Pioneer of abstract art and eminent aesthetic theorist, Vasily (Wassily) Kandinsky (b. 1866, Moscow; d. 1944, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France) broke new ground in painting in the first decades of the twentieth century. His seminal pre–World War I treatise Über das Geistige in der Kunst (On the Spiritual in Art), published in Munich in December 1911, lays […]

American-born, Berlin-based artist Dorothy Iannone, now, at the age of seventy-five, will have her first solo show in a US institution at the New Museum this summer. This long-overdue exhibition will feature Iannone’s signature early work, made between 1965 and 1978, including sculptures, paintings, drawings, and a video box. Since the 1960s, Iannone has continued […]

One Size Fits All is an ongoing roving art project that exhibits and sells t-shirts made by artists. Participating artists include: Agata Bebecka, Brent Harada, Adrian K (he’s that guy that does those pink trash bags with black polka dots), Jenny Salomon, Michael Paul Britto, Tony Ingrisano, Caitlin Masley, Nicole van Beek, CHANDI, Akiko Ichikawa, […]

Reinvention is vital to Michael Brown’s (b. 1982) work. Frequently, he uses everyday objects such as a six-pack of aluminum cans or lawn chairs. The artist’s latest body of work converts vinyl records into household items. Seemingly simple in nature, Brown’s works are the product of a philosophy that is the hallmark of his oeuvre, […]

Details of where and when the latest Bansky exhibition would be have been were shrouded in mystery, typical of the notorious graffiti artist who has always kept his identity locked down. But Banksy has decided to forego the usual big cities, and return to his “reported” home in Bristol.
The show features over 100 exhibits, […]

Richard Avedon (1923–2004) revolutionized fashion photography starting in the post-World War II era and redefined the role of the fashion photographer. Anticipating many of the cultural cross-fertilizations that have occurred between high art, commercial art, fashion, advertising, and pop culture in the last twenty years, he created spirited, imaginative photographs that showed fashion and the […]