the Editor: Abjection | Berlin Art Link

Abjection describes visceral reactions to undefined things like bodily waste that threaten our stable sense of self and expose our mortality.
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fromHyperallergic
5 days ago

What Is a "Post-Duchamp" Art World?

Duchamp's work reflects a continuous dialogue between past and future, showcasing his genius in anticipating museum logic.
fromArtnet News
3 days ago

7 New Art Books to Step Into Spring | Artnet News

Casa Kahlo offers an unprecedented look into the famed Mexican painter's family home, Casa Roja, which stands just blocks away from Casa Azul in Mexico City. Kahlo would retreat to Casa Roja when Casa Azul got crazy.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

Petal passion, super-surreal Polaroids and Billy Childish's California the week in art

Kettle's Yard showcases artists' floral passion, while other exhibitions feature diverse contemporary art themes and historical reflections on trauma and beauty.
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fromArtnet News
2 days ago

One of the Art Market's Biggest Secrets, Revealed | Artnet News

Global auction totals increased by 13.3 percent in 2025 compared to 2024, signaling a recovery in the auction market.
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fromTime Out New York
2 days ago

This sprawling free NYC art show just opened at MoMA PS1

MoMA PS1's 'Greater New York 2026' showcases over 150 works from 53 artists, reflecting the current creative landscape of New York City.
#art-basel
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fromHyperallergic
2 days ago

In Surprising Twist, ADAA Art Fair Will Now Benefit the Whitney Museum

ADAA terminated its partnership with Henry Street Settlement and announced a new philanthropic relationship with the Whitney Museum of American Art.
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fromHyperallergic
2 days ago

The Marsden Hartley Legacy Project Launches Online

The first comprehensive catalogue of Marsden Hartley's artworks is now available online.
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fromHyperallergic
4 days ago

Art Problems: Do I Need to Go to Art Fairs?

Art fairs are optional; attendance depends on individual goals and networking strategies.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
3 days ago

Designed to disorient': LA art museum unveils enormous concrete gallery, 20 years in the making

The David Geffen Galleries at LACMA represent a $724 million revitalization effort, showcasing a controversial design by architect Peter Zumthor.
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fromwww.amny.com
2 days ago

Self-Made at the American Folk Art Museum explores a century of artists inventing themselves | amNewYork

Self-taught artists create work that is deeply personal, immediate, and reflective of lived experiences, challenging conventional narratives of artistic authorship.
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fromArtnet News
5 days ago

Go Time! Gagosian Christens New Madison Avenue Space With Duchamp Readymades | Artnet News

Larry Gagosian will open a new gallery space at 980 Madison Avenue featuring Marcel Duchamp's readymades on April 25.
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fromwww.amny.com
3 days ago

Art Without Walls: Inside the Public Art Fund Party | amNewYork

Public art engages communities, inviting them to see their city more honestly and expansively, embodying a sense of belonging and shared experience.
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fromArtnet News
3 days ago

Unseen George Condo Works Arrive at Auction From Anna Condo's Collection

Anna Condo is auctioning her ex-husband George Condo's artworks, marking a significant moment in her artistic journey.
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fromHyperallergic
5 days ago

Steve DiBenedetto's Cosmic Sense of the Absurd

Steve DiBenedetto's paintings serve as a functional structure to help viewers navigate collective trauma.
fromArtnet News
3 days ago

Artnet and Artsy Come Together Under Shared Leadership | Artnet News

Artnet was founded to bring transparency to the art world, and Artsy-to make discovering and buying art more accessible. Connecting the businesses opens up new possibilities, including modernizing and building upon the art world's most trusted pricing tools.
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fromAesthetica Magazine
4 days ago

Aesthetica Magazine - The Endurance of Brutalism

Brutal Scotland exhibition explores post-war modernism, emphasizing how architecture reflects cultural identity and the interplay of decay and resilience.
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fromElite Traveler
6 days ago

