William Kentridge’s video series, Drawing Lessons and What to Do Alone with Oneself (Artwork), shows the South African artist happily devising and developing his complex mechanical structures.
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As a result of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, major events and gatherings have been postponed world over, to be held in better times. An addition to the list is Extension.India, an extensive exhibition of Indian contemporary art, that was scheduled to open at The State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow in June 2020. It has been postponed to March 2021.
Read MoreGet an inside look at a master painter at work in this feature-length documentary, streaming here for a limited time, premiering Saturday, April 11, 7 p.m.
Presented in conjunction with the exhibition at The Met Breuer, Gerhard Richter: Painting After All, the film will remain available to stream through early July.
Read MoreEver wanted to visit Frida Kahlo’s home in Mexico City, stand before Old Masters at the Frick in New York, or admire the antiquities at the Getty? Well, you still can, thanks to the ingenuity of some of the finest museums in the Americas
Read MoreJust like the ice cream dinners she imagined with her brother when they were hungry children, using “the powers of imagination to survive”, Grapefruit provided Ono her escape. She told Vogue in 1971, “At Sarah Lawrence, I was often very desperate and many of the Grapefruit pieces were written for my sake, to save me. They were my therapy in a way.”
Read MoreThe Met Breuer in New York City has launched a monumental survey on the work of seminal German visual artist, Gerhard Richter. Titled “Gerhard Richter: Painting After All,” the comprehensive exhibition displays over 100 pieces in varying media including Richter’s famed, conceptually-driven paintings. The presentation marks the artist’s first show in the United States in nearly 20 years.
Read MoreIn these images, a cloud of smoke hangs in various interior settings. The nebulous mass hovers along sharp edges and rigid definitions, appearing as a possible threat to what might be the interior of a home or an office.
Read MoreShirin Neshat, Iranian-born though living in New York, has captured audiences around the world with her visually haunting black and white videos of loss and yearning. Three of her recent works, Illusions and Mirrors of 2013 (which stars Natalie Portman), Roja and Sarah, both of 2016, are on view at the National Gallery of Victoria until April.
Read MoreThe fair’s only Turkish gallery, Dirimart, exhibits a series of amorphous bronze sculptures by prominent Turkish contemporary artist, Ayse Erkmen. In various shapes and pastel hues, nine miniature terrain-like sculptures from the artist’s not the color it is series (2015) are exhibited on a pedestal, just inches above the floor.
Read MoreIf the idea of not being able to leave the house makes you stir crazy, Artnet has put together a selection of artworks to set your mind at ease. Each of these works—some historical, some contemporary—serves as a reminder of the quietly enjoyable ways of passing time of home, such as reading a book, playing board games, and indulging in a midnight snack.
Read MoreMajor events around the world have been canceled or postponed as the race to contain the novel coronavirus continues. The cultural sector -- with its numerous fairs, shows and festivals -- has also been significantly impacted.Countless art institutions, museums and galleries have been temporarily shuttered. The Louvre in Paris, which houses the famous "Mona Lisa," is closed until further notice.
Read MoreMUNSTER. Gerhard Richter Ad Yoko Ono, Rosemarie rockel und William Kentridge - für eine Mappe mit zehn Kunstwerken hat der münsterische Galerist und Drucker Mike Karstens mit einigen der weltweit bedeutendsten Künstler zusammengearbeitet. Nach vier Jahren ist das Mappenwerk, dessen Erlös an Amnesty International fließen wird, nun fertig. An diesem Sonntag wird Mike Karstens die Blätter in seiner Galerie präsentieren. Das war eines der schönsten Projekte, die ich je gemacht habe", resümiert er.
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