For the first time ever, artist Abol Atighetchi will exhibit his 12 unpublished paintings from 1983 to 1992 at Oblong Contemporary Gallery in Dubai, UAE. The exhibition covers Atighetchi’s works of ...

What surprises us about contemporary art, what brings something new, what are the trends, why are collectors interested and what name rises in the top of artists? There are questions that find answers ...

Lawrence Weiner's "A RUBBER BALL THROWN ON THE SEA, Cat. No. 146" is displayed at the Hirshhorn Museum in blue, sans-serif lettering. Weiner was open to the seven words being produced in any color, ...

Nothing has been more remarkable in the cultural life of the past decade than the speed with which the imperatives of the modern movement have been stripped of their authority. Twenty years ago it was ...

Artistic styles exist only in retrospect. While many of their defining characteristics are formulated in manifestos by pioneering artists, a style can’t be fully understood until it has become a thing ...

A view of the retrospective room of the Consuelo Castañeda show (photo by Arturo Sanchez for the Americas Society) Yasmeen M. Siddiqui is an itinerant curator and critic currently based in Louisville, ...

The Modern Hotel last spring announced 2016 would be the last year of Modern Art, a one-night event each May when artists transformed the hotel's rooms into mini galleries. Local artist Troy ...

The 458-lot Art Deco to Post-Modern Art & Design auction, starting at 10 am Eastern, will feature contemporary and modern art and furniture, and the collection of interior designer Bill Stewart.

Shakir Hassan Al Said, 'Letters,' 1961. Oil, gesso, cotton, linen canvas, 94.2 cm x 82 cm x 2.5 cm. At first glance, it would be difficult to discern this artwork as coming from Arab origins, and not ...

Hugh Eakin’s new book, “Picasso’s War: How Modern Art Came to America” (Crown), isn’t really about Picasso, or about war, or about art. Its subject is the creation of a market for a certain product, ...