Vasari Diary: Barbara Pollack’s ‘Brand New Art from China,’ Tony Oursler’s Macarons, and Martin Gayford’s ‘Modernists and Mavericks’
The latest column tackles lesser-known British painters, experimental pastries, and quite a bit more.
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A Tale of Two Chinas
Chinese artists today are suspended in midair between two cultures, one global, the other adamantly national.
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Farewell Our Globalism
Sampling China's post-Tiananmen avant-garde, the Guggenheim Museum evokes both fading one-world hopes and rising ethical divisiveness.
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Then and Now: China, An Old New Tradition
Read excerpts from the ARTnews archives about the nation's ever-evolving art scene since 1989.
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Kehinde Wiley to Receive the U.S. Department of State Medal of Arts
New York-based portraitist Kehinde Wiley will be awarded the U.S. Department of State Medal of Arts. Known for his flashy paintings that depict black men and women in the style of Old…
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Morning Links: ‘The Queen’ Edition
Hans Ulrich Obrist and Simon Castets discuss their 89plus project. [NYT] Here’s a profile of Emily Rafferty, who is stepping down as president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Wall Street J…
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China’s Desert Treasure
China's Mogao Caves, at the edge of the Gobi Desert, hold an unrivaled collection of Buddhist art spanning a thousand years. Now they're inspiring new generations of artists, from masters of ink…
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Under Destruction
Playing on the pervasiveness of images of destruction and devastation in the news and in Hollywood movies, artists are making works that range from violent to chillingly disquieting
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CHINA The Next Generation
China's younger artists are introspective, sophisticated, and hyper-aware of their identity in a globalized world
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