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• Cy Twombly's 2001 Untitled work detailed with materials and dimensions artist

  A 2001 artwork by Cy Twombly titled Untitled was documented, featuring acrylic, wax crayon, and cut-and-pasted paper on paper. Measuring 48 1/8 by 38 3/4 inches, the piece is held…

• Diana Cooper's 2018 Wall Piece Featured in artcritical artist

  In 2018, Diana Cooper produced Wall Piece, a mixed-media artwork with adjustable dimensions. Artcritical captured this piece in a photograph, which was shared online. The post…

• Diana Cooper's 2007 drawing Overdrive featured on artcritical artist

  Diana Cooper created Overdrive in 2007 using ink and markers on paper measuring 60 by 80 inches. The work was posted on artcritical's website on April 15, 2018. Postmasters…

• Jennifer Coates Discusses Modernist Influences and Nature in New Paintings artist

  Jennifer Coates has shifted from depicting junk food to nature-focused imagery in her exhibition 'Correspondences' at Freight + Volume, running from March 16 to April 15, 2018, at…

• Cartoonist Angeli Reflects on 40-Year Career Ahead of Itaú Cultural Retrospective artist

  Arnaldo Angeli Filho, the influential Brazilian cartoonist, discussed his life and work in a candid interview. With over 30,000 published works across a 40-year career, Angeli…

• Eron's 1,000 sqm mural W.A.L.L. becomes record public art in Milan's CityLife park artist

  Italian artist Eron (born Rimini, 1973) has completed W.A.L.L. (Walls Are Love's Limits), one of the world's largest mural artworks, spanning 120 by 8 meters (1,000 square meters)…

• JR on Art's Power: Inside Out Project Reaches 260,000 Participants artist

  French street artist JR (born 1983) stated in an interview with Great Big Story that art does not have the task of changing the world but can change the way we see it. The video…

• Vincenzo Castella Reflects on 1984 'Viaggio in Italia' and His Photographic Journey artist

  In 1952, Vincenzo Castella was born in Naples. He was invited by Luigi Ghirri to take part in the exhibition 'Viaggio in Italia' in 1984. In a recent interview, Castella reflects…

• Isao Takahata, co-founder of Studio Ghibli, dies at 82 artist

  Isao Takahata, the Japanese animation director who co-founded Studio Ghibli with Hayao Miyazaki, died in Tokyo at age 82. He directed classics such as Grave of the Fireflies…

• Indecline Locks Trump Lookalike in Cage at His Own Chicago Hotel artist

  The activist collective Indecline infiltrated the Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago, transforming a $1,000-a-night suite into an installation called The People's…

• Matt Bollinger to lecture at New York Studio School on April 3, 2018 artist

  Matt Bollinger will deliver a lecture about his artistic practice at the New York Studio School on Tuesday, April 3, 2018, at 6:30 PM. His work, which has been described by critic…

• Thomas Braida on Art, Politics, and Instagram at Il Crepaccio artist

  Thomas Braida participated in Il Crepaccio @ Instagram show, a digital exhibition space curated by Caroline Corbetta that replaced the physical venue Il Crepaccio in Milan after…

• Ratigher: Italian cartoonist on underground, Coconino, and new collection artist

  Ratigher, born Francesco D'Erminio in Popoli in 1978, is one of the most active and innovative figures in the new Italian comics scene. He recently became editorial director of…

• Ennio Tamburi on Minimalism, Ellsworth Kelly, and His Artistic Journey artist

  Ennio Tamburi (b. 1936, Jesi) is an Italian painter whose work evolved toward a lyrical minimalism. In an interview, he recounts his artistic development, from his early exposure…

• Blu and Banksy: Street Art's Divergent Paths Explored in Steve Lazarides Interview artist

  In a conversation with Steve Lazarides, who once represented Banksy, the relationship between street artists Blu and Banksy is examined. Both artists maintain their anonymity.…

• Mary Sibande's 2017 Sculpture 'In the midst of chaos, there is opportunity' Documented artist

  A life-size sculptural work by Mary Sibande titled 'In the midst of chaos, there is opportunity' was created in 2017. The piece measures 800 x 400 x 20 cm and incorporates…

• Kudzanai Chiurai's 2012 Video Iyeza in Zeitz MOCAA Collection artist

  Kudzanai Chiurai created the video work Iyeza in 2012, an 11-minute piece now held in the collection of Zeitz MOCAA. The artwork was documented on artcritical's website on March…

• Nicholas Hlobo's 2011 sculpture Iimpundulu Zonke Ziyandilandela in Zeitz MOCAA collection artist

  In 2011, Nicholas Hlobo produced a piece titled Iimpundulu Zonke Ziyandilandela (All the Lightning Birds Are After Me). This artwork, made from tyre inner tubes, features…

• Carlo Vanoni: Making Contemporary Art Accessible to the Masses artist

  Carlo Vanoni, a sociologist and cultural heritage graduate from Urbino and Ca' Foscari, Venice, has dedicated his career to demystifying contemporary art for the general public.…

• Marcello Maloberti to Lead Performance Workshop at Museo del Novecento for Furla Series artist

  Marcello Maloberti will conduct a performance workshop at the Museo del Novecento in Milan on March 28-29, 2018, organized by Fondazione Furla under the artistic direction of…

