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/ Where does one begin when exploring the oeuvre of Robert Smithson? As an autodidact, his interests in travel, cartography, geology, architectural ruins, prehistory, philosophy, religion, science fiction, popular culture and language spiral through his work while, in his practice, he produced paintings, drawings, sculptures, architectural schemes, films, photographs, writings, earthworks and all the stops between. As a result, there are many potential entry points. I guess I was always intere...

Who said art is for the 1pc? A New York exhibition celebrates making art for the masses and feeling good about it. Claes Oldenburg’s Miniature Soft Drum Set was produced in an edition of 200 by Multiples Inc.  Marian Goodman Gallery Share Somewhere around the fall of 1967, a couple of newly-minted PhDs, feeding six kids on an income of something like $US9000($11,600), set out to decorate their modest house. They brought home a wall-filling banner by pop artist Roy Lichtenstein, which had a d...

Who said art is only for the 1%? Artist Tacita Dean at her studio in Berlin, Monday, Jan. 4, 2021. Dean, a leading British artist now based in Berlin, has always been a market contrarian: The slow-burn films that made her famous are only sold as reels of actual, archaic film. So, over the last nine months, her idea of “productive” time spent in lockdown included forging the signature of Christian Dotremont, a long-dead Belgian surrealist, on 100 facsimiles of a postcard he once sent. Mustafah...

The Cleveland Museum of Art announces new acquisitions use with Violin Screen, 1930. Paul Fehér (American, b. Hungary, 1898–1990), Rose Iron Works (American, Cleveland, est. 1904). Wrought iron, brass; silver and gold plating; cotton velveteen; overall: 156.2 x 156.2 cm. Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 2020.216. © Rose Iron Works Collections, LLC. CLEVELAND, OH .- Recent acquisitions by the Cleveland Museum of Art include Paul Fehér’s Muse with Violin Screen, a masterpiece in metalwork realized...

Admired Art Deco masterpiece by Rose Iron Works acquired by Cleveland Museum of Art Updated Dec 20, 2020; Facebook Share CLEVELAND, Ohio — A 1930 Art Deco masterpiece made in Cleveland by Rose Iron works has entered the permanent collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art after having been prominently displayed there in recent years. The museum announced that its latest round of acquisitions includes designer Paul Fehér’s “Muse with Violin Screen,” a monumental wrought iron and brass s...

Photo by Andy Romer Photography, courtesy of Madison Square Park. Abigail DeVille will chat on Zoom with Edward Berenson, a Statue of Liberty expert, about her new exhibition “Light of Freedom,” on view through January 31, 2021. It’s inspired by Lady Liberty’s arm and torch, which were displayed in Madison Square Park from 1876 to 1882, as part of the effort to fundraise for the massive sculpture’s completion. DeVille invites audiences to reconsider this symbol of American freedom t...