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A true pioneer of Russian avant-garde, Alexander Rodchenko has been widely regarded as a master of photography. He experimented in a variety o

A true pioneer of Russian avant-garde, Alexander Rodchenko has been widely regarded as a master of photography. He experimented in a variety of media and was a founding member of the Russian Constructivism movement.

An account of Franz Seiwert and the 'Cologne Progressives', a group or circle of artists who followed and participated in the radical currents around the German council communist organisations AAU and especially the AAU-E. The 'Cologne Progressives' may be the most radical group of artists ever.

Vladimir Belogolovsky interviews with Lebanese-American architect and artist Nishan Kazazian on his work, inspirations, and memories.

Zoya Cherkassky is influenced by Toulouse-Lautrec, YouTube videos and the streets of south Tel Aviv in her provocative new show

Avant-garde Art The Origins of the Phrase Originally, "avant-garde" was a French military term for what would be called in English the vanguard of an army. However, its first application to art precedes by some decades the emergence of any distinctly avant-garde art movements. The coinage has generally been attributed to the French social theorist Henri de Saint-Simon. In his book Opinions litteraires, philosophiques et industrielles ( Literary, Philosophical, and Industrial Opinions) (1825), ...

W.E.B. Du Bois showed us the power of data viz more than a century ago By Murray Whyte Globe Staff,Updated February 25, 2021, 2:46 p.m. Email to a Friend W. E. B. Du Bois created a set of gorgeous infographics for the 1900 Paris Exposition.Maura Intemann/W. E. B. Du Bois/Library of Congress GREAT BARRINGTON — February in the Berkshires typically brings to mind an array of nature-centric, winter-wonderland pleasures like snowshoeing or skiing, and in the continuing drag of this long, long p...

ON’s Centre Court Sneaker is a Swiss Design Masterpiece Highsnobiety / Flavio Karrer As design movements go, Swiss design isn’t one you hear referenced too often. This is partly because the internet has made geographic tendencies somewhat obsolete, but mostly because Swiss Style has been so frequently borrowed from you’d be forgiven for not knowing what it actually is. Highsnobiety / Flavio Karrer Highsnobiety / Flavio Karrer Swiss design came to prominence after World War II, when a budd...

Lawrie Shabibi opens The Lacemaker by Farhad Ahrarnia Farhad Ahrarnia, La Femme Du Bazar, no. 5, 2015. Hand embroidery and sequins on heat-transferred montage onto cotton, 78.5 x 64.2 cm. Courtesy the artist and Lawrie Shabibi, DUBAI .-Lawrie Shabibi is presenting The Lacemaker by Farhad Ahrarnia, the gallerys opening exhibition of 2021, and the artist’s third solo at Lawrie Shabibi. Comprising images drawn from a diverse range of sources and media – the internet, printed or painted material,...

The Lacemaker is pacemaker for Lawrie Shabibi’s 2021 opening season 18 Jan 2021 Muhammad Yusuf, Features Writer Lawrie Shabibi, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, has announced The Lacemaker by Farhad Ahrarnia (Jan. 20 – Mar. 4). It is the gallery’s opening exhibition of 2021, and the artist’s third solo at the gallery. Comprising images drawn from a diverse range of sources and media — the internet, printed or painted material, and composed with embroidery, painted metalwork and gr...