contemporary art

Sebastaio Salgado black and white photograph of an iceberg
Intersect Aspen Offers Contemporary Art in Online Fair
Intersect Aspen is now live at IntersectAspen.com. The online viewing room includes 110 exhibitors from 28 countries, and runs from July 22-26, 2020.
the silhouette of a child standing in a bay window
Contemporary Artists Reflect on the Global Lockdown
Beyond restricting social interactions and physical mobility, global stay-at-home orders impacted the work of contemporary artists around the world in a number of ways.
Kate Shepherd large red canvases in a gallery
6 American Galleries Highlighting Abstraction

As art exhibitions have begun to reopen amidst the continuing coronavirus pandemic, we’ve discovered that a number of American galleries are highlighting abstraction, even though figuration is…

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How Jean-Michel Basquiat Turned Art History on Its Head
From the anatomical features of Da Vinci to the fractured features of modernist portraiture, the human head has reigned supreme in Art History.
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Costas Picadas' Art of Healing
In times of great uncertainty, artists are lighting the path towards salvation. One of those is Costas Picadas, creating bridges between art and science to heal and remind us what we are made of.
Judy Chicago in her studio working on paper
At Home with Artist Judy Chicago
The artist invites us into her studio to give a glimpse of her life during quarantine, her creative process, and share her hopes for the future.
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A Room With a View: 9 Hotels with Art Worth Seeing
Ask the curator, not the concierge in these nine hotels with stellar art collections.
data presented in artistic way, view of mountains with blue lights
An Artistic Exploration of Climate Data
Watch a series of four online interactive artworks created in collaboration with five artists and the UNFCCC, interpreting scientific climate data.
Sarah Sze abstract collaged painting in swirling blues
5 Must-See European Galleries Reopening with American Artists
Having to wait a bit longer for New York, Chicago, and LA dealers to reopen, we turned our sights on European galleries mounting recently opened exhibitions of American artists.
Xiaoxiao Xu photograph of a young chinese girl laying in pile of corn
Xiaoxiao Xu: A Photographic Journey Along the Great Wall
"Photography for me is more than a passion or an obsession: it’s a necessity. As a photographer, I persist with my own dreams,” says Xiaoxiao Xu.
Church, 2019 by Victor Solomon.
To the Hoop: Basketball and Contemporary Art
How the popular sport serves as a potent metaphor for social concerns
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David Hockney's Old Masters-Inspired "30 Sunflowers"
Painted in 1996, David Hockney's "30 Sunflowers" is a bold and luscious still life of contemporary times. In this episode of Sotheby's Expert Voices, discover how Hockney was inspired to paint "…
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2 Minute Movies Bridges Music and Filmmaking
A new collaboration between Maroon 5’s Jesse Carmichael and artist Paul Davies connects visual art, music, and filmmaking.
The Pont de Neuf, Wrapped, 1985.
Christo, Famed Installation Artist, Dead at 84
Christo Vladimirov Javacheff, known as Christo, worked for decades with his wife and artistic partner, Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon, to create massive installations around the world.
Tim Gardener painting of a room service tray of breakfast sitting in front of a window with a view of mountains and a lake
6 Sensational Viewing Room Shows Across the Americas
Nothing can compare to actually seeing art in person, but online exhibitions that are chock-full of content is undoubtedly the next best thing.