WIBW

Paintings by famous, contemporary Black artists acquired by Spencer Museum

LAWRENCE, Kan. (WIBW) - Paintings by two famous contemporary Black artists have now been acquired and are in display for patrons of the Spencer Art Museum in Lawrence. The University of Kansas ...
Artnet

6 Questions for Curator Gary Garrels on Contemporary Abstraction’s New Questions and the Artists Leading the Conversation

Earlier this month, the group exhibition “To Bend the Ear of the Outer World: Conversations on contemporary abstract painting” opened across both of Gagosian’s Mayfair gallery locations, curated by ...
Los Angeles Times

How a group of abstract painters in New Mexico — and the U.S. government — changed modern art

Isolated in the rural American Southwest and navigating the harsh realities of poverty in the 1930s, a small group of artists made sublime abstract art that sought to intuitively connect viewers to a ...
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The secret link between abstract art and human emotion

Walk into any contemporary gallery in Las Vegas, and you'll likely encounter a canvas splashed with colors that seem to defy logic. No recognizable shapes. No obvious subject. Just pure, raw visual ...
insider.si.edu

Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Reinstalled Modern and Contemporary Galleries Display Expanded View of Artists’ Voices in the United States

Audrey Flack, Queen, 1976, acrylic on canvas, 80 × 80 in. (203.2 × 203.2 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Louis K. and Susan P. Meisel, 2022.11.5 Note to editors: Selected high-resolution ...
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Ndebele wall art: Techniques and evolution

Ndebele wall painting, a traditional art form from South Africa, is known for its colorful geometric patterns and cultural significance ...