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Harry Bertoia: A Legacy in Form, Space and Sound

By Shawn Rossiter on September 12, 2024 • ( Leave a comment )

What happens to an artist’s work when they die? The select few will be fought over at Sotheby’s and Christie’s. Most will become a burden to their heirs: what to keep, what can sell, what to do with all the rest? Somewhere in between, among the mid-tier artists […]

Exhibition Reviews | Visual Arts

A Large Exhibition Devoted to Abstraction at the Sears Has Gems Amid an Unfortunate Layout

By Shawn Rossiter on October 24, 2023 • ( 1 Comment )

Your intuition might suggest otherwise, but abstraction has been the rule and realism the exception in art. From the caves of Chauvet to the walls of Canyon de Chelly, artists have always extrapolated from the material world to create a pictorial language. (And a written one: most of […]