On view in Venice – Chris Ofili: Harvest
The exhibition (25 June–10 September 2022) debuts a suite of new works completed over the past year in watercolour, charcoal and gold leaf on paper.
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The latest from Victoria Miro artists around the world
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August 5 2022
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Interview
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August 5 2022
Isaac Julien speaks to The New York Times about Once Again... (Statues Never Die)
Isaac Julien is interviewed by The New York Times about the artist's new film Once Again... (Statues Never Die), currently on view at the Barnes Foundation until 4 September 2022. Arthur Lubow, The New York Times -
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July 15 2022
Milton Avery: American Colourist at the Royal Academy of Arts
The first comprehensive exhibition of Avery’s work in Europe (from 15 July 2022), bringing together a selection of around 70 paintings from the 1930s–1960s that are among his most celebrated. These works typically feature scenes of daily life, including portraits of loved ones and serene landscapes from his visits to Maine and Cape Cod. Royal Academy of Arts, London -
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Interview
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August 9 2022
Kudzanai-Violet Hwami is interview by Cultured Magazine
‘To me, painting is a practice that allows me to remain curious,’ she says, ‘and the act of using collage is helpful as a reminder of the fragility of the human condition.’ – Kudzanai-Violet Hwami Camila McHugh, Cultured Magazine -
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July 15 2022
Pictus Porrectus: Reconsidering the Full-Length Portrait featuring Celia Paul is reviewed by Vogue
On view at Isaac Bell House until 2 October, Pictus Porrectus: Reconsidering the Full-Length Portrait is featured in Vogue. Marley Marius, Vogue -
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June 14 2022
Howardena Pindell: A New Language at Kettle’s Yard
Howardena Pindell: A New Language, the artist’s first solo institutional exhibition in the UK (on view at Kettle's Yard, Cambridge from 2 July 2022), brings together work from Pindell’s six-decade-long career, including paintings, works on paper, and video. The exhibition tracks the development of Pindell’s artistic language, and examines her work as exemplary in articulating empowerment. Kettle's Yard, Cambridge -
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June 14 2022
Isaac Julien: Once Again... (Statues Never Die) at the Barnes Foundation
In celebration of the Barnes centennial, the museum has commissioned Once Again . . . (Statues Never Die), an immersive five-screen installation by artist and filmmaker Sir Isaac Julien, on view from 19 June 2022. The Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia -
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June 20 2022
Celia Paul features in Pictus Porrectus: Reconsidering the Full-Length Portrait, curated by Dodie Kazanjian and Alison Gingeras
Pictus Porrectus: Reconsidering the Full-Length Portrait, curated by Dodie Kazanjian and Alison Gingeras, takes place at Isaac Bell House, Newport, Rhode Island, 1 July–2 October 2022. Isaac Bell House, Newport, Rhode Island -
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July 1 2022
Idris Khan at Château La Coste
Unveiled in the Richard Rogers Drawing Gallery, Idris Khan's exhibition (1 July–September 2022) brings together 24 new watercolours and three large paintings. Château La Coste, Provence -
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June 21 2022
Works by Wangechi Mutu and Chris Ofili feature in the Hayward Gallery exhibition In the Black Fantastic
An exhibition (29 June–18 September 2022) of 11 contemporary artists from the African diaspora, who draw on science fiction, myth and Afrofuturism to question our knowledge of the world. Hayward Gallery, London -
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July 5 2022
Sarah Sze features in Mondo Reale, the 23rd Triennale Milano
The Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain has been invited by Triennale Milano to be part of the 23rd International Exhibition. Mondo Reale (15 July–11 December 2022), curated by Hervé Chandès, Artistic Managing Director, is a reaction on the idea of mystery and unknown through the work of 17 international artists. Milan, Italy -
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June 16 2022
Maria Nepomuceno features in Forest: Wake this Ground at Arnolfini, Bristol
This major group exhibition (9 July–2 October 2022) includes artists, writers, filmmakers and composers from across the globe, with works that recycle, reuse and repurpose resources, and explore stories, myths, and folktales passed down between people over centuries. Arnolfini, Bristol -
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June 14 2022
Njideka Akunyili Crosby at Blanton Museum of Art
This intimate exhibition (from 23 July 2022) presents four new works by Akunyili Crosby. Still You Bloom in this Land of No Gardens, the largest work in the show, depicts the artist holding her young child on the outdoor terrace of her home, enveloped by lush plants and vines. Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, Texas -
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News story
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June 20 2022
Announcing a new print by Conrad Shawcross, sold in aid of War Child, available at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
Conrad Shawcross has made a new work, Study for the Patterns of Absence; Ukraine 11, that will be sold in aid of War Child, a charity supporting children affected by the crisis in Ukraine and conflict zones around the world. Royal Academy of Arts, London -
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Exhibition
