Gavin Jantjes. Photo Angela Musil/Courtesy the artist “I wish I knew how it would feel to be free,” croons Nina Simone on a 1967 song of the same name. “I wish I could break all the chains holding me, I wish I could say all the things I should say.” These lyrics made the song …
Installation view of “Willem de Kooning and Italy,” 2024, at Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice, Italy. Photo Matteo de Fina, 2024/© 2024 The Willem de Kooning Foundation, SIAE Though best known as one of the leading proponents of Abstract Expressionism, Willem de Kooning, whose geometric and biomorphic shapes of the 1930s and ’40s gave way to his …
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Daniela Hritcu for ARTnews Even though it looks nothing like her, Shu Lea Cheang is fond of calling the gray-skinned being in her 2023 video UTTER her “AI self-portrait.” This figure changes constantly, sprouting breasts that morph into muscular pecs, flitting between races, and shifting age so that it appears variously like an elderly man, …
Daniela Hritcu for ARTnews Each passing month seems to bring a fresh wave of anxiety about what artificial intelligence has done to artmaking. Fear arises when new image generators are unveiled, when AI-produced artworks win contests, when museums like the Museum of Modern Art exhibit pieces that involve machine learning technology. But artists have been …
A general view as members of the public photograph and take selfies with an Artwork featuring a school of fish by Banksy, adorns a City of London Police Box on Ludgate Hill on August 11, 2024 in London, England. Getty Images For over a week, the mysterious street artist Banksy took to the streets of …
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Exhibition view: “Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme: Only sounds that tremble through us,” MIT List Visual Arts Center, 2024. Dario Lasagni In April 2019, Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme were in the West Bank filming their latest installation. For the work, the artist duo, who are both of Palestinian descent, spent three years filming the …
Guild Hall, East Hampton, New York Guild Hall. The East End of Long Island, including the North Fork and the Hamptons, is known for its beautiful landscapes, beaches, farms, and vineyards, but that’s not all it has to offer. There is no shortage of art-forward activities for families and children to enjoy all summer long. …
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Bettina Steinbrügge, director of Mudam Luxembourg – Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean. COUERTESY FABRIZIO VATIERI @ MUDAM It’s hard to think of a less radical place than Luxembourg City’s business quarter. The Kirchberg Plateau, as it’s known, is an administrative enclave of offices and people in suits bookended by the European Parliament’s Secretariat to the …
Interior installation view of Letitia Huckaby’s Memorable Proof, 2024, at 1767 Chowan County Courthouse, North Carolina. Photo Lissa Gotwals/©Letitia Huckaby/Courtesy the artist and The Harriet Jacobs Project Resting in the windowsills of the 1767 Chowan County Courthouse in Edenton, North Carolina, are the silhouettes of women appearing behind sheer floral curtains; their profiles overlook the …
Yoko Ono, 1967 Mirrorpix via Getty Images. The story goes that after leaving a recording session on November 8, 1966, John Lennon of the Beatles strolled into an installation in progress at the Indica Gallery in the Mayfair section of London. He was familiar with the place through his bandmate Paul McCartney and other acquaintances …
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