Of all the Russian avant-garde artists of the 20th century, Goncharova was the most experimental. She absorbed the artistic styles around her, from religious icons to the latest trends in modernism.
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At times, the artwork of the Chicago Imagists verges on the gross: that big green bogey dangling from the nostril of Officer E Doodit, a beady-eyed policeman with a bulging neck in Jim Nutt’s painting of 1968, is just the beginning.
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David Salle creates sequences of forms that chime, clang and clash. In the 1970s, he emerged as part of the Pictures Generation – a group of American artists who challenged ideas of authenticity and appropriation.
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The geometric drawings by the Swiss spiritualist and artist Emma Kunz (1892–1963) are like kaleidoscopes: patterns appear to tremble and pulsate as you pass by.
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Geta Brătescu sits at her desk clutching a chunky black marker pen in her heavily wrinkled hand. “Let’s see what I’m doing now,” she says, the square nib traversing the paper in one long continuous line.
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A self-taught poet and painter who died of AIDS in 1988, David Robilliard was a darling of the underground scene in London the 1980s.
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‘Sixteenth-century Korean art in some ways can be likened to a jigsaw puzzle with most of the pieces missing,’ says Shawn Eichman, Curator of Asian Art. ‘Every new piece that is found provides a greater context for all of the other pieces.’
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The Florence and Herbert Irving Asian Wing at the Metropolitan Museum, New York, is home to one of the most extensive and comprehensive collections of Asian art in the West.
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Saatchi is bringing together artists from two continents that used to be united, exploring the playful works that obscure – and highlight – the conflicts faced by their modern societies.
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They used to call pre-modern Korea ‘the Hermit Kingdom’. The name no longer applies, yet the country’s cultural and artistic traditions remain relatively unknown in the West.
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Never before has a retrospective of the father of British pop art explored so intricately every twist and turn of the artist’s life and complex mind.
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David Bailey is best known for his ultra glam photos of the fashionable and famous. But a new exhibit pairs these works with anonymous portraits of locals taken during his travels.
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Using straws, bamboo, lights, scents, and other experimental materials, six architects have transformed London’s Royal Academy, making visitors stop and think about their surroundings.
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When cosmetics magnate Stanley Picker died in 1982, he left behind a gorgeous house and notable art collection. Elizabeth Price's documentary invites viewers to come in and explore.
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In Mughal India, everything was jewelled. Gems and jewels were an integral aspect of daily wear; there were forms to adorn and beautify every part of the body in both secular and sacred spheres.
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“Absolutely you should go – but with a time machine." That was 2manydjs' David Dewaele's answer to the question: is Ibiza still worth a visit today? Time-travel might be a stretch, but a mooch around Ibiza: Moments in Love rolls back the years.
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The ‘Bloomberg New Contemporaries’ exhibit has always been a springboard for young artists seeking to make the climb from obscurity to enduring fame. This year, the unorthodox rules.
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Selfies may be all the rage, but there’s still nothing like a framed portrait. From famous faces to twins, a look at the spontaneous collection of winners at London's Portrait Gallery.
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World-famous architects build highly creative miniature homes to benefit a children’s charity.
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A new exhibition in London showcases the connection between Pop Art and design. From a ‘fetish chair’ to a creation made out of mud, Chloë Ashby picks the wildest pieces.
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