Who was Su Shi, and why is he so revered within Chinese culture? Art critic Alastair Sooke and Christie’s specialist Sophia Zhou look at the life and times of this giant of Chinese culture, and reflect on his revolutionary ideas about what painting could be.
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This fall, the Philadelphia Museum of Art will premiere "Bury Our Weapons, Not Our Bodies!," a new site-specific public performance by acclaimed Israeli-born artist Yael Bartana. This performance will be presented as part of a solo exhibition at the Museum dedicated to the artist’s provocative film trilogy, "And Europe Will Be Stunned" (2007-2011).
Sotheby’s Yellow Ball Auction, presenting the extraordinary art collection of Frank and Lorna Dunphy, realized $13.3 million today, with 92% of lots sold, and participants from 43 countries. Known for managing Damien Hirst, Frank and his wife, Lorna, collected an impressive array of art.
Peter Bruegel the Elder’s Dulle Griet (Museum Mayer van den Bergh, Antwerp) has regained its spectacular original appearance with the rediscovery during restoration of a blue-green sky. Experts at the Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (KIK-IRPA) in Brussels have worked for a year and a half on the treatment of the world-famous painting.
Inspired by the exhibition Human Interest: Portraits from the Whitney’s Collection, a new Whitney Stories series invites artists to discuss portraits that are meaningful to them. Here, Jared Bark, known for his contributions to the vibrant underground performance art scene of 1970s New York, describes his affinity with the painter John D. Graham.
From September 20, 2018, through March 17, 2019, the Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) will present "Liz Collins: Rays." "Liz Collins: Rays" is drawn from the artist’s “Rays” wallpaper series, the design of which she completed during her 2015 residency in the MAD Artist Studios program.
Rembrandt van Rijn, widely regarded as one of history’s best painters, also made about 350 exquisite prints lavish with painterly qualities. To commemorate next year’s 350th anniversary of the Dutch artist’s death, the Denver Art Museum (DAM) is exhibiting Rembrandt: Painter as Printmaker September 16, 2018, to January 6, 2019.
For the first time in twenty-four years and only the second time in their history, two masterpieces of early Netherlandish painting commissioned by the Carthusian monk Jan Vos will be reunited in a special exhibition at The Frick Collection.
Petah Coyne’s first New York solo exhibition in nearly a decade, Having Gone I Will Return is now at Galerie Lelong & Co, showcasing new and recent work: the gorgeous baroque installations she is known for.
Commissioned to celebrate the crucial alliance between the British crown and the House of Orange, this intimate ad vivum (from life) portrait of Princess Mary, the finest portrait of the type, is remarkable for its royal provenance, the superb quality of its draughtsmanship and its exceptional condition. It is one of the most important European Royal Portraits to come to auction for a generation.
