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The Early Experiments of Manoucher Yektai

The Early Experiments of Manoucher Yektai

The artist's vaguely surrealist dreamscapes and gestural portraiture often converged stylistically with the work of the New York School of Abstract...

05.12.2025 2

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Mya Ward

A $30.2 Million Fabergé Egg Commissioned by the Last Czar of Russia Sets a New Auction Record

A $30.2 Million Fabergé Egg Commissioned by the Last Czar of Russia Sets a New Auction Record

The frosty Fabergé piece is one of just two surviving eggs designed by Alma Theresia Pihl.

04.12.2025 2

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Mya Ward

At Perrotin, Painter Danielle Orchard Makes an Allegory of Matrescence

At Perrotin, Painter Danielle Orchard Makes an Allegory of Matrescence

The female body is used so freely to denote really complex ideas about human experience, the artist tells Observer. "That flexibility is something I...

18.11.2025 2

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Mya Ward

How Artist Alake Shilling Gives Kitsch a Conscience

Through her ceramic sculpture, the artist strikes world-weary sentiment into the eyes of nostalgically precious woodland creatures.

05.11.2025 5

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Mya Ward

Zheng Chongbin’s Dialogue With the Golden State

His ongoing solo exhibition at LACMA offers a window into his holistic practice and complex design philosophy.

24.10.2025 3

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Mya Ward

Repeating Patterns: How Artist Eamon Ore-Giron Is Keeping Ancient Deities Alive

"Depending on the heritage, a lot of abstraction lives side by side with the figure in the form," he tells Observer.

17.10.2025 3

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Art, Ambition and Atmosphere: Inside Dallas Contemporary’s Annual Gala

On a recent balmy night, the city’s see-and-be-seen set gathered in the institution's industrial-style kunsthalle for its hotly anticipated benefit...

30.09.2025 2

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Mya Ward