The Golden Age of Abstraction: Right Now
Riffing on the past as it comments on our own time, contemporary abstraction evokes landscapes, bodies, signs, buildings, and much more Read More
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Tag Archives: Gerhard Richter
Auto-Destructive Tendencies
Whether by burning, cutting, shredding, or simply leaving them at the curb, artists have various reasons for disposing of their own works Read More
London Contemporary Sales Surge Again
Who bought what at the recent auctions Read More
Unfinished Werk
Franz Erhard Walther’s sculptures are perpetual works in progress. Read More
Multiple Personalities
Rebelling against the notion of a signature style, some painters are working in a variety of genres and stretching the idea of what a painting can be. Read More
The 10 Most Expensive Living Artists
Tracking the highest prices paid for contemporary artworks. Read More
Quick-Change Master
Shifting among styles as diverse as Day-Glo abstractions, photorealism, and geometrically structured color charts, Gerhard Richter has consistently perplexed and dazzled the art world. Read More
What Makes a Great Painting Great?
Experts on Johns, Warhol, and Richter explain how they evaluate a modern masterpiece. Read More
