What to Know
Brooklyn-based artist David Ellis has (once again) taken to the streets.
Expressive hands, angry aristocrats, and leaping cats.
The talented Tauba Auerbach shows off at MoMA next to John Lennon and William S. Burroughs.
The Photographers’ Gallery showcases the quartet of shortlisted artists selected for its annual international honor.
Chilling architectural images sourced from the internet are the ingredients for these cool structures.
Ellsworth Kelly, who counts both Matisse and Audubon as influences, shows us how abstract painting relates to nature.
Randy Scott Slavin transforms iconic landscapes into loopy panoramic views.
We owe our visions of the future to the relatively unknown artist and engineer Syd Mead. Menna Aden photographs personal spaces from a lightbulb’s perspective. Cai Guo Qiang’s explosions rival the accidental Fourth of July fireball unleashed by the city of San Diego. Ken Solomon immortalizes the Facebook pages of other guys named Ken Solomon. A student activist lights up a cigar at the president of Columbia University’s desk.
Menno Aden’s photographs of interior spaces are a creepy window into what invasion of privacy looks like.
When she was twelve years old, Panni Malekzadeh found her father’s stash of Playboy magazines buried in the closet. The experience fueled her sensual portrait paintings of young Persian women.
You see a Facebook profile page, results from a Google Image search, or a YouTube video reel. Ken Solomon sees a work of art.
An addictive new website unpacks the stories behind lost works of art from the last century.






































































