In 1974, legendary performance artist Marina Abramović performed Rhythm 0, a daring 6-hour work inviting her audience to do anything to her unmoving body. Through her work, Abramović attempted to explore human nature when given complete freedom and themes of sexual violation.
Have you ever seen a house blow a bubble?
Nothing represents the opulence of the 1920s quite like Tamara de Lempicka‘s art.
Artist Carla Grace Ollwitz crafts stunning paintings that showcase the beauty of animals in breathtaking detail. Born in South Africa and having lived on multiple continents during her childhood, her experiences resulted in a deep love for nature that shines through in her work. “I spent many years in different parts of Africa as a child and youth,” Ollwitz tells My Modern Met.
For the last 10 years, artist Norwood Viviano has been exploring the relationship between industrial growth and population changes in...
After opening up a package, most of us break down the cardboard box and bring it to the recycling bin,...
The city of Seoul has long piqued the world's curiosity. From its ancient history to its modern-day technology, the South Korean capital boasts many facets of its culture and developments—all equally enthralling on their own.
Prior to the invention of photography, botanical illustration was the only way of visually recording the world’s many species of...
American artist Daniel Arsham recently unveiled his latest project—one that seems to draw from classical sculpture both in its form...
Steel is typically viewed as a tough, durable material, but Johannesburg-based artist Regardt van der Meulen uses it to sculpt delicate, fragmented human forms. His intricate works explore themes of “time, memory, and mortality” and emphasize the fragility of human existence. Van der Meulen has been honing his craft for over 20 years, with each new piece being as impressive as the last.
Merging abstraction, surrealism, and realism, Australian oil painter Ella Baudinet has followed her inner voice to forge her unique style.
More than 300 million people in the world are color blind, making it far more common than many people realize.
