2019-11-27 16:50
Dawoud Bey – The Birmingham Project: Fred Stewart II and Tyler Collins, 2012
Birmingham Project
Dawoud Bey’s career focuses on portraying American youth as well as those from mar… Read More
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2019-11-26 15:10
Danila Tkachenko – Escape
Who is Danila Tkachenko
Danila Tkachenko (b. 1989) is a Russian visual artist, specializing in the field of documentary photography. He is known for winning t… Read More
2019-11-25 16:08
Cindy Sherman – Untitled Film Still #53, 1980
Who is Cindy Sherman?
Cindy Sherman was born in 1954 in New Jersey. She grew up in Long Beach, immersed in the television and film culture… Read More
2019-11-24 15:25
Maurizio Cattelan – Untitled (Picasso), color photograph, 1999 feat
What is Maurizio Cattelan known for
Maurizio Cattelan’s works have earned him a reputation as a provocateur an… Read More
2019-11-23 14:54
Barbara Kruger – I shop therefore I am, 1987, screenprint on vinyl, 125 x 125 cm
Introduction
I Shop Therefore I Am (1987) is the work of Barbara Kruger. It became an iconic artwork, b… Read More
2019-11-22 16:52
Rael San Fratello – Teeter-Totter Wall, 2019, Anapra, New Mexico, US-Mexico border.
Introduction
The US-Mexico border wall has become a battleground for political theater, but also var… Read More
2019-11-21 16:23
Nendo – Tenri Station Plaza CoFuFun, 2017, Tenri, Japan
What is the CoFuFun Plaza?
CoFuFun Plaza is a work of wonders by the Japanese architecture company Nendo. It was constructed for… Read More
2019-11-20 16:18
Installation view of David Hammons’s African-American Flag (1990) in the exhibition Casinò Fantasma, May 24-July 15, 1990, at Ca’ Vendramin Calergi, part of the 44th Venice… Read More
2019-11-19 16:19
Sebastião Salgado – Greater Burhan Oil Field, Kuwait, 1991Chemical spray protects firefighter
Kuwait: A Desert on Fire
In the early 1990s, Kuwait hit news reports around the wor… Read More
2019-11-18 17:02
Jean Dubuffet’s Villa Falbala, Périgny-sur-Yerres
Who was Jean Dubuffet?
Sculptor and painter Jean Dubuffet had his art styles that shunned classic aesthetics for what he perceiv… Read More
2019-11-17 15:15
Antony Gormley – European Field, 1993, terracotta, variable size, approx. 35,000 elements, each 8-26 cm high, installation view, Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany, 1997, photo: Helmut… Read More
2019-11-16 13:30
Ugo Rondinone – Clockwork for Oracles II, 2008, 52 mirrors, color plastic gel, wood, paint dimensions variable, installation view, Broad Art Museum, Lansing, 2017
Clockwork for Oracles… Read More
2019-11-15 13:30
Wolfgang Tillmans – Still life, installation view, Irish Museum of Modern Art, 2018
Who is Wolfgang Tillmans?
Wolfgang Tillmans is a Germany photographer. He started receiving recognit… Read More
2019-11-14 13:30
Chiharu Shiota – A Room of Memorya, 2009, old wooden windows, group exhibition Hundred Stories about Love, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan, photo: Sunhi Mang
I… Read More
2019-11-13 17:00
Asmund Havsteen-Mikkelsen – Flooded Modernity, 2018, 1:1 replica of Le Corbusier’s 1929 Villa Savoye, white-painted wood, plywood structure, plexiglass windows, styrofoam blocks… Read More
2019-11-12 16:15
Edoardo Tresoldi – Etherea, 2018, transparent wire mesh, 72 feet (22 meter) in height, installation view, Coachella, 2018
Who is Edoardo Tresoldi?