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June 20 2022
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2022
This year's theme, chosen by exhibition coordinator Alison Wilding, is ‘Climate’, with rooms selected by Grayson Perry and Conrad Shawcross. Featuring works by Perry, Shawcross, Isaac Julien, and Tal R. Royal Academy of Arts, London -
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Review
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July 17 2022
Laura Cumming reviews Milton Avery: American Colourist
★★★★★ 'Modest, taciturn, unassuming, with his outstanding gift for colour and his simplified grace, Milton Avery (1885-1965) is a singular master of American art.’ The Observer Laura Cumming -
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July 18 2022
The Financial Times reviews Milton Avery: American Colourist
Space is airy and open, the cast list domestic and unheroic, a piercing sun or subdued lamplight in cosy interiors bathes everything in a warm atmosphere, and although without grandeur or extravagance, each living thing is imbued with a surge of optimism and individuality at the Royal Academy’s delightful summery new exhibition… – Jackie Wullschläger The Financial Times Jackie Wullschläger -
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July 10 2022
Laura Cumming reviews Howardena Pindell: A New Language for The Observer
★★★★★ 'And so these works come to have another meaning, another significance, another effect upon the viewer. Their beauty is doubly political, by the end of this unmissable exhibition – as a message but also a comforting beneficence.' Laura Cumming, The Observer -
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July 1 2022
The Guardian reviews Howardena Pindell: A New Language at Kettle’s Yard
★★★★★ 'The themes of structure versus chaos, pattern in variety, which Pindell’s early paintings explore is not just aesthetic. It suggests the bigger patterns of history and power, the structure of human relationships.' Jonathan Jones, The Guardian -
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July 12 2022
The Guardian reviews Milton Avery: American Colourist at the Royal Academy of Arts
★★★★★ 'To see this art so closely related to abstract expressionism yet rooted in nature opens a new vista on American art itself. Avery is a missing link between landscape and abstraction.' Jonathan Jones, The Guardian -
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July 5 2022
Yayoi Kusama: DANCING LIGHTS THAT FLEW UP TO THE UNIVERSE at PHI Foundation, Montréal
In celebration of its 15th anniversary, the PHI Foundation for Contemporary Art presents Yayoi Kusama: DANCING LIGHTS THAT FLEW UP TO THE UNIVERSE, the artist’s first solo exhibition in Québec (on view 6 July 2022-15 January 2023). PHI Foundation, Montréal -
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Preview
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July 6 2022
‘Rothko’s guru: how Milton Avery transformed modern art’ – The Telegraph previews Milton Avery: American Colourist at the Royal Academy of Arts
Lucy Davies writes about Avery's work and influence, in conversation with the artist's daughter, March Avery, and grandson, Sean Cavanaugh. Lucy Davies, The Telegraph -
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Review
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July 12 2022
Laura Freeman reviews Milton Avery: American Colourist for The Times
★★★★ 'He was America’s first great modern colourist with a bracing, racing-silk palette.' Laura Freeman, The Times -
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July 12 2022
Milton Avery: American Colourist reviewed by The Telegraph
★★★★ 'It’s the first solo show of Avery’s work in a European public gallery, and it sweeps you through a half-century of flux: we move from scrupulous little landscapes, made outdoors in Connecticut, to towering colour-field canvases with nearly all detail abstracted away.' – Cal Revely-Calder Cal Revely-Calder, The Telegraph -
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News story
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June 8 2022
Paula Rego, 1935–2022
It is with immense sadness that we announce the death of the Portuguese-British artist Dame Paula Rego at the age of 87. She died peacefully this morning, after a short illness, at home in North London, surrounded by her family. Our heartfelt thoughts are with her children, Nick, Cas and Victoria Willing, and her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. -
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Review
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June 2 2022
The New York Times on Wangechi Mutu at Storm King
Shirley Ngozi Nwangwa for The New York Times reports on Wangechi Mutu's sculpture works currently installed at Storm King Art Center. Shirley Ngozi Nwangwa, The New York Times -
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June 8 2022
Remembering Paula Rego
'Paula Rego was a fearless artist who painted life and the world head-on. A remarkable, dazzling, and powerful force for good and for change. I am proud that the gallery has been able to celebrate and promote her work in the last years of her life. We have lost a very great artist'. – Victoria Miro -
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June 6 2022
Isaac Julien receives a knighthood in the Queen’s Birthday Honours
Congratulations to Isaac Julien on receiving a knighthood in the Queen's Birthday Honours for the Platinum Jubilee year. -
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Interview
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June 1 2022
The Art Newspaper podcast with Stan Douglas
Stan Douglas speaks with Ben Luke in the latest episode of A brush with... The Art Newspaper's official podcast. Ben Luke, The Art Newspaper -
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Commission
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May 25 2022
