The British prize for moving image work has been an important forerunner of further success. Grace Ndiritu, Black Beauty (2021), film still. Courtesy of Post-Hippie Productions. The six nominees for this year's Jarman Award were announced this week. They are Jamie Crewe, Onyeka Igwe, Grace Ndiritu,...
Frieze named the 118 galleries taking part, including a who's who of blue chip global galleries. Seoul. Photo: Joon Kyu Park. Frieze has announced the 118 galleries that will show in their first Asian fair from 2–5 September 2022. The list is a who's who of the...
Jakarta- and Singapore-based auction house MASTERPIECE is offering works by major figures of Southeast Asian modern art this month, including Affandi, Lee Man Fong, and S. Sudjojono. (Left) Affandi, Sun, Feet and Hands (1979). Oil on canvas. 100 x 80 cm. Estimate SGD 80,000–100,000. (Right)...
Almine Rech is presenting Breiling's deeply-layered spray paintings at Gallery Weekend Beijing 2022. Andrea Marie Breiling, Emma (2022). Spray paint on canvas. 162.6 x 243.8 cm / 64 x 96 in. © Andrea Marie Breiling. Courtesy the Artist and Almine Rech. Photo: Adam Reich Photography. American...
More specifically, Ancāns elaborates on what can't we just create (2021–2022), a site-specific installation consisting of monumental textual, photographic banners, and a large-scale sculpture, which previewed at the Mark Rothko Art Centre in Daugavpils, Latvia, on 21 December 2021. The project is up through 30...
By the early 1970s, Beirut had become a destination for Baghdadi, thanks to its mild weather, safety, and inclusive cosmopolitanism. Through my research on Baghdad's 20th-century modernism, I interviewed many who frequented the Lebanese capital, which had become for many synonymous with licentious modernity in...
In Turkey's south-eastern city of Mardin, the broad terrace of a grand 19th-century yellow limestone mansion overlooks what locals call 'the sea': a vast, shimmering Mesopotamian plain extending across the Syrian border, some 30 kilometres to the south. Inside one of the cool, vaulted rooms of...
David Kordansky shared his memories of working with the artist he nicknamed 'Big Tree'. Sam Gilliam, 10/27/69 (1969). Acrylic on canvas. Approximate installation dimensions: 355.6 x 469.9 x 40.6 cm. Collection of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY. Courtesy David Kordansky Gallery, Los...
Fifteen thousand people gathered at the NFT.NYC conference in New York last week, with many more joining just for satellite events around the city. A number of NFT.NYC sessions took place at Radio City Music Hall. Photo: Sam Gaskin. There was a boosterish tone to most...
The auctions feature works by market giants such as Yoshitomo Nara and Yayoi Kusama, as well as trending contemporary artists including Tomokazu Matsuyama, Izumi Kato, and Huang Yuxing. Yoshitomo Nara, Stars (2012). Oil on canvas. Courtesy Poly Auction Hong Kong. Estimate: HK $5.5 million–8.5 million...