It’s pretty difficult to miss two piers of art installations while walking down 12th Avenue. That means it’s time for that annual event known as The Armory Show that has been tantalizing New Yorkers since 1913. Inspiration however is hard to find especially when you have to search for your favorite artists in over 250,000 square […]

Mar 17–June 11, 2017 The formation of self and the individual’s place in a turbulent society are among the key themes reflected in the work of the artists selected for the 2017 Whitney Biennial. The exhibition includes sixty-three participants, ranging from emerging to well-established individuals and collectives working in painting, sculpture, drawing, installation, film and video, photography, activism, […]

The former lieutenant colonel in the Saudi Arabian army is known for his politically and socially engaged works that draw on his Muslim heritage The Saudi Arabian artist Abdulnasser Gharem will open his first US solo show at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Lacma) next month. The artist, who was until recently also […]

March 3–July 23, 2017 Brooklyn Museum Morris A. and Meyer Schapiro Wing, 4th Floor Georgia O’Keeffe: Living Modern takes a new look at how the renowned modernist artist proclaimed her progressive, independent lifestyle through a self-crafted public persona—including her clothing and the way she posed for the camera. The exhibition expands our understanding of O’Keeffe […]

By Xiaoyun Helen Zhang Art is only one of the multiple venerated idols in the grand Temple of Human Minds. We concern the power of art transcending borders of vital importance to the Ultimate Question: Can people understand art between cultures, over diversified barriers of faith, aesthetics, wealth and ideology? To be more precise, how […]

Vik Muniz Epistemes February 23 – April 1, 2017 Sikkema Jenkins & Co. is pleased to present Epistemes, a solo show of new work by Vik Muniz. The exhibition – which premieres the artist’s new series Handmade in the United States – will be on view at the gallery from February 23 through April 1, […]

Michael DeSiano was so inspired by Monet, Matisse and Picasso that he gave up a promising engineering career for his passion for color. In addition his daughter, Rose DeSiano, introduced him to digital photography and he never looked back. “Rose opened my eyes to nontraditional ways to capture my subjects. She showed me that a […]

David Hockney – 80 years in 8 works David Hockney, is an English painter, draughtsman, printmaker, stage designer and photographer. An important contributor to the pop art movement of the 1960s, he is considered one of the most influential British artists of the twentieth century. From his portraits and images of Los Angeles swimming pools, through to his photography […]

In response to last week’s travel ban, we’ve installed #ZahaHadid‘s “The Peak Project, Hong Kong, China”: https://t.co/O1nUU3cPcw#ArtSpeakspic.twitter.com/sqVcdG3yws — Museum of Modern Art (@MuseumModernArt) February 4, 2017    Next to Henri Rousseau’s “The Sleeping Gypsy”, a painting by Zaha Hadid, the Iraqi-born British architect who died last year. The showcase of contemporary art from Iran, Iraq […]

Black Power! On view in the Main Exhibition Hall Curated by Dr. Sylviane A. Diouf The concept of Black Power was introduced by Stokely Carmichael and fellow Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) worker Willie Ricks in June 1966. Like no other ideology before, the multiform and ideologically diverse movement shaped black consciousness and identity and […]