The 39th edition of the Show will feature more than 90 of the world’s leading fine art photography galleries, over 30 book dealers and publishers, 12 AIPAD Talks, a special exhibition curated by Alec Soth, and more. On view will be a wide range of museum-quality work including contemporary, modern, and 19th-century photographs, as well as photo-based art, video, and new media.
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Major New York auction houses are hosting photography auctions in April, featuring some of the most important photographers in history. Showcasing artistic innovators and agitators for social change, these auctions offer an amazing range of masterful photography, demonstrating 100 years of photographic innovation, including mind-bending Surrealism, jaw-dropping landscapes, and arresting portraits.
A multi-part ongoing exhibition is reexposing Americans to an influential period of modern Japanese art. Nonaka-Hill and Blum & Poe, both in Los Angeles, are mid-way through a comprehensive three-part exhibition series bringing pivotal Japanese art to America.
Watch the bidding battle unfold as a buyer shatters the auction record for street artist KAWS.
This month the National Gallery of Art (NGA) in Washington, DC, presents a comprehensive study of one of the greatest painters of the 16th century. Jacopo Tintoretto (c. 1519–1594) was one of the most prominent painters of Venice during his lifetime.
MoMA PS1 presents a major survey of the work of artist and activist Nancy Spero (American, 1926–2009). A celebrated figure in the cultural life of New York City, Spero produced a radical body of work that confronted oppression and inequality while challenging the aesthetic orthodoxies of contemporary art. Among the first feminist artists, Spero drew on archetypal representations of women from diverse cultures and times in an attempt to reframe history itself from a perspective that she termed “woman as protagonist.”
The Art History Babes are joined by the curator of Diverse Art LA, Marisa Caichiolo and contemporary artist, Andrés Paredes to discuss the Diverse Art LA program, interactive immersive art experiences, and the challenges of creating a temporary art installation.
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery presents Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistence, a major exhibition examining the history of women’s suffrage in the United States opening March 29. The seven-room exhibition will feature more than 120 portraits and objects spanning 1832 to 1965 that explore the American suffrage movement and the political challenges women have faced. Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistence is a centerpiece of the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative called “Because of Her Story.”
As one would expect, the semi-annual Oak Interior auction at Bonhams London is chockful of sturdy chairs and clunky chests. There’s also plenty of antique iron, brass, pewter, stone, and copper–if you happen to be furnishing a castle, this is the sale for you–but the lot with the most presence is this rough-hewn English oak jail door dating from the 1630s (or earlier) and showing “fascinating and macabre prisoner graffiti,” according to the auctioneer.
Michelangelo (1475-1564) is widely acknowledged as one of the most creative and influential artists in the history of western art. He was an exceptional draftsman and the up-close study of Michelangelo drawings is an unparalleled experience. An extraordinary exhibition coming to the U.S. this fall will bring that experience to museumgoers in Cleveland and Los Angeles.
