Art News

“Tarsila do Amaral: Inventing Modern Art in Brazil” is currently on view at the Museum of Modern Art and is the first exhibition of the artist’s work in the U.S. Viewers are immediately introduced to Tarsila (1886–1973) via her cubist education. Indeed, it is important that Tarsila’s career be seen with the understanding that she benefited from extensive European modernist training and mentorship.

On the heels of its most successful ever Editions sale in London, Phillips is proud to announce the department’s 10th anniversary auction on 24 April in New York. The Editions team was founded at Phillips in 2008 by Cary Leibowitz and Kelly Troester, who both remain at the helm today. 

Pace Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of new works by David Hockney. Following the artist’s celebrated traveling retrospective at Tate Britain, the Centre Pompidou, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Pace’s exhibition Something New in Painting (and Photography) [and even Printing] will be on view from April 5 to May 12, 2018 at 508/510 West 25th Street.

This month, mark your calendar for lively exhibitions focused on football and contemporary art, Francis Bacon’s and Alberto Giacometti’s mutual influences and friendly rivalry, as well as the daring multimedia work of Raqs Media Collective, among others.

Dr. Matthew A. Postal and Dr. Steven Zucker discuss landmarks preservation in New York City while visiting: Charles Luckman Associates's Madison Square Garden and Pennsylvania Station (below), the former site of Charles McKim for McKim Mead, & White, Pennsylvania Station (New York City), 1910 and then visiting Reed & Stem, Warren & Wetmore's Grand Central Terminal, 1912.

On Tuesday, April 17, the Brooklyn Museum will host the eighth annual Brooklyn Artists Ball, honoring the creative couple Robert Gober and Donald Moffett and celebrating their art and their commitment to each other and to social good.

Christie’s announces final details of the most anticipated art world event of the spring season:  the sale of the magnificent Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller.  All of the estate proceeds will be directed to a dozen philanthropies Peggy and David Rockefeller supported during their lifetimes, for the benefit of continuing scientific research, higher education, support for the arts, sustainable economic development, and land conservation initiatives, among others.

Sotheby’s recent American Art auction included works by seven important female artists in a range of styles from classical sculpture to cubism and folk art. Self-taught artist Anna Mary Robertson Moses, known as “Grandma Moses,” painted "Hurrah for Christmas," one of the highlights of the auction. An autumnal success story, Grandma Moses didn't start painting until 75, becoming one of the most famous folk artists of the 20th century.

Why did the abstract art of Mexico’s ancient Mezcala civilisation so fascinate the Nobel Prize-winning scientist Ilya Prigogine? Christie’s Pre-Columbian Art specialist Fatma Turkkan-Wille admires his superb collection and offers some theories of her own.

Today Frieze announces details of Frieze New York’s first-ever themed section, celebrating the maverick spirit and enduring legacy of New York and Chicago art dealer Hudson (1950-2014) and his gallery Feature Inc. Curated by Matthew Higgs (White Columns, New York), For Your Infotainment: Hudson and Feature Inc. will showcase major artists who received their gallery debuts or had a long history at Hudson’s seminal space Feature Inc. in the 1980s, ‘90s and early 2000s.