Artistic styles exist only in retrospect. While many of their defining characteristics are formulated in manifestos by pioneering artists, a style can’t be fully understood until it has become a thing ...

Shakir Hassan Al Said, 'Letters,' 1961. Oil, gesso, cotton, linen canvas, 94.2 cm x 82 cm x 2.5 cm. At first glance, it would be difficult to discern this artwork as coming from Arab origins, and not ...

Mike Wolanin | The Republic Guests look at an abstract painting by artist Lloyd Brooks fothe Saarinen alpahbet reception for an exhibit by Brooks and author Skip Berry at the Columbus Area Visitors ...

The museum took a pass on major Modern art movements through much of the last century. But a renewed Modern department has made an impressive start with four new galleries.

Occasionally an exhibition is as art-historically groundbreaking as it is visually arresting. Rarely, however, will it also force scholars to rewrite the origin story of European modernism. But such ...

The best U.S. modern architecture of the past dozen years—that is the material of a book on sale last week at Manhattan’s Museum of Modern Art. Built in U.S.A.—1932-1944 ($3) reviews handsomely in ...

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Long seen as the poor relation of the international art world, modern African art has undergone a massive surge in prestige and commercial interest over the past two decades. The realisation that ...

Designers like Loewe and Bottega Veneta are looking to the past for spring 2026.

Modernism Week 2026, an 11-day celebration of midcentury modern design, architecture, art, and vintage culture, featuring ...

Nothing has been more remarkable in the cultural life of the past decade than the speed with which the imperatives of the modern movement have been stripped of their authority. Twenty years ago it was ...