Chantal Joffe: A Sunday Afternoon in Whitechapel goes on view at Whitechapel station on the newly launched central section of the Elizabeth line
The artwork reflects the local east London community enjoying a typical Sunday afternoon. The works were initially made as small-scale paper collages that were subsequently rendered in laser-cut aluminium. Whitechapel station -
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May 28 2022
Isaac Julien: Looking for Langston at Inhotim, Brazil
Julien’s seminal 1989 work is on view (from 28 May 2022) at Inhotim in Brumadinho, Brazil. Blending poetry and images, Julien draws on a lyrical exploration of the private world of Langston Hughes and the fellow Black artists and writers who shaped the Harlem Renaissance. Brumadinho, Brazil -
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May 17 2022
Wangechi Mutu at Storm King Art Center
As part of its 2022 special exhibitions, Storm King — a 500-acre outdoor museum located in New York's Hudson Valley — presents both outdoor and indoor sculptures by the artist, on view 21 May–7 November 2022. New Windsor, NY -
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May 15 2022
Women Painting Women opens at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
Featuring work by María Berrío, Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Chantal Joffe, Alice Neel, and Paula Rego, Women Painting Women is on view at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas until 25 September 2022. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth -
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Review
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April 24 2022
‘The triumph… is a magnificent presentation of paintings and stuffed figures by Paula Rego’ – Laura Cumming reviews the Venice Biennale
'Of the 213 artists, only 21 are men, which represents a complete reversal. More striking still is the novelty of walking through half a mile of art with scarcely a... Laura Cumming, The Observer -
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May 31 2022
Ian Hamilton Finlay’s Little Sparta public opening 2022
Set in the Pentland Hills near Edinburgh, Little Sparta is Ian Hamilton Finlay’s unique garden and life's work. This year's annual public opening takes place between 2 June–25 September 2022 Stonypath, Dunsyre -
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May 16 2022
Marina Warner reviews Feminine Power: The Divine to the Demonic for The Guardian, featuring work by Wangechi Mutu
Marina Warner reviews for The Guardian the British Museum's group exhibition Feminine Power: The Divine to the Demonic. Marina Warner, The Guardian -
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April 29 2022
Secundino Hernández at the Miettinen Collection, Berlin
'It's good to be back' is the title of a new solo exhibition (until 31 July 2022) by Secundino Hernández, presenting more than 60 works from the Miettinen Collection and the artist's own archive. Miettinen Collection, Berlin -
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Review
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May 12 2022
The New Yorks Times reviews the work of Milton Avery
Roberta Smith takes a look at the work of Milton Avery for The New York Times, which is currently on view in Hartford and New York. Roberta Smith, The New York Times -
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April 26 2022
Paula Rego at Museo Picasso Málaga
Travelling from Tate Britain and Kunstmuseum Den Haag, the largest retrospective of the artist's work to date is on view in Málaga, 26 April–21 August 2022. Museo Picasso Málaga -
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April 30 2022
Now open at Kistefos Museum – an exhibition by Do Ho Suh
The exhibition (30 April–21 August 2022) comprises a lifesize installation of the artist's colourful hub series together with film and large-scale wall-works. Jevnaker, Norway -
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May 4 2022
Kudzanai-Violet Hwami features in Reframed: The Woman in the Window at Dulwich Picture Gallery
The exhibition (4 May–4 September 2022) is the first exhibition to explore the enigmatic motif of the ‘woman in the window’. Dulwich Picture Gallery -
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Review
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May 6 2022
Studio International reviews Celia Paul: Memory and Desire
Beth Williamson from Studio Internation reviews Celia Paul: Memory and Desire, on view at Victoria Miro. Beth Williamson, Studio International -
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April 22 2022
‘Stan Douglas packs a punch’: The New York Times reviews the national pavilions at the Venice Biennale
Stan Douglas, Vancouver's towering intellect of photography and video art... delves into the intersecting uprisings of 2011 (the Arab Spring, the London riots, Occupy Wall Street) in a contribution split between the Canadian pavilion and an old salt storage depot. The New York Times -
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April 27 2022
Celia Paul Letters to Gwen John is reviewed by The New York Times
Drusilla Modjeska reviews Celia Paul's new publication Letters to Gwen John for The New York Times. Drusilla Modjeska, The New York Times -
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Review
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April 21 2022
Frieze reviews Stan Douglas at the 59th Venice Biennale
Drawing a through line between the global social and political unrest of 2011 (e.g. the Arab Spring, Occupy Wall Street, etc.) and the working-class upheaval that took place in 1848 across continental Europe, Douglas exhibits a suite of works that demonstrate how social movements are so often predicated on the news disseminated via mass media. Frieze -
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April 20 2022