In recent years, Edoardo Tresoldi has… Read More
2019-11-11 13:30
Christophe Jacrot – Norilsk, Siberia
Introduction
Christophe Jacrot is a captivating French photographer. Most of his artworks attract acclaim from a large audience. One such piece is… Read More
2019-11-10 13:30
Serendipity Studio – Mist Encounter, 2017, Taipei Fine Art Museum, Taiwan
Introduction
Usually, you would not need much encouragement to visit the Taipei Fine Art M… Read More
2019-11-09 13:30
Shanghai, 2019
West Bund Art & Design
West Bund Art & Design fair shows modern and contemporary art in Shanghai. Well-known local artist Zhou Tiehai, previously director of the Minsh… Read More
2019-11-08 13:30
Huang Yong Ping – Abbottabad, 2013, ceramic, soil, and plants, installation view, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 2018, photo: hirshhorn.si.edu
Introduction
Huang Yong Ping&rsqu&hell…Read More
2019-11-07 13:30
Nadav Kander – Contaminated Military Equipment Compound, Pripyat, 2004
Introduction
Albert Museum, National Portrait Gallery, the Victoria, and many other museums host artworks from Na… Read More
2019-11-06 13:30
Magdalena Jetelová – Iceland Project, 1992
Who is Magdalena Jetelovà?
Magdalena Jetelovà is perhaps best known the world over for her 1990s work Domestication of P… Read More
2019-11-05 13:30
Junya Ishigami – Water Garden, 2018, Nasu Mountains, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan
Who is Junya Ishigami?
Junya Ishigami is a Japanese architect. He was born in Kanagawa prefecture in 197… Read More
2019-11-04 13:30
Zanele Muholi – Faces and Phases, 2007–2013
Who is Zanele Muholi ?
Zanele Muholi was born on 19 July 1972 in the South African city of Durban. Muholi is a self-proclaimed visual… Read More
2019-11-03 15:30
Diller Scofidio + Renfro – Blur Building, aerial view, Exposition Pavilion, Swiss Expo, Yverdon-Les-Bains, 2002
Introduction
Vaporization and nothingness are likely to be the two words… Read More
2019-11-02 13:30
Danila Tkachenko – Monuments #1, 2018
Introduction
If you love contemporary artists, then you might be familiar with the name Danila Tkachenko. This Moscow-based photographer, who also… Read More
2019-11-01 16:05
Chris Burden – Samson, 1985, turnstile, winch, worm gear, leather strap, jack, timbers, steel, steel plates, dimensions variable, installation view, Zwirner & Wirth, New York, 2004… Read More
2019-10-31 15:00
James Turrell – Perfectly Clear (Ganzfeld), 1991, Mass MoCA
What is James Turrell known for?
With an arts career that began in the 1960s, James Turrell is a common name in art circles… Read More
2019-10-30 17:00
Jenny Holzer – Inflammatory Essays, 1979–1982, New York
Background
The American artist and political activist, Jenny Holzer has racked up a reputation for herself for her Inflamm… Read More
2019-10-29 16:24
Susan Meiselas – A street fighter. Managua, Nicaragua, 1979
Background
During her long and successful career, Nicaragua is a subject that Susan Meiselas has continued to explore over t… Read More
2019-10-28 16:11
Mark Bradford – Helter Skelter I
Introduction
Collage is the art of using discarded or waste paper to create artworks, often using recycling waste paper. One just cannot believe what i… Read More
2019-10-27 15:45
Hans Haacke – Condensation Cube, 1963–1965, perspex and water, household gloss on wooden plinth, 111.2 x 30.5 x 30.5cm (43¾ x 12 x 12in.), photo: christies.com
Who is Hans… Read More
2019-10-26 17:45
Polaroid of Andy Warhol
Who was Andy Warhol?
Andy Warhol was a renowned pop artist. He is a Pennsylvanian native, having been born in Pittsburgh on August 6, 1928. His parents were Ondrej Wa… Read More
2019-10-25 17:30
Yayoi Kusama lying in Narcissus Garden, Venice Biennial, 1966
Who is Yayoi Kusama?