• Japanese artist Hidetoshi Nagasawa dies at 78 in Milan artist

  Hidetoshi Nagasawa, a Japanese performance artist, sculptor, and architect, died at age 78 in Milan after a long illness. Born in Tonei in 1940, he moved to Milan in 1968 after a…

• Gabriele Picco: Painting, Sculpture, and the Poetics of the Deformed artist

  Gabriele Picco, an artist and writer born in Brescia in 1974, divides his time between Italy and New York. He pursued Modern Literature at the Università Statale di Milano,…

• Francesco De Grandi ai Martedì Critici artist

  Francesco De Grandi, un pittore contemporaneo, è stato ospite della rubrica I Martedì Critici di Artribune. L'intervista è stata pubblicata su Artribune Television nel marzo 2018.…

• Matteo Fato on Painting, Memory, and the Ideal City artist

  Italian artist Matteo Fato (born 1979 in Pescara) presents recent works at Fondazione Malvina Menegaz in Castelbasso, curated by Simone Ciglia, and a solo show at Galleria…

• Hilario Isola: Camouflage Sculptor Merges Art with Landscape artist

  Italian artist Hilario Isola discusses his practice blending sculpture, architecture, and landscape. After a 2017 earthquake in Myanmar, he photographed bamboo scaffolding erected…

• Luca Ruali's Antagonistic Take on Italy's Abandoned Inner Areas artist

  Architect, designer, and videomaker Luca Ruali positions his research on Italy's abandoned inner areas as antagonistic to the official National Strategy for Inner Areas (SNAI). In…

• Like A Little Disaster: Curatorial Collective Founded in 2014 artist

  Like A Little Disaster (L.A.L.D.) is a curatorial collective founded in 2014 by Giuseppe Pinto and Paolo Modugno. After an initial nomadic phase, since March 2016 most of its…

• Banksy's Bowery Wall mural supports jailed Kurdish artist Zehra Doğan artist

  Banksy returned to New York in 2018 with a politically charged mural on the Bowery Wall, a landmark graffiti site at Bowery and Houston Street in Manhattan. The work, created in…

• Niko de La Faye's Kinetic Tricycle M2B to Debut at Dakar Biennale artist

  French artist Niko de La Faye (born 1978) has been traveling the world on a modified Chinese tricycle (sanlunche) since 2011 as part of his ongoing performance artwork M2B. The…

• Marina Abramović to Perform Seven Deaths Opera at Munich Opera House in 2020 artist

  Marina Abramović will debut her opera Seven Deaths at the Munich Opera House in 2020, a theatrical reinterpretation of her long-delayed film project inspired by Maria Callas. The…

• 7 contemporary artists reflect on Piero Manzoni's legacy artist

  In a video produced by the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art's web TV, seven contemporary artists offer personal perspectives on the work and legacy of Piero Manzoni (1933-1963). The…

• Salvador Dalí's 1946 Painting Mirage Explores Renaissance Revival and Atomic Age Context artist

  In 1946, Salvador Dalí created 'Trilogy of the desert: Mirage' as part of a commission for the launch of Shulton's Desert Flower perfume, exhibited at Knoedler Gallery in New…

• Daniele Lombardi, composer-pianist and visual artist, dies at 71 artist

  On March 11, 2018, Daniele Lombardi, a pioneer of Futurist music, composer, pianist, and visual artist, passed away at the age of 71 due to a sudden illness in Borgo Santa Croce,…

• Hubert de Givenchy, aristocratic couturier, dies at 91 artist

  Hubert de Givenchy, the last of the great couturiers who celebrated feminine elegance with audacious revolutions, died at 91. His partner Philippe Venet announced the death.…

• Hardeep Pandhal's 2018 work Pool Party Pilot Episode featured on artcritical artist

  Hardeep Pandhal created the work Pool Party Pilot Episode in 2018. The piece was documented on the artcritical website on March 14, 2018. Artcritical operates as a…

• MAMbo Bologna Launches €10,000 Art Residency Program artist

  MAMbo – Museo d’Arte Moderna di Bologna has unveiled the ROSE / ROSE Residency Programme for 2018/2019, which will grant selected artists €10,000 to assist with production and…

• Angela Ricci Lucchi, Pioneering Italian Filmmaker and Artist, Dies at 76 artist

  Angela Ricci Lucchi, the Italian artist and filmmaker known for her collaborative work with Yervant Gianikian, died on February 28, 2018, at age 76 after a brief hospitalization.…

• Laura Cionci's Bogotà Diary: Vertical Forest Exhibition and Jungle Residency artist

  On December 26, 2017, artist Laura Cionci visited Bogotá, Colombia, to work on a project related to Stefano Boeri's Bosco Verticale. The exhibition titled "Una Mirada al Bosque…

• Rosinha de Valença's 1964 Debut Album Celebrated in Brazilian Music Column artist

  Maria Rosa Canellas, born July 30, 1941 in Valença, Rio de Janeiro, became the pioneering guitarist Rosinha de Valença. Influenced by her brother Roberto and uncle Fio da Mulata,…

• Nelson Baskerville's Autobiographical Theater Piece 'A Vida' Explores Trauma and Memory artist

  Directed by Nelson Baskerville, 'A Vida' showcases seven actors as they unveil their personal traumas. Baskerville shares his own experience of a childhood beating tied to his…