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conceptual art

A close-up view of several dimensional paper works in Park’s “How (Not To) Read” series shows folded, shelf-like components protruding from ink-blotted surfaces mounted on a blue-painted wall.

In Chicago, Yoonshin Park Explores the Boundaries of the Book

The artist's latest exhibition dismantles the idea of the book, reconstructing it as a site where legibility, form and materiality negotiate meaning.
By Noah Berlatsky
Black-and-white portrait of a man wearing glasses and a short-sleeved checkered shirt, seated at a wooden table in a diner-like interior, holding a white coffee mug and looking directly at the camera.

Mark Dion and the Politics of Knowledge

“Material objects communicate in a way that’s fundamentally different from everything else," the artist says. "They tell you so much—not just about the maker, but about the materials, the period, the conditions of their making.”
By Elisa Carollo
An image shows a group of thirteen women standing barefoot in a field under a cloudy sky, wearing traditional skirts and head coverings while lifting their blouses to expose their chests as one woman kneels in front of them, performing a ritual featured in Balkan Erotic Epic.

Marina Abramovic’s Erotic Epic Spreads Wide (and Displays the Limits of) the Artist’s Psyche

Hundreds of attendees peeled off before the night was over, despite Abramovic doing her best ahead of time to assure the assembled crowd that the conclusion was worth the wait.
By Adam Robb
A man wearing a white robe and headscarf rides a motorbike across a desert landscape, carrying a large stack of weathered satellite dishes on the back of the vehicle.

The Art of Transmission: How Hiba Baddou Reimagines Moroccan Futurity

By Bernard Dayo
A golden toilet

Maurizio Cattelan’s Gold Toilet Returns to Market at Sotheby’s This November

By Elisa Carollo
A gallery view of the exhibition “Ai, Rebel: The Art and Activism of Ai Weiwei” at the Seattle Art Museum shows visitors walking through a room lined with black-and-white mural wallpaper, featuring a tall stacked blue-and-white porcelain vase sculpture in the center, a large colorful artwork made from LEGO on one wall, and a massive coiled dragon sculpture suspended from the ceiling.

One Fine Show: “Ai, Rebel – The Art and Activism of Ai Weiwei” at the Seattle Art Museum

By Dan Duray
Andrea Fraser, Museum Highlights: A Gallery Talk, 1989 Performance, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA, February 5,1,112,18 and 19, 1989

How Andrea Fraser Turned Institutional Critique Into a Lifelong Practice

By Xinyi Ye
Kimsooja, To Breathe — AlUla, 2024

Her Body as a Needle: Understanding the Conceptual Work of Kimsooja

By Xinyi Ye
A white-walled gallery space featuring a three-dimensional installation resembling a curated domestic interior. It includes a white desk, a wardrobe displaying a red dress, a baby carriage, and various household objects arranged neatly with labeled notes on a surrounding ledge, giving the impression of an archival or storytelling display.

One Fine Show: ‘Sophie Calle, Overshare’ at Walker Art Center

By Dan Duray
A photo of a man wearing a navy blue suit, light blue dress shirt, and patterned green tie, standing with arms crossed against a plain light-colored wall. He has short, dark hair and a confident expression.

Sotheby’s David Galperin On the Market for Maurizio Cattelan

By Dan Duray
Black goat standing in gallery with white walls.

An Artist Is Up for Sale. Is Anyone Buying?

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
Museum room shows to large blank canvases hung on walls.

Jens Haaning Took the Money and Ran But Now Must Pay Back the Kunsten’s Cash

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
Older man with beard wearing blue and white hat

Pace Gallery to Represent Conceptual Pioneer Lawrence Weiner’s Estate in Asia

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
Row of wooden sticks holding up fruit in a gallery

Darren Bader Wants to Sell His Artistic Identity—But Is That Legal?

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly

Visiting Martin Roth’s Experimental Plant Concert Where Ruins Meet Nature

By Farah Abdessamad

How Hannah Wilke and Eva Hesse Sought to Redefine Sculpture

By Anni Irish

Lorraine O’Grady’s Retrospective at Brooklyn Museum Honors Long Career

By Anni Irish

Joseph Kosuth Never Wants His Art to Be ‘Something Pretty to Hang Over Your Couch’

By David D'Arcy

Yoko Ono Is Creating Banners for The Met’s Reopening

By Helen Holmes

Barcelona Puts on an Opera for a Crowd of Puccini-Loving Plants

By Helen Holmes

Grimes Is Selling a Piece of Her Soul to the Highest Bidder in Her New Art Exhibition

By Helen Holmes

Stop Putting Medical Masks on Public Statues, It’s Only Making People More Confused

By Helen Holmes

Ulay Made Art Out of Everything—Even the Illness That Took His Life

By Helen Holmes

The Artist Who Ate the Art Basel Banana Has a New Show Opening in New York

By Helen Holmes
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