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 ...

The story of American modernism is being rewritten and the Norton Museum of Art is taking part in that conversation with its concurrent spring exhibitions. "From Man Ray to O’Keeffe: American ...

The first show on the subject in the UK offers an ambitious, if uneven, look at how artists forged a postcolonial identity ...

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 ...

There’s some wild painting on show in London in Making Modernism. The Royal Academy’s new exhibition of women artists working in Germany in the early 20 th century offers a fresh perspective on some ...

A sumptuous selection of showstopping artworks spanning seven millenia can be found at TEFAF Maastricht 2025, while the TEFAF Cultural Heritage Summit returns for a second year and explores ...

The In the Eye of the Storm: Modernism in Ukraine 1900-1930s exhibition running until October 13 at London’s Royal Academy contains wonderful avant-garde art works from the early twentieth century.

A year after its grand reopening following extensive renovations to its historic Louis I. Kahn-designed building, the Yale Center for British Art finally seems to be getting back to normal. The thesis ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bringing together over 250 creative works by more than 50 influential artists, 'Nigerian Modernism' at the Tate Modern in London takes us through recent Nigerian history and the burgeoning of its ...