contemporary art

The Painting Center is pleased to present Worlds Without Rooms, the first solo exhibition for New York-based artist Alannah Farrell.
Ottawa-based Mazurka will debut a new body of paintings, embossings and site-specific installations using textured layers of colored vinyl. Mazurka’s work revolves around patterns, and how they help…
Sculptor Tony Cragg discusses his long-standing interest in plastic, machine parts, and other products of industry. He describes his process of scavenging, stacking, and piling these utilitarian…
Learn about the life of American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, from his start as part of graffiti duo SAMO to his rise as an internationally renowned painter.
The Armory Show returns March 6-10, 2019 with 198 galleries from 33 countries, bringing together an unparalleled presentation of modern and contemporary art in central Manhattan. Staged at Piers 90,…
The J. Paul Getty Museum announced today the acquisition of 105 glass plate holograms by 20 artists related to the C-Project, a collaboration developed in the early 1990s between a select group of…
From March 4-10, Bonhams Post-War & Contemporary Art Department is pleased to present Paper Jam: Contemporary Works on Paper, a curated exhibition of works on paper by artists such as…
Now in its 19th year at the Metropolitan Pavilion in Chelsea, SCOPE is renowned for bringing cutting-edge contemporary artists and movements to the forefront. With 60 international exhibitors, talent…
Ro Gallery Auctions February Modern & Contemporary will be held at 11am Eastern on Wednesday February 27th. Featured Artists: Carole Feuerman, Pablo Picasso, John Cage, Tony Bennett,…
Phillips’ first New York auction of the 2019 season, New Now on February 27th, is considered the go-to place for the latest in cutting edge art. Featuring luminaries in the contemporary art field,…
A powerful multisensory installation of sculpture and sound by American contemporary artist, poet and activist Vanessa German will be on view at the Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia…
Alexa Meade is an artist who turns the traditional notion of art on its head—instead of capturing the real world on a flat canvas, the real world is her canvas.
The Yale University Art Gallery is pleased to announce Matthew Barney: Redoubt, an exhibition of the renowned contemporary artist’s latest body of work (2016–19). The exhibition includes an epony­…

Sculptor Nari Ward brings his perspective on the American experience to the New Museum this week. Ward, who was born in Jamaica, has lived and worked in Harlem for much of his twenty-…

Artist Liam Everett, one of SFMOMA’s 2017 SECA Art Award winners, explains his use of furniture and loose materials to simultaneously obstruct and direct his approach to painting. He describes how…