Paul Klee, suchend und findend (Searching and Finding), 1937. Paste color on paper on cardboard, 13 3/4 x 19 5/8 inches. Private collection. Image courtesy of Moeller Fine Art New York–Berlin.
The work of Paul Klee (1879–1940), noted for its delicacy and wit, isn’t always honored with the distinction that it deserves. The Swiss-born artist, whose works loosely reflected his
The exhibition Karl Blossfeldt, on view at the Whitechapel Gallery in London through June 14, brings together a wealth of material from the archives of the eponymous German artist. On
Dorothea Tanning, Costume Design for Night Shadow, 1945. Watercolor on paper, 8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches. Image courtesy of Judith Young-Mallin, The Young-Mallin Archive, NY.
Massimiliano Gioni’s sprawling 150 artist-exhibition Il Palazzo Enciclopedico / The Encyclopedic Palace opens at the Venice Biennale on June 1st. Among the curator’s eclectic selection—intended to “[blur] the line between
In conjunction with the exhibition Giosetta Fioroni: L’Argento, Curator Claire Gilman illuminates some of the Italian artist’s pop cultural references. While eminently familiar to her Italian peers, many
From November 5, 2005 to February 11, 2006, The Drawing Center hosted an exhibition about an event that took place 30 years prior, yet with repercussions that were timely for
In advance of the third program in The Drawing Center’s Drafts series, Visitor Services Manager Genevieve Wollenbecker speaks with London-based artist Cally Spooner about event-making, live research, and drafting as a performative practice.
The Impressionist Line from Degas to Toulouse-Lautrec: Drawings and Prints from the Clark is an eclectic fifty-eight piece exhibition of 19th century graphic works from France currently on view at
While venturing through The Drawing Center’s archive of past exhibitions, I came across the work of Margaret Kilgallen, who was featured in the Selections Fall 1997 show. Kilgallen’s artwork
In advance of the third program in The Drawing Center’s Drafts series, Curatorial Assistant Nova Benway speaks with Vienna-based artist Nikolaus Gansterer about the generative potential of diagrams. Nova
H. W. Miller, Descriptive Geometry, Seventh Edition (cover and excerpt), 1941. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; New York, NY. Image courtesy of the Reanimation Library.
Bookstore Manager Chloé Wilcox interviews librarian Andrew Beccone, founder of the Reanimation Library, a collection comprising books that have fallen out of routine circulation—including hobbyist and instruction manuals, general interest