Born in Japan in 1929, Yayoi Kusama is perhaps the most successful self-taught female artists of all time… Read More
2019-10-24 17:25
Andy Goldsworthy – Wood Line, 2011, eucalyptus branches, 365 meter (1,200 foot), Presidio, San Francisco, photo: Place Magazine/medium.com
Who is Andy Goldsworthy?
Andy Goldsworthy is… Read More
2019-10-23 16:55
Sister Corita Kent ca. 1965
Who was Corita Kent?
Sister Corita Kent (1918-1986) was a Roman Catholic nun and one of the most unusual artists of her time. Kent lived in Los Angeles, where she… Read More
2019-10-22 16:52
Gordon Matta-Clark – Splitting, 1974, Englewood, New Jersey, photo: Centre Canadien d’Architecture/cca.qc.ca
Who was Gordon Matta-Clark?
Gordon Matta-Clark was a well-known artis… Read More
2019-10-22 16:52
Gordon Matta-Clark – Splitting, 1974, Englewood, New Jersey, photo: Centre Canadien d’Architecture/cca.qc.ca
Who was Gordon Matta-Clark?
Gordon Matta-Clark was a well-known artis… Read More
2019-10-21 16:01
Gerhard Richter – Kölner Domfenster (Cologne Cathedral Window), 2007, 11,000 hand blown glass panels, 72 colors and shades, 9.6 x 9.6 cm each, total size 2300 x 900 cm (106 sqm)
W… Read More
2019-10-20 16:05
Snarkitecture – The Beach, installation view, National Building Museum, Washington, DC, 2015
Introduction
Have you ever seen a beach inside of a museum? This might be the first time yo… Read More
2019-10-19 16:50
Carlos Cruz-Diez – Spatial Chromointerference, 2018, 26 projectors, 30 cubes, installation view, Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern, 2018-2019
Who was Carlos Cruz-Diez?
Carlos Cruz-Diez was a… Read More
2019-10-18 15:05
Carsten Nicolai – syn chron, 2004, lightweight structure, steel, aluminum, laser projection, sound system, rubber, 1250 x 800 x 460 cm, installation view, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin… Read More
2019-10-17 14:30
Huang Yong Ping – Untitled (Rue Carpeaux, Paris), emulsion paint on washing machine, 95 x 60 x 48 cm . (37 3/8 x 23 5/8 x 18 7/8 in.), 1993, photo: christies.com
The inscription on the… Read More
2019-10-16 16:35
Bill Viola – The Crossing, 1996, two-channel color video installation, four channels of sound, 10 min 57 sec, performer: Phil Esposito
Background
Underlying Bill Viola’s work ove… Read More
2019-10-15 16:30
Maurizio Cattelan – Installation view, America, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 2016-2017, photo: perrotin.com
Who is Maurizio Cattelan?
Maurizio Cattelan is an Italian artist born in 19… Read More
2019-10-14 15:00
Olafur Eliasson – Green river, 1998, uranine, water, The Northern Fjallabak Route, Iceland, 1998
Introduction
Next March, just like any other month of March, the Chicago Plumbers will… Read More
2019-10-13 16:35
Hai Bo – The Southern Series No. 18, 2012
Who is Hai Bo?
Hai Bo, born in 1962, is a photographer with special interests in intangible photography. His works usually aim at documenting… Read More
2019-10-12 17:00
Richard Avedon – Ronald Fisher, Beekeeper, Davis, California, May 9, 1981, printed 1985
Who was Richard Avedon?
Richard Avedon was an American fashion and portrait photographer born on… Read More
2019-10-11 17:45
Jesús Rafael Soto – Pénétrable, 1990, installation view, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2013, photo: Tito Perez/flickr.com
Who was Jesús Rafael?
