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Carol Morley’s warm and sympathetic film imagines the artist, whose mental illness curtailed her ambitions, on a tragicomic road trip to exhibit her work

The Venezuelan photojournalist’s images of the conflict show us, simply and powerfully, the view through the windows of those experiencing it

French institution targets young audiences by confronting issues of misogyny and colonialism with Paul Smith’s help

Here you’ll most likely find sketches and ramblings.

Gabe Langholtz was born in 1971 and is an American painter, living and working in Austin Texas. His work, although primarily representational, is indebted to American Color Field painting, focusing on color relations, pattern making, form and line,...

Discover artworks, explore venues and meet artists. Art UK is the online home for every public collection in the UK. Featuring over 300,000 artworks by over 50,000 artists.

With over 150 treasures from the Hispanic Society Museum & Library’s collection to discover, get to know some of the artists in our new exhibition.

During the early ‘90s a group of artists, designers and musicians formed a collective studio, known only as tomato. In the years that followed, their experimental design approach led to era-defining work – always placing the process first.

Mary Miers considers how the country that fascinated Turner from youth shaped his artistic vision.

Two dancers wearing sarongs with bells on their ankles move slowly across Tate Modern's Turbine Hall. They are brushing grains of rice into patterns. They are creating a winding labyrinth-like path. The dancers are performers in Lee Mingwei's Our Labyrinth, an artwork that brings a sense of ritual into the museum. It was inspired by Lee's experience of visiting ancient temples in Myanmar, where paths leading to temples are swept by volunteers. In this film we meet the artist and introduce his beautiful, participatory works. Lee creates installations exploring issues such as trust, intimacy, and self-awareness. He often takes everyday interactions as his starting point, from eating and sleeping to walking and conversation. Read more about the artwork here: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/mingwei-our-labyrinth-t15700/encountering-lee-mingweis-our-labyrinth Our Labyrinth was presented in the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern 26 May – 15 June 2022. It was performed by Ben Ajose-Cutting, Iris Athanasiadi, Rosalie Bell, Yen-Ching Lin, Liu I-Ling, Jean-Gabriel Manolis, Thomas McKeon, Aya Sone, Olivia Thynne, and Wu Cheng-Lung. Subscribe for weekly films: http://goo.gl/X1ZnEl

In the 1960s, Polish artist Magdalena Abakanowicz began making large-scale woven sculptures that defied all categorisation. They seemed like coats or cocoons that tempted you to crawl inside, or hairy living creatures suspended from the gallery ceiling. The critics did not know what to make of them and called them 'Abakans' - perhaps the only example of an art form named after their artist. In this film, curator Ann Coxon leads us through a 'forest' of these towering Abakans, exploring how Abakanowicz pioneered a whole new form of installation art. Magdalena Abakanowicz: Every Tangle of Thread and Rope is at Tate Modern until 21 May 2023. Subscribe for weekly films: http://goo.gl/X1ZnEl

Another woman who had to wait a lifetime for ‘overnight success”. The American photographer, who has died aged 97, was equally at home documenting war as she was shooting celebrity portraits

A Paris show will focus on Claude’s little-known elder sibling Léon Monet and his impressionist collection

Artist Ed Fairburn uses vintage maps as the basis for arresting portraits

We visited Tuesday Riddell in her London studio where she demonstrated the unique and rare Jappanning and Gold Gilding Process.

For five decades, Holzer has used public spaces to make provocative declarations about politics and power. As she wins a major award, she discusses abortion rights, the climate crisis and her relative who was a witch

A guide to help you create the best digital photographs of your artwork, getting the right file size and resolution for sharing online.

As a vital part of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation’s mission as an educational institution, the Guggenheim Museum’s Publications Department publishes books and catalogues to document its exhibitions and collections.

Here is our selection of five among the best publishers of artist books active today in Europe, spanning different countries, book types, and contents.

The Library holds an important collection of nearly one thousand Persian manuscripts, which chiefly derive from Enriqueta Rylands’s purchase of the Crawford Collection of 1901. The collection dates from between the early 13th century AD and the 19th.

