The Return of Rococo in Contemporary Culture - ArtReview
WEBNov 8, 2022 — Three centuries later, and we are ripe for a return to rococo. In its original incarnation, it was a style characterised by lightness, asymmetric curves and an overabundance of natural motifs; particularly seashells and acanthus leaves. The word ‘rococo’ comes from the French ‘rocaille’, rock-like, alluding to the eighteenth-century ...
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WEBSep 24, 2024 — Art Lovers Movie Club: Tamara Henderson, ‘Green in the Grooves’, 2021–2023. ArtReview Art Lovers Movie Club 12 September 2024. Welcome to Art Lovers Movie Club, where you’ll find a selection of artists’ videos …
Arturo Luz, pioneer of Filipino modernism, 1926–2021
WEBJun 1, 2021 — Arturo Luz, pioneer of Filipino modernism, 1926–2021. ArtReview News 01 June 2021 artreview.com. Arturo Luz, Candle Vendors, 1952–1954, oil on canvas, 77 x 123 cm. Working alongside a group of likeminded forward thinkers, Arturo Luz revolutionised art in the Philippines. A founder of the Neo-realist school, his work included painting ...
Annie Leibovitz: “I’m Just a Photographer” - ArtReview
WEBNov 11, 2019 — Annie Leibovitz. The Early Years, 1970 – 1983, Archive Project No. 1 and Wonderland, 2022 (installation view). ©️ Annie Leibovitz.Photo: Kitmin Lee. Courtesy Hauser & Wirth Hong Kong. I wanted with that show, and with the subsequent shows at Hauser & Wirth [a version of the Hong Kong exhibition was presented at Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles in 2019], to overwhelm the viewer just by showing ...
The Return of Magic in Art - ArtReview
WEBMay 30, 2022 — Michael M. Hughes, ‘Hex Putin’ sigil, 2022. II. But the last decade has seen a shift of attention in contemporary art: magic, mysticism and spirituality, animism, the figure of the witch, the medium and the shaman, have all made a return to the art mainstream in the work of contemporary artists and thematic shows produced by contemporary curators, while also figuring in academic revisions ...
What Power Does the Word ‘Cunt’ Still Hold? - ArtReview
WEBJun 19, 2023 — Marilyn Minter, My Cunt-ry 'Tis of Thee (still), 2018, HD video. Courtesy the artist and Simon Lee Gallery. The once obscene word is now transcending censorship to enter the mainstream via queer communities around the world, revealing the shifting power of language in the digital age. In the English language, ‘cunt’ is a wildcard.
Ai Weiwei - ArtReview
WEBSep 23, 2016 — 200847. 200768. 200671. Photo: Ai Weiwei Studio. If Ai’s artmaking feels like a footnote to his media activism, don’t be fooled. The Albertina in Vienna staged his largest retrospective to date; while Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge, had a smaller exhibition; and his gothic La Commedia Umana (at more than 8-by-6 metres, one of the largest Murano ...
Issey Miyake: a Pioneer for Fashion at the Vanguard of Art, …
WEBAug 15, 2022 — Courtesy of the RISD Museum, Providence, RI. Born Kazunaru Miyake in Hiroshima, Japan, in 1938, he was seven-years old when, while cycling to school on 6 August 1945, US forces detonated an atomic bomb, devastating the city. Over 60 years later, writing in an op-ed for The New York Times in 2009, Miyake described how his mother, who had ...
Is ASMR an Art? Does It Even Matter? - ArtReview
WEBMay 20, 2022 — These strange, meditative pieces of content are supposed to trigger a relaxing feeling in the body, a little-understood brain-tingling sensation only some people can feel that has come to be known as an ‘autonomous sensory meridian response’, or ASMR. The sensation itself hasn’t been studied much, although one 2018 paper from the ...
ArtReview Summer 2022 Issue Out Now - ArtReview
WEBJun 9, 2022 — ArtReview Summer 2022 Issue Out Now. Featuring Buck Ellison and Wendy Red Star; essays on revolution in Algeria, oceanic imaginaries and Madonna’s NFTs; reviews from Berlin, Brussels and Bogotá; and much more. ArtReview Summer’s cover features a woman in a bright floral dress speaking into a phone, appearing concerned, perhaps addressing ...