Author: Sienna Hawthorne

Zorya E Ordaz is a contemporary artist whose sculptural practice brings together cultural influences, historical references, unconventional materials, and a deep appreciation for the beauty of imperfection. Her works are created as contemporary wall sculptures that explore the relationship between form, texture, light, and shadow, resulting in pieces that continuously change depending on the time of day and the surrounding environment. Inspired by diverse cultures and historical periods, Zorya develops compositions that exist somewhere between sculpture, design, and visual meditation. Her artworks are not intended to remain visually static. Instead, the interaction of light and shadow allows each piece to…

Carlos Asensio is a Spanish contemporary artist and researcher whose career brings together artistic practice, academic inquiry, and international cultural exchange. Born in Castellón, Spain, in 1986, Asensio has developed a professional path that extends beyond the studio, combining advanced education in fine arts with research, writing, exhibitions, and international artistic experiences. His academic background includes a PhD in Fine Arts and a Master’s degree in Artistic Production from the Polytechnic University of Valencia in Spain. He also completed a Studio Program at the Berlin Art Institute in Germany, an experience that further expanded his engagement with contemporary artistic practice…

Phillips’ Modern & Contemporary Art Evening Sale in London delivered mixed results, reflecting the cautious mood that continues to shape the global art market. While signs of recovery have emerged during London’s marquee auction week, the sale underperformed against expectations, highlighting collectors’ increasingly selective approach to buying. The auction generated £12.2 million before fees (£15.4 million including fees), falling below its pre-sale estimate of £16.4 million to £24.2 million. Sale Faces Softer Demand The 29-lot auction saw two works withdrawn before bidding began, while three failed to sell altogether. Although Phillips achieved a respectable 90% sell through rate, most works…

This month, the New York spring version of Affordable Art Fair will alight as soon as once more on the Metropolitan Pavilion, showcasing hundreds of up to date artworks all priced between $100 and $12,000. The truthful guarantees one thing for everybody, and the prospect to discover the bleeding edge of up to date artwork. The forthcoming version, from March 19–23, additionally marks the continuation of the Inexpensive Artwork Truthful Fellowship Program, which goals to offer an equitable platform for brand spanking new and rising galleries to take part within the truthful with out the burden of overhead charges. Forward of the…

Planning a dinner party to welcome the spring? If you hope to signal to your friends and any new acquaintances that you are up to date with the latest trends, then it’s time to put together a Dalí-inspired “surreal soirée.” According to the social media site Pinterest, this is the most coveted tablescaping look for 2025. The platform noted that searches for “Salvador Dalí aesthetic” have been through the roof of recent: a staggering 40 percent increase in interest, leading trend forecasters to conclude that more people “will infuse their tablescapes” with such items as “curvy candlesticks, fantastical flowers, and gravity-defying centerpieces.” Is…

Established in 1975 by Ranier Ludorff, Düsseldorf’s Galerie Ludorff has maintained a specialization in German Impressionism, Expressionism, and classic Modernism, and has maintained an ethos focused on the critical junctures of art history. Beyond its robust exhibition program, Galerie Ludorff has developed an international reputation through its rigorous fair participation—from Art Cologne to TEFAF Maastricht to the Armory Show in New York and beyond. Committed to the cultural landscape even beyond its own gallery space or booth walls, Galerie Ludorff has also consistently loaned works to important institutional exhibitions across the decades, such as “Making Van Gogh” (2019) at the Städel Museum,…

Swedish researchers are hoping to excavate a potentially very informative shipwreck from near Stockholm, one that speaks to an era in the 15th century, when ships were carrying increasingly heavy armaments on board and shipbuilders were in a race to build ever-sturdier vessels. Located in Landfjärden near Häringe, south of Stockholm, the ship measures 115 feet long and 33 feet wide, and may date as far back as the 1460s. Researchers with Vrak – Museum of Wrecks, in Stockholm, are working hard to see what the ship may reveal. “The ship’s frame still rises high above the seabed, and in the…

A version of this article originally appeared in The Back Room, our lively recap funneling only the week’s must know art industry intel into a nimble read you’ll actually enjoy. Though the sun was out all week in London during the first marquee auctions of the year, a chill in the market persists. Here are the top takeaways. (Keep your jacket on.) Size Matters Christie’s more than doubled its rival Sotheby’s total across its evening sales. Sotheby’s had a much smaller offering, and some have speculated that it struggled to win material, despite its U-turn on its unpopular fees restructure earlier this year. Christie’s back-to-back 20th-/21st-century and Surrealist art…

What should surely go down as one of literature’s great descriptions of a major urban area is unexpectedly tucked away in a recent My Art Guide booklet. Brett W. Schultz, cofounder and director of one of Mexico City’s prime art fairs, Feria Material, writes of the beloved metropolis, “It’s thirsty, it’s shaking, it’s honking, it’s dusty, it’s calling your mother terrible things, it’s bursting at the seams, and it’s one of the most vibrant, thriving, and life-affirming cities I’ve ever known.” Also known as CDMX (an abbreviation of its official name, Ciudad de México), the city has a metro area…

Deborah Kass, left to right, “Making Men 4” (1992) and “Puff Piece” (1992) Deborah Kass created the Art History Paintings out of frustration at not seeing herself in the halls of museums even as she fell in love with the work of the artists themselves. That contradictory dynamic of attraction and repulsion is what gives these paintings their power, as her biting critiques are tempered by her humor, and her formalist sensibility marries disparate parts to create searing attacks on the history of exclusion. There’s a curious image of a headless, chestless, and armless Lucy van Pelt from the popular Peanuts comic strip that…