How Artists are Adapting to the Rise of Artificial Intelligence

November 4th, 2020, 5:00 PM

In exhibitions with an online presence, Pierre Huyghe and Trevor Paglen have been exploring the challenges machine learning poses to the making and interpretation of art.

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The Restored Rothko Chapel: A New Sanctuary When We Need it Most

October 27th, 2020, 5:30 PM

With the first phase of a big conservation and construction project now complete, the interfaith space in Houston housing Mark Rothko's immersive paintings has reopened—giving art lovers a place for contemplation and healing at a time of crisis.

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"Day's End" as a New Beginning: How Artists Found Inspiration in the Grit of 1970s New York

October 20th, 2020, 1:00 PM

A show at the Whitney Museum revisits the daring and resourceful responses of Gordon Matta-Clark, David Hammons, and others to a difficult period in New York City history.

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How Betye Saar's Travel Sketchbooks Guide Her Powerful Sculptures about Race in America

October 6th, 2020, 1:03 PM

In a new show at the Morgan Library and Museum, the 94 year-old artist reveals the intensely personal books of watercolors and collages she has made over the years on trips to Mexico, Haiti, Brazil, and elsewhere.

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From Subway Murals to Living Room Walls: Keith Haring's Personal Collection

September 23rd, 2020, 9:00 AM

"Dear Keith," an auction at Sotheby's that benefits the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Community Center of New York, reveals Haring's habit of trading works with fellow artists such as Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat.

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A Mid-century Modern Home in Connecticut Houses the Art Fair of the Future

September 15th, 2020, 11:15 AM

"At the Noyes House," a collaboration of the boutique art fair Object & Thing with the galleries Blum & Poe and Mendes Wood DM, brings contemporary art and design to a 1954 New Canaan home designed by the legendary architect and industrial designer Eliot Noyes.

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Artful Exclusive: An Excerpt from "A Year in the Art World" by Matthew Israel

September 8th, 2020, 5:30 PM

In this chapter from his soon-to-be-published book, Artful's Chief Curator explores a new company creating art experiences in Virtual Reality.

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Sanford Biggers on Unlocking the Secret Codes of Patchwork Quilts

September 1st, 2020, 4:05 PM

Ahead of a national touring show that debuts at the Bronx Museum this September, the artist discusses the works in his "Codex" series—inspired by the idea that quilts were used as signals along the Underground Railroad.

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A Show of Indigenous Artists in Phoenix Has Questions For Museums Everywhere

August 24th, 2020, 1:30 PM

"Larger Than Memory," a survey of American and Canadian Indigenous artists at the Heard Museum, emphasizes the contemporary, first-person perspectives that are often missing from such exhibitions.

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What We Can Learn About This Moment from the Great Art Dealers of the Past

August 19th, 2020, 11:30 AM

As galleries face unprecedented challenges, reading about influential art dealers of the past century reminds us that the profession has endured some difficult times. Here are five essential and inspiring books on figures from Joseph Duveen to Larry Gagosian.

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