modern art

Wolfgang Tillmans, Lutz & Alex sitting in the trees (1992)
Wolfgang Tillmans: To look without fear

Eight years in the making, this sprawling show of some 350…

Franz Kline, Mahoning, 1956. Oil and paper on canvas, 80 3/8 × 100 1/2in. (204.2 × 255.3 cm), Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. https://whitney.org/collection/works/1997
Abstract Expressionism: A Brief History & Exploration
Born in the late nineteenth century, Modernism sought to challenge conventional institutions of its time. The late nineteenth century saw a shifting European political structure, with the birth of…
Installation view of New York: 1962-1964 at the Jewish Museum, NY. July 22, 2022-January 8, 2023.
“New York: 1962-1964” Captures More than a Time and Place
“New York: 1962-1964” is a celebration of the institution hosting it. The Jewish Museum has been a venerable fixture in New York’s cultural firmament for what seems like forever, but six decades ago…
"Art and Race Matters: The Career of Robert Colescott," 2022. New Museum, New York. (L-R) See Colescott's We Await Thee, (1964), Nubian Queen (1966), and Dr. Ehrlich’s Magic Bullet (1968).
Colescott Retrospective “Art and Race Matters” is a Must-See
Fresh off its survey of Faith Ringgold, the New Museum presents a retrospective of another veteran African American painter whose aesthetic DNA courses through subsequent generations of black artists…
Malick Sidibe (1935-2016), Un yéyé en position. Estimated at $4,000 - 6,000. Courtesy Bonhams.
Bonhams Auction to Highlight Art from Africa & the Diaspora
On July 27 in New York, Bonhams auction of Modern & Contemporary Art & Photography from Africa and the Diaspora will feature a large selection of exceptional photography including a striking…
Wide World Photos, detail of Gertrude Stein sitting on a sofa in her Paris studio, with a portrait of her by Pablo Picasso, and other modern art paintings hanging on the wall behind her, May 1930.
The Importance of Gertrude Stein as an Art Collector
Noted iconoclastic Jewish-American poet, playwright, novelist, and art collector Gertrude Stein (1874–1946) is remembered for her experimental use of language, her frank depiction of lesbian…
Various resin charms of different shapes and colors on a white background.
What is Resin Art: Fun Trend or Environmental Threat?
Resin art has experienced a burst in popularity within the last few years, but what exactly is this miracle material, and is there a catch? Resin by itself is a viscous, flammable substance that can…
Kimball art museum
The Architecture of Louis Kahn

"Could modern architects not learn to work with traditional materials while retaining the forms and the spirit of our own times? This is the question so beautifully answered by one of the greatest…

Robert Delaunay, Rhythmes, 1934.
What is Orphism? The Modern Art Movement Explained
Orphism seemed to stem from Cubism, in part, because it shared the desire to break down solid objects and challenge human perceptions of time, space, and volume. And yet, this “offshoot” of Cubism…
O'Keeffe and Stieglitz embracing under a tree
12 Famous Artists Who Fell in Love With Other Artists
There have been many famous, artistic love affairs and partnerships over the years. These relationships run the gamut from inspirational muses to creative partners to lovers and friends.
Marc Chagall, Mégaclès reconnait sa Fille pendant le Festin, from Daphnis et Chloé, 1961. Lithograph printed on Arches wove paper, signed in pencil. Estimated: $20,000 - 27,000.
Stunning Collection of Chagall Prints leads Bonhams Upcoming Sale
The selection of 26 lithographic works by Chagall comes from a single private collection curated over the past two decades, and spans Chagall’s print-making career from the 1950s-80s, including his…
Robert Doisneau, Le baiser de l’Hôtel de Ville, Paris 1950.
Robert Doisneau is the Fisherman of Moments at Palazzo Roverella
Robert Doisneau, born in 1912 in Gentilly, became an amateur photographer at the age of sixteen. Throughout life, he was able to create and record a world full of wonder and possibilities, a state of…
Winfred Rembert All Me, 2002 Dye on carved and tooled leather 25.25 x 25.25 inches WR127
Visceral Take on Jim Crow South in “Winfred Rembert, 1945-2021”
Artist Winfred Rembert carved leather the way a master carver would shape wood or stone. He learned to do so in prison, where he survived a near lynching, a jail sentence that included time on a…
Shikō Munakata, detail of Mukō-machi: Crossing Point of Highways, from the Tōkaidō Series, 1964.
Shikō Munakata’s Prints on View for the First Time Since 1965
Japan Society is pleased to present Shikō Munakata: A Way of Seeing, a new presentation of nearly 100 path-breaking works by the celebrated artist Shikō Munakata. Organized from their rare collection…
Diego Rivera, The Marriage of the Artistic Expression of the North and of the South on this Continent (Pan American Unity), 1940.
Pan American Unity by Diego Rivera at SFMOMA
In a groundbreaking partnership with City College of San Francisco, SFMOMA hosts Diego Rivera’s monumental mural The Marriage of the Artistic Expression of the North and of the South on the Continent…