The Art Exhibitions and Museum Openings Worth Traveling For in 2026

2026 features significant art exhibitions that warrant travel, showcasing unique experiences and rare artworks across Europe.
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fromArtnet News
5 days ago

A Data Analysis of the 2026 Venice Biennale Signals a Shift to the Present | Artnet News

The 2026 Venice Biennale shifts focus back to contemporary artists, emphasizing mid-career figures and a rebalanced global representation.
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fromPsychology Today
6 days ago

Painting With Blood: Who Does It and Who Collects It

Blood is used as a medium in contemporary art, challenging traditional boundaries of artistic practice.
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fromHyperallergic
1 week ago

Required Reading

Compton's art center aims to support formerly incarcerated artists and promote rehabilitation through creative expression.
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fromHyperallergic
2 weeks ago

Required Reading

Calida Rawles' art explores the duality of water as both healing and destructive within the Black diaspora's history.
fromHyperallergic
2 weeks ago

The Art World Is a Joke

Kamrooz Aram is everywhere this year, from Mumbai Art Week to the Whitney Biennial, and critic Aruna D'Souza is grateful. She pens a beautiful meditation on his work, reading his abstract paintings as not simply a denunciation of Western modernism nor a reassertion of Islamic visual motifs, but something else entirely - something gestural, exuberant, riotous, and incomparably his own.
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fromHyperallergic
2 weeks ago

The Best April Fools' Jokes in the Art World This Year

April Fools' Day inspires creative and humorous pranks across arts and humanities, showcasing institutions' ability to engage in lighthearted satire.
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fromArtnet News
2 weeks ago

Rare Rauschenberg Experimental Dance Revived at Brooklyn Roller Rink

The Trisha Brown Dance Company is reviving Robert Rauschenberg's 1963 dance 'Pelican' for the first time in 60 years at a Brooklyn event.
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fromGothamist
2 weeks ago

A one-man psychedelic art empire thrives in Brooklyn

Alex Aliume's Brooklyn studio attracts thousands of visitors with his unique glow-in-the-dark art and immersive experiences.
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fromHyperallergic
3 weeks ago

A View From the Easel

Creating molds from high-heeled shoes in a shared workspace enhances precision and organization in the artistic process.
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fromArtforum
3 weeks ago

What's Old Is New Again: Surrealists and Robots at the Newer New Museum

The New Museum's grand reopening featured a thematic exhibition exploring utopian and dystopian societies, showcasing historical works alongside contemporary art.
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fromHyperallergic
4 weeks ago

Required Reading

Artists depict motherhood and childbirth through raw, unsentimental imagery that challenges conventional artistic and cultural representations of birth and maternal experience.
fromHyperallergic
1 month ago

Embracing Friction in the Art World

On Franklin Street in Brooklyn's Greenpoint neighborhood, one non-commercial gallery fosters 'a small, stubbornly human space for friction.' Friction—the ubiquitous buzzword that captures the simultaneous delight and discomfort of doing things the slow way—is at the heart of artists Pap Souleye Fall and Char Jeré's current show at Subtitled NYC. It also reflects the overall spirit of this little exhibition space and of a burgeoning movement to reject our culture of optimization in favor of a bumpier, more intimate, less alienating experience.
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fromHyperallergic
2 months ago

Art Movements: New Leaders Everywhere

Jean Cooney will become executive director of Creative Time; major museum leadership changes include Sally Tallant leaving Queens Museum, Yasha Grobman in Jerusalem, and Amy Sherald signing with CAA.
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fromHyperallergic
2 months ago

Uman's Diasporic Abstraction

Uman's work evokes floating, mutable memories that bridge a lost homeland and the imagined labor of dreaming it back into existence.
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fromHyperallergic
3 months ago

A Very 2026 Art Reading List

Art world highlights for 2026 include forthcoming art books, major grants to artists, museum programming experiments, and renewed focus on cultural repatriation and exhibitions.
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