The Art Newspaper names Stan Douglas’s presentation a ‘must-see pavilion’ at the Venice Biennale 2022
Douglas’s photographs are a technological masterclass. He has turned chaotic scenes into dramatic tableaus of impossible detail. They are peans, in sound and light, to what is increasingly a truism: art at its best is an act of resistance. The Art Newspaper -
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Interview
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April 9 2022
Paula Rego features on a special cover of La Repubblica’s d magazine for La Biennale di Venezia
The cover features Rego's The Blue Fairy Whispering to Pinocchio, 1996: 'Fables are important in our culture, they speak of profound things. My aunt Ludgera used to tell me stories every day and later in life I found it liberating to go and study them. They weren't moralistic and I like that. But revelatory: they spoke of cruelty and sacrifice.' La Repubblica -
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April 18 2022
On view at La Biennale di Venezia 2022
Stan Douglas represents Canada, and Paula Rego and Kudzanai-Violet Hwami are featured in The Milk of Dreams, curated by Cecilia Alemani, at the 59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia. Venice, Italy -
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April 8 2022
Stan Douglas talks to Artforum about his project for the Canadian Pavilion
Stan Douglas discusses work to be featured in the 59th International Art Exhibition—La Biennale di Venezia. Artforum -
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April 21 2022
Artnet reports on Stan Douglas’s two-part Canada Pavilion exhibition in Venice
In a triumphant turn, Douglas looks at four distinct uprisings that were different in character but similarly driven by disenfranchisement and a sense of frustration with social systems. Artnet -
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April 5 2022
Celia Paul is interviewed by Rachel Campbell-Johnston in The Times
Read an interview with Celia Paul ahead of the artist's exhibition opening at Victoria Miro and the launch of new publication, Letters to Gwen John. Rachel Campbell-Johnston , The Times -
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April 10 2022
Kudzanai-Violet Hwami at Kunsthaus Pasquart
The exhibition (10 April–12 June 2022) will be accompanied by a publication featuring texts by Osei Bonsu and curator Stefanie Gschwend. Kunsthaus Pasquart, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland -
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April 11 2022
Doron Langberg collaborates with Artspace to create a benefit print in support of Visual AIDS
A new series of 30 hand-painted unique editions, titled Oren and Bennet, 2022. Proceeds from the sale of this series will be donated to support Visual AIDS, a New York-based nonprofit that utilises art to fight AIDS by provoking dialogue, supporting HIV+ artists, and preserving a legacy. -
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April 5 2022
Celia Paul: Letters to Gwen John is reviewed by The Telegraph
'The end result is a beguiling, singular work of art – a portrait of two lives, entwined through time and space...' – Lucy Scholes Lucy Scholes, The Telegraph -
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March 17 2022
As reported by The Art Newspaper, Storm King Art Center celebrates Wangechi Mutu in its 2022 season
The Storm King Art Center in upstate New York will launch its 2022 season next month with an exhibition of evocative sculptures by the Kenya-born artist Wangechi Mutu, the artist who devised the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s inaugural façade commission in 2019. Special exhibitions 21 May 2022. Gabriella Angeleti, The Art Newspaper -
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March 31 2022
Now open at Fondazione Prada – Elmgreen & Dragset: Useless Bodies?
A major exhibition (31 March–22 August 2022) exploring the present condition of the body in the post-industrial age in which it seems that our physical presence is losing its centrality or is even completely superfluous. Fondazione Prada, Milan -
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March 26 2022
Adriana Varejão: Sutures, Fissures, Ruins at Pinacoteca de São Paulo
This retrospective (26 March–1 August 2022) is one of the most comprehensive exhibitions ever held of Varejão’s work, bringing together for the first time a significant group of more than 60 works produced from 1985 to 2022. Pinacoteca de São Paulo -
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March 30 2022
Elephant features Flora Yukhnovich in a generation of artists inspired by art history
Chloë Ashby includes Flora Yukhnovich in the modern generation of artist's inspired by the history of art. Chloë Ashby, Elephant -
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March 11 2022
Alice Neel: People Come First at the de Young Museum, San Francisco
This ambitious survey (which takes place in San Francisco 12 March–10 July 2022) was previously on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, in 2021, and the Guggenheim Bilbao (17 September 2021–6 February 2022). de Young Museum, San Francisco, California -
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Review
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March 16 2022
Sebastian Smee reviews Milton Avery at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in the Washington Post
‘Milton Avery was the 20th century’s great ‘painter’s painter.’ Sebastian Smee, The Washington Post
In Focus – Isaac Julien: Once Again... (Statues Never Die) at the Barnes Foundation
Isaac Julien: Once Again... (Statues Never Die) is currently on view at the Barnes Foundation until 4 September 2022.
The work explores the relationship between Dr. Albert C. Barnes, who was an early US collector and exhibitor of African material culture, and the famed philosopher and cultural critic Alain Locke, known as the ‘Father of the Harlem Renaissance.’