Jes&uacu&hell…Read More
2019-10-10 15:35
Eva Hesse – Repetition Nineteen III, 1968, Fiberglass, polyester resin Installation variable, 19 units, photo: Abby Robinson
Introduction
It’s possible to create a piece of remar… Read More
2019-10-09 19:00
Andy Warhol – Black and White Disaster #4 (5 Deaths 17 Times in Black and White), 1963, acrylic, silkscreen ink and pencil on linen, installation view, Kunstmuseum Basel, 2018, photo:… Read More
2019-10-08 16:15
Ryan McGinley – Yearbook, 2014, installation view, Team Gallery, NYC, September 7th – October 12th 2014
Introduction
In art, the more authentic a piece is, the greater it is appr… Read More
2019-10-07 18:30
Stephen Dupont – Northern Alliance soldiier, Bagram, Afghanistan, 1998
Introduction
Australia has a couple of documentary photographers and Stephen Dupont is one of the most renowned a… Read More
2019-10-06 17:25
Hans Haacke – MOMA-Poll, 1970, installation view, 56th Venice Biennale 2015, photo: contemporaryartdaily.com
Who is Hans Haacke?
Hans Haacke was born in 1936 in Cologne, Germany. He st… Read More
2019-10-05 15:45
Stony Island Arts Bank
Introduction
Many people would have no future plans for a bank building that had been abandoned for close to a century. Not Theaster Gates; he saw the crumbling walls… Read More
2019-10-04 17:50
Yves Klein – Pigment bleu sec (Dry Blue Pigment), 1957, recreated in 2018, Installation view, Blenheim Palace, 2018, photo: Tom Lindboe/blenheimartfoundation.org.uk
Who was Yves Klein?… Read More
2019-10-03 12:30
Jean-Michel Basquiat – Untitled (Crown), 1982, Acrylic, ink, and paper collage on paper, 50.8 x 73.66 cm (20 x 29 in), photo: Mark-Woods.com
Who was Jean-Michel Basquiat?
Jean-Michel B… Read More
2019-10-02 16:30
Catherine Opie – Shoe closet, 2010-2011, A hair-washing station inside the shoe closet, from 700 Nimes Road, Elizabeth Taylor’s home
Introduction
Tons of books have been written… Read More
2019-10-01 17:45
Portrait of Tsang Tsou Choi, the King of Kowloon, 1996-1997, Wong Tai Sin, Hong Kong, photo: Lau Kin Wai/google.com
Bio
Tsang Tsou Choi was born on November 12, 1921, in Gaoyao, Guangdong, R… Read More
2019-09-30 16:15
Bruce Nauman – Clown Torture, 1987, four-channel video installation, two projections, four monitors, color, sound, approx. 60 minutes, Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago
Introd… Read More
2019-09-29 15:00
David Hammons – Bliz-aard Ball Sale, Cooper Square, New York, 1983
Introduction
Have you ever seen a piece of art based on snowballs? You probably have. But, David Hammons’ Bliz… Read More
2019-09-28 17:45
Gregor Sailer – The Potemkin VillageCar manufacturers test vehicle safety at Carson City in Vårgårda, Sweden
Introduction
Gregor Sailer is an Austrian photographer born in… Read More
2019-09-27 12:30
Michael Heizer – North, East, South, West, 1967/2002, installation view, Dia Art Foundation, photo: Jamie Hawkesworth/newyorker.com
Who is Michael Heizer?
Michael Heizer was born in Ca… Read More
2019-09-26 12:30
Ragnar Axelsson – Last Days of the ArcticHunter Ole Neylsen looking for a polar bear on the ice in Thule
Who is Ragnar Axelsson?
Ragnar Axelsson is an Icelandic born photojournalist wh… Read More
2019-09-25 12:30
Duane Flatmo & Jerry Kunkel – El Pulpo Mecanico, Burning Man, photo: Amanda Kirk/shopmoment.com
Introduction
Every year, thousands of tourists and locals flock to Nevada’s Bl… Read More
2019-09-24 12:30
James Turrell – Baker Pool, 2002-2008, collection of Lisa and Richard Baker, private residence, Greenwich, CT
Introduction
James Turrell has always awed us with his out of the world li… Read More
2019-09-23 14:45
Banksy – Girl with Balloon, 2002, stencil, Waterloo Bridge, South Bank, London, photo: Dominic Robinson/wikimedia.org
Who is Banksy?
