Spencer Nelson

Posts written by Spencer Nelson

Meet Europe's Most Influential Photographers
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The Photographers’ Gallery showcases the quartet of shortlisted artists selected for its annual international honor.

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The Guggenheim Brings Back Kandinsky
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The Guggenheim bridges the gap between Vasily Kandinsky’s early and later periods, studying his transformation from 1911 to 1913 with paintings and written text.

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When Did Photography Become Art?
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The Neue Gallerie shows off sepia-toned masterpieces by Kuehn, Steiglitz, and Steichen.

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American History in Ten Photographs, Paintings, and Prints
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It’s the 4th of July, so we’re looking back at 236 years of American history in iconic images and artworks.

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The Man Who Designed the Future
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One man in particular has shaped how we represent the future. At once immensely familiar and perfectly unknown, painter and engineer Syd Mead is an unavoidable part of American culture.

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NYC Summer Selects: Music Festivals
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Summer in New York brings about some of the best music festivals around. We’ve got the shortlist to help you make sense of all the options.

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A Japanese Island Conceals an Underground Museum
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In the small Seto Inland Sea in south Japan, the Benesse Corporation has turned three sparsely inhabited islands into sanctuaries for art.

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Prominent Artists Reinterpret London's Iconic Telephone Box
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New York City had its cows; London will have its booths.

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Long Island Residents Call for Destruction of American Flag Art
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An artist’s exhibition focusing on renditions of the American flag ignites a frenzy in a normally quiet New York suburb.

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Don't Miss Picasso and Gilot at Gagosian
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Gagosian’s Picasso and Françoise Gilot: Paris–Vallauris 1943–1953 takes on the life and work of both Picasso and his then-mistress Françoise Gilot.

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Postwar in Kassel and Kabul: dOCUMENTA (13)
Georgina Wells, Spencer Nelson |
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Curator Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev explores the idea of the postwar in an exhibition of two hundred artists spanning four thousand years of work.

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