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Tag: contemporary art

A contemporary artwork blending a classic painting of a bar with a modern West Village nightclub scene.

Rebecca Ness Stakes Her Claim to Art History

Rebecca Ness transforms classic paintings into contemporary scenes in her show Inheritance, staking her claim on art history.

By mitch·3 min readOctober 1, 2026

A luminous abstract painting of swirling color fields suspended in a museum gallery.

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Lisa Bradley’s New Paintings Strip Back the Light at the Delaware Art Museum

DelArt opens Lisa Bradley's new paintings Sept 2026 — a luminous journey beyond her earlier work, with new paper pieces and a companion book.

By mitch·2 min readSeptember 26, 2026

A figure rendered in extreme foreshortening, its form stretched and folded, suspended between two uncertain states.

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Michel Devanakis Paints Extreme Foreshortening That Makes People Look Wrong On Purpose

A survey of 28 paintings by Michel Devanakis, wherein extreme perspective transforms the human form into a threshold of strange states.

By mitch·6 min readSeptember 22, 2026

A sculpture of a Black military pilot pierced by nails stands on a pedestal in the Brooklyn Museum's bright lobby.

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Brooklyn Museum Puts Out a Sculpture by the Artist Killed in 9/11

Brooklyn Museum displays Michael Richards' 'Free F'All' sculpture, honoring the artist killed on 9/11 and the Tuskegee Airmen on the 25th anniversary.

By mitch·2 min readSeptember 11, 2026

A bold contemporary painting depicting a nude female figure in expressive, vivid brushstrokes.

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Five Brazilian Women Painters Are Refiguring the Country’s Art Scene

Meet the Brazilian women painters redefining figuration with raw depictions of the body, desire, and survival.

By mitch·4 min readSeptember 9, 2026