ALI BANISADR – DENSE ALLEGORICAL PAINTINGS
In Banisadr’s highly-detailed paintings, the artist coaxes characters and hybrid figures out of atmospheres of color and brushwork. Though his paintings appear from afar like intricate abstractions, closer inspection reveals that each painting is a world unto itself, rich with…
“A KINDER TIME”CLARE WOODS AT STEPHEN FRIEDMAN GALLERY
In this exhibition, painter Clare Woods deploys still life to meditate on the fragile threshold between life and death. As art critic Charlotte Mullins writes, “while still life has historically been belittled by academic institutions for depicting inanimate objects, it is this…
HIGHLIGHTS OF FRIEZE LONDON 2024
Frieze London and Frieze Masters 2024 are now open. With both Frieze London showcasing work from after the year 2000 and Frieze Masters exhibiting work from before, there’s a lot of inspiring art to be seen and insightful events to…
Erwin Olaf at Hamiltons Gallery London
"Im Wald" (In The Forest) is a new series by Dutch photographer Erwin Olaf, and it is the first of his series to be photographed purely on location. The series is set in the beauty of the Bavarian and Austrian…
JAMES TURRELL AT GAGOSIAN GALLERY
Enjoy Light of the Presence, at Gagosian Gallery Athens, a pairing of two works from Glass Series (2001–) by James Turrell, Knowing Light (2007) and Rounded Up (2024). A poetic and inspiring ode to nature and its elements. Since the 1960s, Turrell has been exploring perceptual…
ROBERT LONGO – DRAWN FROM THE SOURCE
While Robert Longo has worked in a variety of media – including performance, photography, sculpture and painting – he is best known for his large-scale charcoal drawings engaging with art histrory as well as hyper-realistic works that reflect on the…
“HOTEL STORIES” ERIC FISCHL AT SKARSTEDT GALLERY NEW YORK
Enjoy this show currently on view at Scarstedt Gallery, New York. Titled “Hotel Stories” it features a new series of large scale works by American artist Eric Fischl. Hotel rooms take on an array of meanings, associations, and possibilities for…
ALL THE RIGHT ANGLES _ RANA BEGUM FEATURED
The work of Rana Begum – especially her sculptures and wall pieces – evoke the vocabulary of classic modernism:
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