Known for abstract paintings, sculptures, and installations in encaustic, glass, marble, and experimental materials such as natural resins, Pavel Kraus died suddenly of a heart attack on April 15. He was 77. Kraus’s work and career, extending over five decades, encompassed a thorough assimilation of mid-twentieth-century Eastern European avant-garde styles, as well as the dynamics […]

Flack demonstrates that she achieved much in a world long dominated by men.

At times, we even feel empathy for his subjects—imagine that.

While realized in a quasi-abstract visual language of reductive forms and spare color, each painting evokes a sense of wonder at the setting moon.

Our fleeting encounters with strangers—in magazines, on the streets—leave a mark decades later.

One of the best reasons to visit this year’s Whitney Biennial is Isaac Julien’s immersive multiscreen video installation.

Ostensibly a documentary about the formidable and influential German artist, the film is unapologetically engaged in the business of mythmaking.

One features a whale sinking a ship; there are two portraits of Batman.

Duong solidifies her own sense of identity by rendering her body with abandon and desire.

A prominent motif in the paintings are nocturnal snowfalls—allover compositions on canvas with slick surfaces made of countless layers of oil pigment.