Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, “Level with the Lawn” (2018), oil on canvas, 55 1/4 x 51 1/4 inches (all images courtesy Jack Shainman Gallery) British-Ghanaian artist Lynnette Yiadom-Boakye’s canvases call attention to the simple pleasure of looking, even as they acknowledge the complex, freighted nature of the act. Her celebrated portraits of Continue Reading
Jim Osman: The Walnut Series at Lesley Heller Gallery, New York: installation view, Peter Gynd (all images courtesy the artist and Lesley Heller Gallery, New York) Jim Osman’s suite of new sculptures in The Walnut Series, the artist’s sixth solo show at Lesley Heller Gallery, lures viewers into a charmed pathway Continue Reading
Rhodes Pharma Spoon deployment in Coventry, Rhode Island on February 7 (image courtesy the Opioid Spoon Project) Yesterday, February 7, artist Domenic Esposito dropped off a massive, unexpected addition to the entrance of Rhodes Pharma. The generic opioid manufacturer is linked to the infamous Sackler family, founders of multi-billion dollar Continue Reading
For years, we’ve been following Mike Stilkey‘s ever-growing collection of book art. Using disposed and discarded reading material, the Los Angeles-based artist crafts striking sculptures that breathe new life into overlooked stacks of old books. Stilkey’s one-of-a-kind creations range in scale, materializing as both table-top arrangements and monumental installations. While he Continue Reading
“Laocoon and His Sons” displayed in the Museo Pio Clementino of the Vatican Museums in Rome, Italy (Photo: IR Stone via Shutterstock) During ancient Greece’s Hellenistic Period, sculptors took their classical craft to new levels. Renowned for expressive figures that appear to be in motion, this era saw the creation of Continue Reading
This post may contain affiliate links. If you make a purchase, My Modern Met may earn an affiliate commission. Please read our disclosure for more info. Greek graphic designer and illustrator Meni Chatzipanagiotou creates beautiful, nature-inspired ink drawings that are full of captivating details. Hand-drawn using black Micron pens and Continue Reading
Still from Pier Paolo Pasolini, Salò, or the 120 Days Of Sodom, (all images courtesy Park Circus) “I believe to give scandal is a duty, to be scandalized is a pleasure, and to refuse to be scandalized is moralism,” the poet and filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini said in an October Continue Reading
Wyatt Walker, a college basketball player for North Carolina State University, modeling for the Bacchus Conservation Project (all images courtesy of the North Carolina Museum of Art) Normally, it would be a bit flirty to tell a college athlete that he has the body of a Greek god. But conservators at Continue Reading
The Museum of Modern Love by Heather Rose “You must do it, but you must be fearless.” Those were the words Australian author Heather Rose heard as she sat before Marina Abramović in 2010 during Abramović’s performance retrospective The Artist Is Present at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). It was during Continue Reading
The traveling Bauhaus bus next to the Bauhaus School building in Germany (photo by Mirko Mielke, all images courtesy Savvy Contemporary) The Bauhaus School in Dessau, Germany has been transformed into a mobile home with a mission: to spread the gospel of its design philosophy worldwide. But this tiny house Continue Reading
Karen Collins, “African American Museum of Miniatures” (all photos by Ian Byers-Gamber) In our market-dominated art world, the word “collection” might conjure an image of crates of blue-chip artworks housed in an offshore tax haven by an investment-minded hedge fund manager. By contrast, the exhibition 21 Collections at the Los Angeles Continue Reading
Farewell, 2018, and may 2019 be the best yet. Thank you to Jennifer Chan for creating this year’s Holiday gifs. The post Happy New Year from Hyperallergic! appeared first on Hyperallergic.
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