Artists
Published in the November 1974 issue of Artforum, the photograph of a naked Lynda Benglis brandishing a dildo will forever be remembered as the image of an era. Women artists, at long last, were stepping out of the shadows of their male counterparts — and Benglis was their self-appointed poster girl. Even more radical were her sculptures...
Name: Andrea Bowers Age: 46Occupation: artist City/Neighborhood: Los Angeles What project are you working on now?I just finished a socially engaged collaboration with Olga...
This year was marked by a number of notable passings in the art world. Spring and summer were particularly rough, with the departure of some of late Modernism’s greatest innovators: the California Minimalist John McCracken (b. 1934), campy stylist Jack Smith (b. 1928), and Dennis Oppenheim (b. 1938), a giant of the Conceptual art...
Click the accompanying slide show to see the fourth installment of Modern Painters magazine's survey of 100 up-and-coming talents, listed alphabetically from A to Z.SEE PART 1 OF 5SEE PART 2 OF 5SEE PART 3 OF 5SEE PART 5 OF 5
Click the accompanying slide show to see the third installment of Modern Painters magazine's survey of 100 up-and-coming talents, listed alphabetically from A to Z.SEE PART 1 OF 5SEE PART 2 OF 5SEE PART 4 OF 5 SEE PART 5 OF 5
Click the accompanying slide show to see the second installment of Modern Painters magazine's survey of 100 up-and-coming talents, listed alphabetically from A to Z.SEE PART 1 OF 5SEE PART 3 OF 5SEE PART 4 OF 5SEE PART 5 OF 5
Dead white males, you're on notice. Women artists may still be a minority in museum collections and major exhibitions, but that's changing — and art-world women exerted more influence than ever on this year's headlines. The Venice Biennale, also known as the art-world Olympics, was curated by a woman, as was the American pavilion. A...
It is our conviction that the people with the best eye for emerging artistic talent are other artists. So for this issue we asked the generous and discerning individuals below, all of whom are well established in their careers, which younger or underappreciated artists they have been watching. The list that follows — broad, international...
John Chamberlain, an irascible character known for imposing sculptures of crushed metal, passed away yesterday at the age of 84. He was indisputably a giant of the field, winning a Lifetime Achievement Award from D.C.'s International Sculpture Center in 1993 and the Distinction in Sculpture Honor from the SculptureCenter in New York in...
Between 1955 and 1962, writer Sylvia Plath finished her undergraduate education at Smith College in Boston, earnned a Fulbright scholarship to study at Cambridge, and met the love of her life, fellow poet Ted Hughes. It was then that Plath produced a large oeuvre of writing, iconic works including poems like “Two Lovers and a...
