A ubiquitous presence in New York’s art world, he also existed outside it, using 19th-century techniques to create ethereal, haunting images.
Category: Art
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After ‘The Brutalist,’ a Few Predictions for the Next Big Architecture Movie
As “The Brutalist” heads into Oscar night with 10 nominations, Hollywood is clamoring for its next big architecture hit. Our illustrator has some ideas.
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Guggenheim Lays Off 20 Employees as Financial Challenges Persist
The museum has suffered from rising costs and lower attendance. The cuts followed those at the Brooklyn Museum, which trimmed 10 percent of its staff this month.
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On the Japanese Coast, a Carefully Restored Modernist Marvel
The revival of a midcentury home places the work of the unsung architect Junzo Yoshimura in a new context.
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Inside Jack Whitten’s Queens Studio
The space is a window into the mind of the pioneering artist, who saved nearly everything.
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Why Are We So Obsessed With Blue?
The color has an unshakable hold on musicians, artists and writers.
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Leigh Bowery Arrives at Tate Modern, Without Labels
A new exhibition about the indefinable performer and designer won’t pigeonhole him, though it will bring his work to a much broader audience.
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Mel Bochner, Conceptual Artist Who Played With Language, Dies at 84
His early work made use of unexpected materials like pennies and masking tape. Later, he created trenchant word paintings that provoked and delighted.
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Coming Soon to Trump’s Kennedy Center: A Celebration of Christ
Richard Grenell, the center’s new president, told a conservative gathering that the “big change” at the center would be a “huge celebration of the birth of Christ at Christmas.”
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The Artists Giving Figurative Sculpture New Life
At a time of increasing anxiety about physical anatomy, figurative sculptors are breathing new life into one of the world’s oldest media.
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Gerd Stern, Beat Era Poet and Multimedia Artist, Dies at 96
An Aquarian Age savant, he was a founder of the artists’ collective USCO, which helped define the 1960s with psychedelic, sensory-overloading installations and performances.
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Inside Lucas Samaras’s New York Apartment
Lucas Samaras lived and worked in on the 62nd floor of a Midtown building, transforming the space into a creative retreat unlike any other.