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Michael Rakowitz, the Chicago-based, Iraqi-American artist known for producing powerful works that often address complicated histories and events, such as the death of Tamir Rice—the twelve-year-old

In the first week of June, Britain and France played host to a vast spectacle on the 75th anniversary of D-Day. The commemoration events, tracing the timetable of the Normandy landings as they unfolde

Last month, a new sake bar opened at London's Institute of Contemporary Arts: a softly lit tunnel of booze that promises the kind of entrancing conversation one can never quite remember the next morni

On February 25, the Whitney Museum of American Art announced the 75 artists who will be participating in the 2019 Whitney Biennial. In the days following, artists and activists have responded to the h

In 2006, the artist Michael Rakowitz took on a complicated, seemingly impossible task. He opened a store in Brooklyn to sell dates, with the chief goal of importing the sweet fruit directly from Iraq,

The Creative Act: Performance, Process, Presence brings together over 18 artists from the 1960s until now. Held at the Manarat Al Saadiyat Cultural District in Abu Dhabi, the second exhibition from

Sculptures by Michael Rakowitz and Heather Phillipson will sit atop the Fourth Plinth in 2018 and 2020, respectively.

Maquettes of the proposed works will be on display in the Annenberg Court of the National Gallery until March 26.

The proposals range from the American sculptor Huma Bhabha’s figure inspired in part by comic science fiction but also evoking ritual totems, to the British artist Heather Phillipson’s giant blob of cream with a cherry on top, interrupted by a fly and a sinister drone.

But a Storm Is Blowing from Paradise, the Solomon R. Guggenheim’s new show, may be a mouthful, but what it purports to accomplish stays relatively straightforward. The final part of the Guggenheim UBS MAP Global Art Initiative, the lyrically-titled exhibition introduces a newly acquired work designed to broaden the scope of the...

But a Storm is Blowing from Paradise: Contemporary Art of the Middle East and North Africa  is the third iteration of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation’s UBS Map Global Art Initiative, which has acquired more than 125 works from 37 artists to date following previous focuses on South and Southeast Asia and Latin America. Curated by...

Nezaket Ekici (b. 1970, Kirsehir, Turkey) captivated large crowds at Art Basel Hong Kong 2015 performing her seminal piece Emotion in Motion – a performance in which the artist transforms an intimate living space with red lipstick stains. A seasoned performance artist, Ekici’s repertoire includes a range of physically demanding works...

Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and ruler of Dubai, Art Dubai secured 92 galleries across 40 countries, becoming a veritable smorgasbord for art lovers and buyers alike. Other international art fairs pale in comparison to the sheer variety that was on offer, not...

Art Dubai, which starts on 18 March, certainly does have a lot to do with cash. The oil states of the Middle East have recently made some of the most expensive art deals in history. In February, Qatar bought Gauguin’s Nafea Faa Ipoipo, When Will You Marry? (1892) for $300m, setting a new world record that topped its massive Picasso and...

When we take a retrospective glance at the art world in five or ten years, it's a safe wager that fall 2014 will be mapped as the point at which post-internet art entered the mainstream. The often nebulous genre essentially refers to art that reflects on the context, conditions, and possibilities produced by our über-connected, online society....

“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life,” renowned artist Pablo Picasso is believed to have said and organizers of Art Dubai 2014 are rolling up their sleeves in preparation for some soul scrubbing at this year’s event. Hosting 85 galleries from 34 countries and around 500 artists, Art Dubai will open its...