The In the Eye of the Storm: Modernism in Ukraine 1900-1930s exhibition running until October 13 at London’s Royal Academy contains wonderful avant-garde art works from the early twentieth century.

Installation view of After Modernism: Selections from the Neumann Family Collection at Arthur Ross Gallery, University of Pennsylvania. Center of the room: Xavier Veilhan, “Le Gisant” (1994) ...

Shakir Hassan Al Said, 'Letters,' 1961. Oil, gesso, cotton, linen canvas, 94.2 cm x 82 cm x 2.5 cm. At first glance, it would be difficult to discern this artwork as coming from Arab origins, and not ...

Brazilian Modernism in art was born out of nationalistic pride. Isolated from contemporary international creative developments until the early 1910s, Brazilian art traditionally revolved around ...

Davyd Burliuk, "Carousel" (1921), oil on canvas, ~13 x 18 inches (33 x 45.5 cm); National Art Museum of Ukraine (© The Burliuk Foundation) LONDON — The story of a nation’s origins can be so much ...

My friend’s words came back to me on a recent visit to “Reimagining Modernism: 1900–1950,” a reinstallation of modern art from the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

Bringing together over 250 creative works by more than 50 influential artists, ‘Nigerian Modernism’ at the Tate Modern in London takes us through recent Nigerian history and the burgeoning of its ...

Nothing has been more remarkable in the cultural life of the past decade than the speed with which the imperatives of the modern movement have been stripped of their authority. Twenty years ago it was ...

‘African Modernism in America, 1947-67,” an exhibition of more than 70 artworks by 50 artists at the Phillips Collection, is a plucky mix of art, art history, sociology, politics, patronage and ...

Long seen as the poor relation of the international art world, modern African art has undergone a massive surge in prestige and commercial interest over the past two decades. The realisation that ...

A year after its grand reopening following extensive renovations to its historic Louis I. Kahn-designed building, the Yale Center for British Art finally seems to be getting back to normal. The thesis ...