10 Contemporary Painters Reviving Impressionism
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On April 25, 1874, French critic Louis Leroy mocked Claude Monet’s Impression, Sunrise (1872), scathingly comparing the seascape to “wallpaper in its embryonic state.” He was writing in response to an exhibition staged in defiance of the state-sponsored Salon by 31 artists—including Monet, Paul Cézanne, and Edgar Degas. These artists became the target of Leroy’s mockery as painters of unfinished “impressions,” a characterization that would unwittingly christen the Impressionist movement. This year marks the 150th anniversary of that historic insult and the exhibition that introduced Impressio ..read more
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The 10 Best Booths at Art Basel Hong Kong 2024
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Amid the glistening neon of Hong Kong’s iconic skyline this week, the M+ Museum façade was alight with an evocative black-and-white film by Yang Fudong—just one of many signs that Art Basel Hong Kong, and a flurry of other art events, had taken over the city. “For us, the fair already started a few days ago as lots of collectors flew in to visit galleries earlier, which is typical, but it was more intense this time. There was a lot of excitement,” said Mimi Chun, founder of Blindspot Gallery, located in the industrial Wong Chuk Hang neighborhood. Ahead of the VIP opening on Tuesday, collecto ..read more
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Ibrahim Mahama wins inaugural Sam Gilliam Award.
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Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama has been awarded the inaugural Sam Gilliam Award, a new honor presented by the Dia Art Foundation and the Sam Gilliam Foundation. The award, which includes a $75,000 gift and a public program at a Dia location in fall 2024, was established in 2023 to support artists who have made a significant contribution in any medium. This partnership follows Dia’s presentation of Sam Gilliam’s work from 2019 to 2022. Born in 1987 in Tamale, Ghana, Mahama is known for his large-scale textile and found-object installations, repurposing materials to encourage reflection on the ..read more
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Abstract Weaving Is Having a Moment—Here’s Why
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From the earliest days of textile art, believed to be around 10,000 BCE, abstraction has been used to convey meaning. Though the subject matter in an abstract work may not be relayed so obviously, these weavings are embedded in the politics of their time. In ancient Andean communities, for example, colorful geometric patterns in wool were used to communicate messages across linguistic and geographic boundaries. From the 18th century to present day, abstractions woven as blankets, rugs, and clothing have become symbols of cultural resilience and preservation for the Navajo/Diné people. And in ..read more
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A $9 million Willem de Kooning painting leads early sales at Art Basel Hong Kong.
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A $9 million Willem de Kooning painting is among the top sales reported from Art Basel Hong Kong’s first day. The painting was sold by Hauser & Wirth, which also sold Philip Guston’s The Desire (1978) for $8.5 million and Mark Bradford’s May the Lord be the first one in the car...and the last out.(2023) for $3.5 million. On Tuesday morning, the fair kicked off the first of its two VIP Days at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. This edition marks a return to the fair’s pre-pandemic size, hosting more than 240 galleries, a 37% increase in exhibitors from 2023. More notable six ..read more
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Why Figurative Artists Have Turned to Monochromatic Palettes
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Unrest, 2023 Alayna Coverly VillageOneArt With Both Hands, 2023 Elijah Kauffman Soft Times Gallery A notable shift has transpired in the painting world of late: A growing cohort of emerging and mid-career artists, many of them figurative painters, are enveloping their subjects in varying shades of high-intensity colors, all taken from the same section of the color wheel. Neon-nearing hues like ghostly teals, laser lemon yellows, and mythical fuchsias are being used in similar shades to depict the world around us from the mundane to the magical. Often depicting the world through monochromatic ..read more
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Xin Liu wins inaugural K11 Artist Prize for emerging Asian artists.
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Multidisciplinary artist Xin Liu has won the inaugural K11 Artist Prize, an award established in 2023 by the K11 Art Foundation to spotlight emerging Asian talents. Born in 1991 in Xinjiang, China and based in New York, Liu was selected from eight shortlisted artists for her interdisciplinary work that bridges art and science. The artist studied measurement, control technology, and instruments at Tsinghua University in Beijing, and later received a master’s degree in media art and science from MIT and an MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design. Her educational experiences have inspired her ..read more
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How a New Generation of Paris Gallerists Has Changed the City’s Art Scene
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Paris is a city steeped in art history. Today, the French capital has a huge density of galleries, as well as a rich well of longstanding institutions and private museums such as the Pinault Collection and the Fondation Louis Vuitton. People no longer visit Paris just to go to the Louvre, but to see exceptional contemporary art exhibitions, too. While the local grisaille et grève—gray skies and strikes—may persist, there is a sunny outlook on the Paris scene. There are three main centers of art world activity in the city: the old-world 6th arrondissement (Saint-Germain-des-Prés), the wealthy ..read more
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5 Gallerists on What It Means to Support Women Artists Today
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Up to and Including Her Limits-Blue , 1973-76/2011 Carolee Schneemann P.P.O.W For decades, women gallerists have worked with women artists to create networks of support, friendship, and research that seek to challenge the male-dominated environment of the art world. Today, they continue to maintain the urgency of this project in a myriad of different ways. The five women gallerists featured here are based in locations from London to Lagos, and this global span points to the often intersectional approach that women gallerists take to their programming. These gallerists advocate for the multipl ..read more
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Hauser & Wirth to inaugurate first Basel space with historical Vilhelm Hammershøi show.
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Hauser & Wirth will inaugurate its new gallery space in Basel on June 4th with a historical survey of Vilhelm Hammershøi. The show, titled “Vilhelm Hammershøi. Silence,” marks the first solo exhibition of the 19th–20th century Danish artist in Switzerland. The new gallery is located at Luftgässlein 4 in Basel’s old town, minutes from the city’s major art institutions Kunsthalle Basel and Kunstmuseum Basel. The focus on Hammershøi is a somewhat surprising choice to inaugurate the new outpost, given the gallery’s market star–studded artist roster, and the timing ahead of Art Basel. That sa ..read more
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