Author Archives: Hilarie M. Sheets
Man of Refraction
Using light, mirrors, and neon and with a sensibility at once political and poetic, Iván Navarro creates glowing gateways of endless space Read More
Head in the Clouds
With the spirit of an artist, inventor, scientist, and engineer, Tomás Saraceno creates enormous bubbles, giant ethereal webs, and basketball court−size balloons that aspire to be lighter than air Read More
Backdrops, Blobs, Pods, and Props
The Walker Art Center celebrates its acquisition of a trove of objects documenting artists’ collaborations with Merce Cunningham in a series of groundbreaking shows Read More
Dynamic Duos
A growing number of artists make art as collaborators—
brainstorming, inspiring, arguing, and asking each other silly questions. Read More
Seeing Africa Around the World
In a groundbreaking show traversing continents and mediums, Lowery Sims defines an international African esthetic. Read More
The Morgan Behind the Morgan
A restoration of J. P. Morgan's library illuminates lesser-known aspects of the collector and his treasures . Read More
A New Look at an Edgy Realist
The visionary landscapes of Charles Burchfield come to the Hammer Museum in a major show curated by contemporary sculptor Robert Gober. Read More
Where Pharaohs Meet Mad Max
Raw brutalism and gritty humor underlie Huma Bhabha's antiheroic monuments. Read More
Man of a Thousand Faces
Filming portraits for his acclaimed glass-brick foundation in Chicago, weaving the alphabet into a giant steel figure in Des Moines, and staging a tower of cymbals for Dubai's newest skyscraper, Jaume Plensa brings a sense of spectacle and intimacy into monumental public sculpture. Read More
Uncovering Matisse
The first major survey of Matisse's output during World War I uses cutting-edge technology and old-fashioned connoisseurship to reveal his radical system of scraping, scratching, and repainting. Read More
CHINA The Next Generation
A Terrible Beauty?
UPDATED: A Long Lost Leonardo
In With the Old
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