An installation view of the exhibition “Willem de Kooning: Endless Painting” at Gagosian. Photograph by Maris Hutchinson. Artwork © 2025 The Willem de Kooning Foundation/ Artists Rights society (ARS, New York Alongside Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning has long been considered one of the twin pillars of abstract expressionism. But his most cited works, his […]
One Fine Show: “Wayne Thiebaud, Art Comes from Art” at the Legion of Honor
Wayne Thiebaud, Five Seated Figures, 1965; oil on canvas, 60 x 72 in. (152.4 x 182.88 cm). Wayne Thiebaud Foundation © Wayne Thiebaud Foundation / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY Welcome to One Fine Show, where Observer highlights a recently opened exhibition at a museum not in New York City, a […]
Nine Must-See Art Exhibitions to Catch in Philadelphia This Spring
An installation view of “Kelly Kozma: Watch Me Backflip” at Paradigm Gallery + Studio. Courtesy of Paradigm Gallery + Studio The city of brotherly love and sisterly affection is ready to greet art lovers with a heated exhibition season that not only raises questions but answers them, too. How do archaeologists preserve ancient Assyrian artifacts […]
A Major Survey Spotlights Marisol’s Sculptural Explorations of Self and Society
An installation view of “Marisol: A Retrospective.” Photo: Brad Flowers | Courtesy Dallas Museum Of Art “My work is sculpture, figurative, life size, and socially conscious”—that’s how Venezuelan-born American sculptor Marisol Escobar (1930-2016) once described her practice. Though she emerged alongside the pop art movement and shared certain aesthetic and conceptual affinities with both Pop […]
One Fine Show: ‘Gabriel Orozco, Politécnico Nacional’ at Museo Jumex
Gabriel Orozco, La DS (Cornaline), 2013. Courtesy the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery, New York/Paris/Los Angeles Welcome to One Fine Show, where Observer highlights a recently opened exhibition at a museum not in New York City, a place we know and love that already receives plenty of attention. Back in February, much of the art […]
The Five Pieces You Should Absolutely Make Time for at Frieze New York
The most resonant pieces at Frieze revel in their ambiguity. Casey Kelbaugh/CKA Every year, New Yorkers eager to see what’s new at the city’s edition of Frieze trek out to The Shed at Hudson Yards, a building used for this art fair, a silly play about Robert Moses and presumably other purposes. Standing in the […]
Henri Matisse’s Daughter Marguerite Takes Center Stage at MAM Paris
Henri Matisse, Marguerite endormie, 1920; Huile sur toile, 46 x 65.5 cm. Collection particulière / © Martin Parsekian Henri Matisse painted many subjects throughout his lifetime, but one he returned to again and again was his daughter, Marguerite. “Matisse and Marguerite Through Her Father’s Eyes” at the Musée d’Art Moderne in Paris brings together more […]