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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Artful Recommends: Awol Erizku at the FLAG Art Foundation

October 23rd, 2020, 12:32 PM

In "Mystic Parallax," his new solo show in Chelsea, the conceptual artist uses music, photography, film, sculpture, and lots of fire to explore new ways of seeing African and Black American culture.

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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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Artful Recommends: Joan Snyder at Canada

October 15th, 2020, 2:00 PM
A searching show of abstract painting reminds us of art's essential functions at a time of trauma.
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Artful Recommends: "Possessions" in Frieze Viewing Room

October 9th, 2020, 8:00 AM

Frieze London, which has moved online like most fairs this season, encourages collectors to get in touch with their spiritual side in a special section curated by the Chisenhale Gallery's Zoé Whitley.

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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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Artful Recommends: Ragnar Kjartansson, "The Visitors" at ICA Boston

October 1st, 2020, 5:00 PM

The Icelandic performance artist's surprise hit from 2012, a video installation featuring a scattered band of bohemians making music in separate rooms of a mansion, strikes a new chord in the age of social distancing.

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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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Artful Recommends: Aliza Nisenbaum at Anton Kern

September 17th, 2020, 5:00 PM

A socially engaged artist who is unable to meet with her subjects during the pandemic channels the intimacy of a portrait session in her new works on paper featuring bouquets of flowers.

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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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