Banksy, according to some sources, was born in 1974… Read More
2019-09-22 12:30
Subodh Gupta – Very Hungry God, 2006, hundreds of stainless steel containers, 360 x 280 x 330 cm, installation view, Monnaie de Paris, photo: Martin Argyroglo
Introduction
If you have… Read More
2019-09-21 14:40
Rachel Whiteread – Embankment, 2005, 14000 translucent, white polyethylene boxes, Tate Modern, 11 October 2005 – 1 May 2006, photo: Major Clanger/flickr.com
Introduction
Rachel W… Read More
2019-09-20 12:30
Joseph Beuys during How to Explain Pictures to a Dead Hare (Wie man dem toten Hasen die Bilder erklärt), Schelma Gallery, Düsseldorf, 26 November 1965
Even a dead animal preserves… Read More
2019-09-19 14:00
Snarkitecture – Sway, 2019, 168 responsive LED spheres
Introduction
Snarkitecture’s new creation – Sway – is a massive piece of art that only needs a touch to light u… Read More
2019-09-18 12:30
Ai Weiwei – Ton of Tea, 2005, Pu’er tea leaves from Yunnan province with wooden base, 100 x 100 x 100 cm (39 1/2 x 39 1/2 x 39 1/2 in), installation view, Bristol Museum & Ar… Read More
2019-09-17 16:30
René Magritte – The Treachery of Images (This is Not a Pipe), 1929, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, © C. Herscovici, Brussels / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, ph… Read More
2019-09-16 17:05
Vito Acconci – Following Piece, 1969
Who was Vito Acconci?
Vito Acconci is one of the most influential American artists. He was a poet, an architect, and a pioneer of performance art… Read More
2019-09-15 17:45
Carsten Nicolai – α (alpha) pulse, 2014, sound, large-scale led screens, Hong Kong
Introduction
Carsten Nicolai has created an impressive audio-visual work in his sterling career… Read More
2019-09-14 20:10
Bruce Nauman – Human Nature/Life Death/Knows Doesn’t Know, 1983
Background
As one of the most well-known artists to emerge during the 1960s, Bruce Nauman has racked up a great re… Read More
2019-09-13 18:05
Christo – Big Air Package, 2010, 20,350 sqm of semitransparent polyester fabric, 4 500 m of polypropylene rope, inflated 90 m tall, 50 m wide, 177,000 cubic meter, 5,300 kg, Gasometer… Read More
2019-09-12 18:30
Phillip K. Smith III – Detroit Skybridge, 2018, acrylic, aluminum, LED lighting, electronic components, unique color program, 30,48 x 3,66 x 3,35 m (100 x 12 x 11 ft.), Detroit, Michig… Read More
2019-09-11 12:30
Keith Arnatt – Self-Burial (Television Interference Project), 1969, 9 photographs, gelatin silver prints on paper on board, each image: 467 x 467 mm
Introduction
Keith Arnatt (1930-200… Read More
2019-09-10 12:30
Huang Yong Ping – Bank of Sand, Sand of Bank, 2000, sand, concrete, 349.9 x 600.1 x 429.9 cm, Gladstone Gallery, New York, 2018, photo: instagram.com/fomofeed
Introduction
In 2018, Gla… Read More
2019-09-09 12:30
Walter De Maria – The Lightning Field, 1977, 400 stainless steel poles with solid, pointed tips, arranged in a rectangular 1 mile x 1 kilometer grid array, Catron County, New Mexico
In… Read More
2019-09-08 12:30
Martin Kippenberger – Metro-Net, Dawson City West, 1995, photo: Albrecht Fuchs, albrechtfuchs.com
Who was Martin Kippenberger?
Martin Kippenberger was one extraordinary artist who coul… Read More
2019-09-07 12:30
Maurizio Cattelan – Novecento (1900), 1997, taxidermized horse, leather saddlery, rope, Castello di Rivoli, Italy, photo: Paolo Pellion di Persano
Introduction
Horses have been used in… Read More
2019-09-06 12:30
Garry Winogrand – Women are beautiful
Introduction
New York native born Garry Winogrand (b. 1928) is known to be the pioneer of street photography. In his Women are Beautiful series, h… Read More
2019-09-05 12:30
Nick Cave – Soundsuits, Heard (detail), 2012
Who is Nick Cave?
