It is one of the most evocative works from the American Civil War: a sculpture of a Black man who had escaped from slavery helping an injured White Union soldier lost in hostile territory. When it was ...

Every month in The Hammer, art-industry veteran Simon de Pury lifts the curtain on his life as the ultimate art-world insider, his brushes with celebrity, and his invaluable insight into the inner ...

Shape-shifting is a recurring theme across the cultural spectrum, from mythology and American Indian symbology to science fiction and video games. With “shapeshifters,” Estevan Arredondo's exhibition ...

Manhattan has its skyscrapers, Paris its Eiffel Tower, but the hilltops of Caracas in Venezuela will soon be capped with a pair of architectural shapes that are calculated to match any man-made ...

Back in 1987 when I was associate editor at Art in America magazine, I was asked to review a show of new work by the geometric-abstract painter Harvey Quaytman at the David McKee Gallery. I visited ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Lapis Room Art Center is holding a special shapes art show featuring works by Bryce Nañez that highlight the colors and designs of Balloon Fiesta’s special shape ...

Tate Modern in London has unveiled an extensive exhibition celebrating the parallel evolution of photography and abstract art, voiced through more than 350 sculptures, paintings, installations and ...

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If you were a shape, what shape would you be? If you were a shape, what shape would you be? This week we meet with Tschabalala Self, whose work explores ideas surrounding the black female body, and ...