Rashid Johnson

Taking its title from James Baldwin’s 1953 Harper’s magazine essay ”Stranger in the Village” about the author’s experience as an African-American living in an all-white village in Switzerland, Rashid Johnson’s show “Stranger” explores notions of foreignness and the exotic after a two-month residency for the artist at Hauser & Wirth’s farmhouse in rural Somerset, England.

From an exceptional gift of Australian Aboriginal art in New York, to highlights from Impressionist favorites in São Paulo — our pick of this week's must-see shows

Prospect.4, the fourth iteration of a New Orleans citywide exhibition that opens opens November 16-19, 2017, has announced its list of 73 participating artists, including three Texan artists.

Our pick of this week's must-see new shows worldwide, featuring Cy Twombly in Athens and a new, immersive installation at MoMA

From the founder and creative director of cutting-edge luxury fashion label Zadig & Voltaire, a collection in which art meets music and fashion — with highlights from the Post-War and Contemporary Art sales in New York.

This summer, Fondation Louis Vuitton is shining the spotlight on Africa.

10 Exhibitions Opening This Week

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We visited the Frank Gehry-designed building in Paris to view a new exhibition of work from some of the most significant African artists of our time.

The contemporary art world is notoriously convoluted. Billions and billions of dollars run through this market, which operates more like a magician’s box than any sort of industry, and for all the frustrations associated with trying to break in or even just to understand it, it remains an incredibly desirable, exclusive circle.

It is with great sadness that Jack Shainman Gallery announces that Barkley L. Hendricks passed away this morning.

The Leo Xu Projects, Shanghai and David Kordansky Gallery, California, collaborate to present the group exhibition ‘Please Fasten Your Seat Belts As We Are Experiencing Some Turbulence’ on view through April 30, 2017.

Galleries try to tempt affluent middle-class Chinese buyers, who are showing an interest in art over luxury goods.

Filmmaker Matt Black‘s REFLECTIONS: in conversation with today’s artists was published in late January by Assouline.

New York’s Drawing Center has announced that four new trustees will join its board of directors.

Shortly after the three-room childhood home of singer and civil rights activist Nina Simone appeared on the market last year, African American artists Ellen Gallagher, Rashid Johnson, Julie Mehretu, and Adam Pendleton came together to purchase and preserve the building, Randy Kennedy of the New York Times reports.

10 Exhibitions Opening This Week

The beloved sidekick of Andy Warhol tries his hand at curating in 'The Age of Ambiguity'

Vito Schnabel Gallery, St. Moritz, will be hosting a group exhibition titled ‘The Age of Ambiguity: Abstract Figuration/Figurative Abstraction,’ from

Anything like a clear through-line connecting what I marked down as the year’s most affecting shows has proven elusive.

Below is our consolidation of the ArtBasel Miami Beach sales reported this week. It's followed by the fair's own comprehensive reporting.

Some news coming to the ARTnews Decision 2016 Desk here in Manhattan on Tuesday evening: Rashid Johnson will be supporting Hillary Clinton in the presidential race.

"Narcissistic self-aggrandizement" was the polysyllabic put-down that firebrand linguist Noam Chomsky aimed at "protest" voters in swing states in this presidential election—but he could as well have been listing a job requirement for the twenty-first-century profession of "avant-garde artist."

It’s more than a cliché today to point to a grand show at a commercial gallery in New York and say that it reflects the current sociopolitical climate, but in the case of Rashid Johnson’s solo exhibition at Hauser & Wirth, that claim is merited.

If you enter "Fly Away," Rashid Johnson's new show at Hauser & Wirth, at the right moment, you will be drawn to the heart of the exhibition by the sound of a piano echoing through the vast space.

Rashid Johnson with Untitled Anxious Audience at Hauser & Wirth Gallery. Yvonne Albinowski for New York Observer.

Kanye West reinterpreted it, Alison Krauss and Gillian Welch performed their rendition for O Brother, Where Art Thou?, and Aretha Franklin paid tribute to Princess Diana with it.

A retrospective at Hauser & Wirth embraces a more colorful work of art.

Every fall is something of a homecoming. This season, homecoming means a return to painting, although that painting isn’t likely to be anything ordinary.

The Thursday after Labor Day is traditionally the start of the art world’s school year, with the mega-galleries unveiling their primo shows to collectors who have finally come home from Southampton or Ibiza or wherever.