Zak Korvin is an English self-taught creator whose art is inspired by Sacred geometry found in Gothic and Eastern architecture. Every piece is made using only a couple of tools: a compass, ruler and a pen.

Textile art lends itself perfectly to depicting birds. Delicate stitches and the frayed edges of appliqué fabric snippets are perfect...

Since the earliest discussion of artists’ books in the 1970s, the debate continues over the place of unique artists’ books in their limited canon. But as a critic and researcher, the most challenging question surrounding unique artists’ books is not, is it a book, but rather, where is it? Unique artists’ books were included in some of the most important historical shows of artists’ books, and continue to be exhibited in shows today. But where do they go after these exhibitions? Why don’t they appear more frequently in research and in critical writings? Unlike the democratic multiple or editioned work, the unique artists’ book often disappears after a period, into a collection, artists’ studio, or worse, lost to a storage closet. Attempts to review unique artists’ books prove challenging as the access to these works is necessarily limited, as is the ability to handle or spend time reading the work. And unlike a sculpture, one or two images of the work will not suffice for thoughtful research or writing. This presentation will take you through several case studies in my recent research into artists’ books from the 1970s. I will recount my research into these artists and my attempts to locate, photograph, see, and exhibit these works, which in most cases failed. In particular, I will focus on Jacqui Holmes and Reginald Walker, two New York-based artists who, despite ties to major institutions such as Center for Book Arts, Franklin Furnace, NYPL, and the Studio Museum in Harlem, have largely disappeared from art history, in no small part because they produced unique artists’ books, challenging to find and document. I will trace my research through institution archives, museum and gallery records, and my struggles to obtain images (and image rights) to share these works more widely, a problem that significantly impacts the visibility of unique artists’ books. (In)Visibility of Unique Artists’ Books will consider who and what gets to be canonized as an artists’ book, and how barriers to access limit this conversation. The importance of resurfacing the legacy of these artists is undeniable, and the need to consider their absence more critically is more urgent than ever. This presentation will raise awareness of the challenges and barriers to entry in researching historical artworks, raising questions about the visibility and access to archives more broadly, and who legacy and work these institutions really serve. About CABC Initiated in 2008 by a group of independent volunteers, the Contemporary Artists’ Book Conference presents in depth talks, panels, and conversations to further the critical dialog surrounding artists’ books. CABC Now administered by Center for Book Arts, the CABC committee is made up of a group of independent historians, art librarians, artists, and professionals in the field, sessions cover a range of lively topics from artists, scholars, and other leading figures. The Contemporary Artists’ Book Conference is a long time programing partner of Printed Matter’s Art Book Fairs. The 2022 conference is scheduled to take place virtually in October 14 & 15, 2022 in conjunction with Printed Matter’s New York Art Book Fair. See the full conference schedule and visit the archive here. About Printed Matter’s Art Book Fairs Printed Matter’s Art Book Fairs are among the leading international gatherings for the distribution of artists’ books, celebrating the full breadth of the art publishing community. Printed Matter presents the 2022 NY Art Book Fair taking place October 13–16, 2022 at 548 W. 22nd Street. NYABF returns to the historic location of Printed Matter’s first Art Book Fair, right around the corner from our Chelsea bookstore! After three years apart, we are grateful to have this opportunity to reunite in person and celebrate the history and future of artists’ book publishing together. Learn more about NYABF at pmabf.org

As part of the global September issue, all 26 editions of Vogue have united behind the theme of hope, with each producing a cover that reflects longing for a recovered future. During lockdown in early May, we collaborated with the National Gallery of Australia to commission artist Betty Muffler – an Anangu/Aboriginal Pitjantjatjara woman and spiritual healer – to bring hope and healing from the heart of her Country. Here, National Gallery Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander curators, Kelli Cole and Aidan Hartshorn, convey the story of her extraordinary gift and the collaboration.

Go On Location at Lutea and get some insight into the pigment extraction methods used by Anne Sylvie Godeau at the Lutea farm in Belgium.

Fifteenth-century edition of The Divine Comedy includes witty drawing of Renaissance master at work on a sculpture, claims James Hall

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