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ArtOlivia HorneMary Cassatt, Mother and Child (Mother’s Kiss)1896. Image courtesy of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.In a museum, this behavior might be inelegant, but it’s understandable if you want to get up close and personal with Mary Cassatt’s incredibly soft, textured paintings. Mother and Child (Mother’s Kiss)A particularly intriguing candidate, the 1896 work on paper shows the plump cheeks of the figures (probably a mother and daughter) gently squeezed together; strands of silky hair tied into bows and chignons; and wisps of pastel streaked across the paper like taffy.It is here, in one’s imagination, that Cassatt’s work begins and ends—in…

CHICAGO — In 1968, Christina Lamberg exhibited 16 small, strange, detailed paintings of women’s hairstyles. Each square painting depicted a white woman’s head, seen from behind, her black hair manipulated by a feminine-looking hand, against an acidic gray-green background. She is only 22 years old, but she already knows a lot about art. Christina Lamberg: A RetrospectiveThis is the first comprehensive presentation of the work of the Chicago Imagists, as they are often called but who, in my opinion, are the most exciting, in nearly thirty years. A similar exhibition is also underway in the museum’s prints and drawings galleries,…

London’s Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) has announced it will host an exhibition featuring all things Taylor Swift, from dresses and cowboy boots to awards and never-before-seen footage from her personal archive. independent. The title of this free exhibition is Taylor Swift: Songbook Journey. According to the museum, the exhibition will focus on Swift’s childhood, recording career and rise to superstardom, with 13 different stops corresponding to a stage in Swift’s career, starting with her move to Nashville at age 14. related articles The most notable items in the collection include a pair of cowboy boots Swift wore during her…

Anton Van Dalen, a New York artist known for his dreamy cityscapes and depictions of the East Village, died on June 25 at the age of 86. His gallery, PPOW, confirmed his death in a statement, noting that he died in his sleep of natural causes at his East Village home. Born in 1938 in Amstelveen, the Netherlands, into a conservative Calvinist family, Van Dalen witnessed the turmoil of World War II when the Nazis seized his family’s property. After graduating from the former Amsterdam School of Graphic Design in Amsterdam in 1954, Van Dalen and his family immigrated to…

Jonathan Young, Sir David Attenborough (2024), oil on canvas, 51 1/2 x 39 3/5 inches (© Jonathan Young Studio, 2024; image courtesy of the artist) British portraitist Jonathan Yeo, who drew attention in May when he painted the crown red, has this year painted a portrait of Sir David Attenborough to mark the biologist’s 40th anniversary of his association with the Royal Society. Yeo replaced King Charles III’s fiery red uniform and background with a bright turquoise background to depict the scientist and broadcaster in his natural look. Attenborough, 98, is celebrated for decades of film and literary explorations of…

Jacqueline de Jong, a Dutch painter who devoted 60 years to figurative painting even when it was not valued by the art world, died on Saturday in Amsterdam after a brief illness. She was 85. “She was full of humor and keen insight throughout our time together,” her New York gallery, Ortuzar Projects, wrote in an announcement of her death. “Her spirit and influence will live on through her peers, friends, and family, and we are honored to be a part of that.” De Jong has painted subjects ranging from French pulp fiction covers to billiards, from the Gulf War…

ArtArtArtists We’re Watching is a monthly series spotlighting five artists we’re watching. Using our art expertise and Artsy data, we identify which artists have made an impact in the past month through new gallery representation, exhibitions, auctions, art fairs, or new works on Artsy.Born in Berlin in 1987. Lives and works in Berlin.In early summer, Paul Hutchinson, an emerging German-Irish photographer, received some well-deserved attention for his poetic images that explore issues of urban life and social mobility. Last month, Hutchinson’s work was featured at Art Basel at two galleries: Sies + Höke (whose booth was one of Artsy’s 10…

To receive Morning Links every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews communication. News Headlines The abandoned Pompidou Centre and Jersey MuseumOn Saturday, New Jersey politicians withdrew their Centre PompidouPlanned Jersey City Museum, by Alex Greenberg Art News. The agency is formally known as Centre Pompidou x Jersey City It will be the first North American branch of the Parisian modern art museum to operate. Others have opened in China and Belgium. Earlier this year, the state government became concerned about the cost of operating the center and the $50 million of taxpayer funds needed to open it, out…

A series of photographs by Los Angeles-based artist Rosie Clements, printed using UV light on bubble wrap. Clements started out as a traditional photographer, but more recently she has begun to introduce materiality into digital images—“reconstructing them as physical entities”: “The bubble wrap is often discarded after a single use, reflecting the ephemeral nature of digital photographs, which are easily shared and forgotten in our media-saturated world. The bubbles suggest the tactility of individual pixels. These works ask the viewer to take their time to appreciate them – some are only visible at the right angle or distance, and appear…

Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys have announced that their art exhibition “Giant: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys” will travel the world. The exhibition debuted at the Brooklyn Museum and will first be shown at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta before moving to other museums. However, dates and other details have not yet been announced. “Our mission has always been to make art accessible to everyone and to showcase the work of these extraordinary artists,” the Dean family said in a joint statement. “We quickly realized that this meant the collection had to…