New Delhi [India], Nov. 30 (ANI/PNN): Sibling duo Virat Kiran (7) and Chanvitha Sundari (2) set a new UNICO world record by expressing themselves through painting on an area of 1,300 square feet in just 3 hours ! The painting was abstract expressionism focusing on the global environmental crisis through “art and the importance of […]
Sep 09, 2020 | Sea | 21:07 Hong Kong’s autumn sales will begin in just a month and Sotheby’s has finally unveiled the top lot of its evening sale of contemporary art. Leading the sale, Gerhard Richter’s masterpiece Summary Bild (649-2) which was painted in the 1980s. The work will be auctioned at Sotheby’s Contemporary […]
The mid-twentieth century was a tumultuous time for the 22 countries of the Arab world. It was a period of decolonization and industrialization, of war and mass migration. It saw the rise of socialism, the global oil boom and the formation of new nations. “Because many of these countries were entering the world stage as […]
When you look at old photos of Istanbul, you will find the city more exotic in the 1970s. The city was alive as a bustling market at that time, and many American cars were driving through the streets. At the time, a high school teenager was graduating from Kabataş High School, where he was educated […]
Detail of a painting by Ha Chong-Hyun, from the “Conjunction” series, hanging in his studio. Guelda Voien In recent years, the Dansaekhwa movement in Korea has had a moment, to say the least. The practice of abstract painting attracted an abrupt appreciation both in his home country and abroad; some of the avant-garde works have […]
Carla Badiali, “Composizione (Composition)” (1937/1942), oil on canvas, 23 x 19 inches. (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) Nobody believes in the simple narrative arc of Modern Art anymore; Nevertheless, Painting in Italy from the 1910s to the 1950s: futurism, abstraction, concrete art at Sperone Westwater is an instructive insight into the fullness and […]
Verena Dengler, “American Painting” (2015), mixed media and spray paint on paper, 19 1/2 x 25 1/8 inches (50 x 64 cm), paper size, 23 5/8 x 29 1/4 inches ( 60 x 74.3 cm) frame size (all images courtesy of Thomas Duncan Gallery) LOS ANGELES — “Suspicious Fugue of the Speculative Ego as pragmatic […]
Abstract painting by Newman sold for $43 million in New York Record price at Sotheby’s for a canvas with the New York artist’s distinctive “zip” The Private Room is one of six paintings created in 1953 By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 06:16 GMT, 15 May 2013 | Update: 06:17 GMT, 15 May 2013 A painting […]