At LGDR’s new gallery, 60 backward-gazing works by artists like Degas, Klimt and Cecily Brown highlight blue-chip buttocks.
Category: Sculpture
-
The Back Room of This Artist’s Studio Is Called the Abattoir
Max Hooper Schneider’s work space in Los Angeles is a cabinet of curiosities, complete with fish tanks, plastic mushrooms and Nerds candy.
-
Met Museum Commissions Bring Contemporary Art Front and Center
With a new wing years away, the Met will highlight cutting-edge art with Nairy Baghramian on its facade and Jacolby Satterwhite in the Great Hall.
-
A Silversmith Who ‘Wields That Hammer Like a Magic Wand’
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:With thousands of strikes from tools of various sizes, Ndidi Ekubia shapes highly textured yet functional cups, bowls and vases.
-
A Sibling Rivalry Divides Harry Bertoia’s Legacy
The New York Times – Music:At an auction, 20 of Harry Bertoia’s “sounding sculptures” sold for millions. But his children can’t agree on the future of his work.
-
Kehinde Wiley’s New Exhibition Is a Chapel of Mourning
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:“An Archaeology of Silence” opens in San Francisco after a string of police killings of Black men. It offers a respite room to those needing a break.
-
The Sculptor Crafting Works From Naturally Felled Wood
The New York Times – Travel:Plus: a Cape Town ramen restaurant, an exhibition of Larry Stanton’s portraits and more recommendations from T Magazine.
-
A Vehicle for Social Justice, Bound for the Frieze Art Fair
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:Ruben Ochoa is using his family’s old tortilla delivery van to highlight the harassment endured by Los Angeles street vendors.
-
Turning Trash Into Poetry
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:Ser Serpas, a young artist known for kinetic arrangements of discarded furniture, opens up about her expressive way of processing the used world.
-
Lucio Fontana, a Sculptor but So Perverse
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:In terra cotta, clay, metal and concrete, the Argentine Italian artist overhauled the history of European sculpture.
-
Pottery That Gets Its Colors by Chance
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:The Irish artisan Sinéad Fagan uses combustible materials in her firing process. The results, she said, are always a surprise.