Nick Cave is an American fabric sculptor, performance artist, and dancer. He was born on February 4, 1959, in Fulton, Mis… Read More
2019-09-05 12:30
Nick Cave – Soundsuits, Heard (detail), 2012
Who is Nick Cave?
Nick Cave is an American fabric sculptor, performance artist, and dancer. He was born on February 4, 1959, in Fulton, Mis… Read More
2019-09-04 12:30
Gelitin – The B-Thing, March 2000, installation, 91st Floor of WTC 1, New York
Introduction
Gelitin is made up of four artists from Austria. At first, these four artists were known as… Read More
2019-09-03 17:00
Olafur Eliasson – Your rainbow panorama, 2006-2011, glass in all the colors of the spectrum, ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Denmark, 150 m long, 3 m wide circular walkway, diameter of 52 m… Read More
2019-09-02 18:55
Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA – Moriyama House, Ohta-ku, Tokyo, Japan, 2005, photo: Edmund Sumner
Introduction
Moriyama House (2005) is a perfect example of a home designed to represent a com… Read More
2019-09-01 17:45
Richard Serra – Torqued Ellipses I, II, IV, V, VI, 1996-99, Double Torqued Ellipses I, II, III, 1997-99, and Snake, 1996, nine sculptures, weathering steel, dimensions variable, instal… Read More
2019-08-31 17:45
Arthur Jafa – Love Is the Message, The Message Is Death, 2016, video still
Introduction
For an artist who has been fighting for the recognition of black art and black visual culture fo… Read More
2019-08-30 16:25
Janet Cardiff – The Forty Part Motet (A reworking of “Spem in Alium,” by Thomas Tallis 1556), 2001, 40-channel audio installation with speakers and stands, Maison Herm&egra&hell…Read More
2019-08-29 12:30
Andy Warhol – Endangered Species, complete set of ten signed screenprints, 1983, each 96,5 x 96,5 cm (38 x 38 in.)
Introduction
Endangered Species is one of Andy Warhol’s1 most i… Read More
2019-08-28 15:25
Erwin Wurm – Hot Dog Bus, 2018, VW T2b and mixed media, 220 x 250 x 550 cm (86.6 x 98.4 x 216.5 in.), photo: Liz Ligon/publicartfund.org
Introduction
Austrian artist Erwin Wurm1 is kno… Read More
2019-08-27 12:30
Allora & Calzadilla – Chalk, the Plaza de los Caudillos, Zapopan Art Museum, Zapopan, Mexico, 2016
Introduction
The two Puerto Rico based artists Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calz… Read More
2019-08-26 16:10
Yasuaki Onishi – Reverse of volume RG, 2012, 470 x 1340 x 1210 cm , glue, plastic sheet, other, Rice Gallery, Houston TX USA, photo: Nash Baker
Who is Onishi Yasuaki?
Japanese artist O… Read More
2019-08-25 16:08
Chris Burden – Trans-Fixed, 23 April, 1974 at Speedway Avenue in Venice, California, photo: Magnolia Pictures
Introduction
Chris Burden, an American sculptor and performance artist kno… Read More
2019-08-24 18:00
Yoko Ono – Wish Tree for Washington, DC, 2007, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Introduction
Yoko Ono’s Wish Tree project has been… Read More
2019-08-23 17:56
Mercedes Cabral in Isaac Julien’s Playtime, 2014, Seven screen ultra high definition video installation with 7.1 surround sound, 66 min 57 sec.
What was Playtime by Isaac Julien?
Playt… Read More
2019-08-22 17:25
Emily Jacir – AP 3852 from ex libris, translation and painted mural, 25 x 50 ft., New York, 2014, photo: Zachary Braiterman
Introduction
Emily Jacir is a Palestinian artist and a filmm… Read More
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