#modern-art

#modern-art

Katharina Grosse's 'Wunderbild' at Deichtorhallen is a massive, immersive art installation featuring painted fabric panels and music that rejuvenates the senses.

Falon Stutzman develops a language of flattened perspective, bruised color, and big-eyed emotional states, congealing around a cartoonish archetype of personhood that's both absurd and uncomfortably familiar.

Here are the career highlights, flashing by at warp speed in the necessarily dense retrospective at the Neue Nationalgalerie.

Maurizio Cattelan's 'Comedian', a banana taped to the wall, redefined modern art through absurdity; LEGO’s tribute both mocks and celebrates this audacity with humor.

The Sotheby's Modern evening sale raised only $152m, a stark contrast to previous estimates of $170.3m to $248.7m, revealing economic pressures.

To be honest, I keep thinking of them as evolving forms. I try to find new things in them when I look at them. I'm not entirely sure I want to figure them out because I probably won't want to make them if I understand them.

At the entry of miart, the 'Emergent' section showcases 25 galleries focused on experimental contemporary practices, highlighting the impact of new gallerists in today’s art world.

Despite the significance of Arpita Singh's first solo show at the Serpentine, she remains reticent, valuing her time painting over public recognition.

If you could have any work from any museum in the world, what would it be? I would love the Alberto Giacometti sculptures from the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, outside Copenhagen. Imagine living with a Giacometti in your home? The proportions are perfect; it's timeless, it's unique.

Maxwell Mustardo's designs draw inspiration from ancient amphorae, transforming them into PVC-coated pieces that reflect a surreal connection between past craftsmanship and contemporary art.

Maxwell Mustardo, a New Jersey-based artist, merges cartoonish figures and classical vessels, reimagining ancient forms with personality. His work celebrates tapered shapes.

"Mullen's graphic, semi-abstract style strikes a balance between honoring his source material and offering a radical reinterpretation, inviting viewers to experience the art world through his painterly lens."

The BWAC's Salon des Refusés 2024 revives the historic exhibition of rejected art from 1863, showcasing artists whose later works pioneered modern art, including Manet and Courbet.