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Reviews, commentary, news and interviews with and about the artists who influence every corner of the art market. Visit our Artist Index to browse all artists Observer has chronicled over the last 30+ years.

Picture in black and white of a young man with a fake goat and paintings.

Why 2025 Is Going to Be the Year of Robert Rauschenberg

The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation has announced its plans for the artist's centennial, with seven institutional shows planned worldwide.
By Elisa Carollo
Image of a newspaper with white painting over.

Mark-Making to Mark Time: Park Seo-Bo’s Final Écritures Go On View at White Cube

The artist's last works were "painting diaries" that captured the interplay of physical and transcendental dimensions that defined his existence.
By Elisa Carollo
A photo of a large, brightly painted mural featuring colorful leaves and the words "START DREAMING!!!" with a person standing in front of it holding a tablet. The sky is blue and clear in the background.

Dreaming in Color in Wynwood: An Interview Artist and Muralist Karol Stefanini

"It’s literally the realization of a dream. Not just anyone gets an opportunity like this. To have a mural here, you need to earn your space."
By Dan Duray
Portrait of a young blonde girl in front of an abstract painting.

Painter Pam Evelyn On Making Her New York Debut with ‘Frame of Mind’

By Elisa Carollo
A photo of two paintings of chairs side-by-side: On the left, Van Gogh’s yellow wooden chair with a woven straw seat holds a pipe and crumpled papers, set in a simple interior with a box labeled "Vincent" in the background. On the right, Gauguin’s chair is depicted as a more elaborate wooden armchair, featuring a green cushion, a candle, and books, all rendered in warm tones with a lit lamp in the background.

Framing Art History’s Most Famous Friendships—and Fallouts

By Ruth Millington
Grey velvet sculptures of humans in the space

At Templon, Hans Op de Beeck Turns the Ordinary into Something Transcendental

By Elisa Carollo
A photo of a collage of 12 illustrated portraits arranged in a grid, showcasing various women, each with distinct attire and style. Names like "Shannon Holsey," "Malala," and "Amanda Gorman" appear on their respective portraits.

Painting History’s Forgotten Women: An Interview With Anita Kunz

By Liisa Ladouceur
An asian man and a woman elegantly dressed.

Provocation Poetry: Jenny Holzer’s Unexpected Performance at the American Academy in Rome Gala

By Elisa Carollo
A black and white photograph of artist Helen Frankenthaler pouring paint onto a large canvas in what appears to be an art studio.

Revisiting the Edgeless and All-Encompassing Art of Helen Frankenthaler

By Dian Parker

Photographer Tania Franco Klein Is Inscrutable at Yancey Richardson

By Su Ertekin-Taner
A photo of a colorful mural reading "Greetings from Bermuda" in bold, postcard-style letters filled with iconic island imagery like beaches, lighthouses, and palm trees. The mural is painted on a white wall with palm fronds visible in the foreground.

48 Hours of Art in Bermuda: Two Artist Talks, Multiple Museums and Painting in a Cave

By Christa Terry
A photo of a bald man in glasses hot from behind while he paints a landscape

Ethan Cohen Gallery Presents an Exhibition of Paul Paiement’s Best

By Stephen Wozniak
Image of circular light reflections in a dark room/

Olafur Eliasson Tests the Complexities of Our Visual and Psychoacoustic Perception at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery

By Elisa Carollo

How Accra Became One of Africa’s Most Vibrant Art Destinations

By Kofi Dotse
Painting of a mother holding his son.

Artist David Antonio Cruz Celebrates Joy Over Trauma With Images of Human Connection

By Elisa Carollo

Consignor Revealed: Rare Keith Haring Subway Drawings Come to Sotheby’s from Larry Warsh

By Elisa Carollo

One Fine Show: ‘Andrew Wyeth’s Botanical Imagination’ at the Bruce Museum

By Dan Duray

How Erwin Olaf Created Art at the Seams of Lived Experience

By Su Ertekin-Taner
Three men stand arm in arm in front of a red background

KAWS On Mao, Death, Monsters and His Nobu Tequila Collab

By Adam Robb

At Opera Gallery, Gustavo Nazareno Bridges Spiritual and Contemporary

By Frances Forbes-Carbines
Image of a crane in a park.

Nicole Eisenman Unveils ‘Fixed Crane’ in Madison Square Park

By Elisa Carollo

With Soft Network, the Experimental Artists of the Past Get a New Life

By Elyssa Goodman
Image of two bronze sculptures outside an historical parisian palace.

A New Exhibition Series Celebrates the Visionary Sculptural Practice of Lynn Chadwick

By Elisa Carollo

Julie Mehretu Donates $2 Million to Make the Whitney Free for Under 25s

By Elisa Carollo
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