James Ensor, Demons Tormenting Me, 1888 Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Digital image the Art Institute of Chicago. Artwork copyright © 2024 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Sitting on the Flemish coast, the city of Ostend in Belgium overlooks the English Channel, its miles of beaches making it a popular seaside resort …
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Miranda July in “The Swan Tool,” 2000, at the Portland Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, Oregon. Photo by Harrell Fletcher; Courtesy of Miranda July Studio Editor’s Note: This conversation between Cindy Sherman and Miranda July was originally realized for #37 Miranda July: New Society, part of the Quaderni series published by Fondazione Prada. That publication was published …
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Clockwise from top left, works by Luis Jiménez, Yvette Mayorga, Lady Pink (Sandra Fabara), Delilah Montoya, Muriel Hasbun, Vincent Valdez, and Barbara Carrasco. Illustration by Daniela Hritcu Though Latinx people have long been part of the fabric of this country, Latinx artists in the United States have only recently begun to be acknowledged by the …
A work from Dor Guez’s 2023 series “Amid Imperial Grids” in the exhibition “Not knowing is a good place to start” at carlier | gebauer in Berlin. Courtesy of the artist and carlier | gebauer, Berlin/Madrid; Photo © Andrea Rossetti The maps won’t tell you where you are in Dor Guez’s new solo exhibition at …
Members of four organizations march in support of United Farm Workers at Denver’s Denargo market in 1967. Photo Dave Mathias/The Denver Post via Getty Images The Chicano Art Movement represents a kaleidoscopic convergence of aesthetics and politics. When examined at a distance, it can be misunderstood as a singular, cohesive movement with a clearly defined …
“Ruben Ulises Rodriguez Montoya: Skinchangers: Begotten of My Flesh,” 2024, at Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, Ohio. Courtesy Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland One’s eye typically skates right over the list of materials on the caption for an artwork, since the verbiage used—“oil on canvas,” “ink on paper,” and the like—tends to be more perfunctory …
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Daniela Hritcu for ARTnews In the summer of 1924, the roses of France turned a shade of blue. Wood became glass, and words transfigured into beings, rapping at windows to let people know they were there. That, at least, was how André Breton described the state of things in the first version of his famed …
Tsherin Sherpa, “Tiger Saddle,” 2024, Highland Tibetan wool and Chinese silk, warp, cotton, 122 x 182 cm. Image Courtesy of the artist and Rossi & Rossi; Photo by Raj Bhai Suwal At Art Basel Hong Kong this past March, the Nepali artist Tsherin Sherpa unveiled his latest installation, a 30-foot-long runner woven by artisans from …
Alvin Ailey. Photo John Lindquist/©Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard University Dancers of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater stretch their arms out wide like wings. At once, their elbows rise from the strength of their shoulders with fingertips pointed out. They’re bathed in amber light as they slowly lift their heads out of the …
Hilary Galbreaith, Be Our Guest, 2024, installation view, 17th Biennale de Lyon, IAC. Photo Jair Lanes/©2024 ADAGP, Paris/Courtesy the artist For the first time, in 2022, the Biennale de Lyon expanded its footprint, displaying artwork across the France’s third largest city, which brought in 274,225 visitors, with nearly half being under 26. For its 2024 edition, …
