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Context Fine Art

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Art gallery and studios specializing in abstraction from gestural to hard-edged. 1305 W. 80th St, Cleveland, OH 44102

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Context Fine Art @contextfineart.bsky.social · 4d

Every Artist Has a Favorite Subject. For Some, That’s Math.

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Context Fine Art @contextfineart.bsky.social · 7d

Why Are So Many Artists Building Totems?

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Context Fine Art @contextfineart.bsky.social · 7d

George Morrison Painted a Different Picture of Abstract Expressionism

The Ojibwe artist was active in New York's midcentury art scene and embraced by fellow Abstract Expressionists, yet he’s rarely in canonical histories today.

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Context Fine Art @contextfineart.bsky.social · 9d

New exhibit celebrates James Webb Space Telescope through artwork

Artist Ashley Zelinskie is "Wandering through Time and Space”' with ESA's Webb team.

Context Fine Art @contextfineart.bsky.social · 13d

Lakota and Western Art History Converge in Dyani White Hawk's Vibrant Works

Dyani White Hawk delves into cross-cultural connections and examines how artistic and national histories have been constructed.

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Context Fine Art @contextfineart.bsky.social · 15d

An Indian-American Artist’s Self in Pieces

In his new paintings, Sangram Majumdar seems to be driven by the desire to hold together the different aspects of his dual identity.

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Context Fine Art @contextfineart.bsky.social · 23d

Oklahoma does away with fine arts requirements to earn a high school diploma

The decision to offer fine arts curriculum will now be left up to school districts across the state. Rural districts with already limited resources could see cuts.

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Context Fine Art @contextfineart.bsky.social · 26d

Explore Germany’s Bauhaus Legacy From Dessau All The Way To Berlin

Step into the heart of Germany’s Bauhaus legacy this September. Dessau, home to the iconic art school, is marking its centenary with fresh exhibitions that bring modernist design to life.

Context Fine Art @contextfineart.bsky.social · 27d

Nanette Carter Is a Pioneer of Black Abstraction—and She’s Still Experimenting Today

For Carter’s solo show at the Wexner Center for the Arts, she’s debuting three-dimensional steel totems, part of her “Afro Sentinels” series.

Context Fine Art @contextfineart.bsky.social · 28d

Geometric Abstraction in the Age of Disparity

Lisa Corinne Davis has stretched the possibilities of painting into a territory defined by digital systems, algorithms, flow charts, and diagrams.

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Context Fine Art @contextfineart.bsky.social · Sep 16

Researchers solve decades-old color mystery in iconic Jackson Pollock painting

Scientists have identified the origins of the blue color in one of Jackson Pollock's paintings with a little help from chemistry, confirming for the first time that the abstract expressionist used a v...

Context Fine Art @contextfineart.bsky.social · Sep 2

Painters Amy Sillman and Cameron Martin on Tragicomic Abstraction

Martin is showing now at Sikkema Jenkins Molloy in New York, Sillman at Dia Bridgehampton.

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Context Fine Art @contextfineart.bsky.social · Aug 25

The Defining Artistic Movements of the 21st Century

9 tendencies made the list, from post-internet art to fiber art, to research-based and social practice. Bone up on them here.

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Context Fine Art @contextfineart.bsky.social · Aug 7

How Spirituality Went from Taboo to Trendy in the Art World

Spirituality pervades shows like Hilma af Klint at MoMA, Saya Woolfalk at MAD museum, and Shakers shows at both the ICA Boston and the Vitra Museum.

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Context Fine Art @contextfineart.bsky.social · Jul 24

Amy Sherald Cancels Her Smithsonian Show, Citing Censorship

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Context Fine Art @contextfineart.bsky.social · Jul 24

Robert Rauschenberg's Monumental 'Barge' Returns to New York's Guggenheim | Artnet News

The Guggenheim will display artist Robert Rauschenberg's massive 'Barge' for the first time in 25 years to mark the artist's centennial.

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Context Fine Art @contextfineart.bsky.social · Jul 23

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Late Painter Mavis Pusey’s Geometric Abstractions Were Always Ahead of Their Time

Groundbreaking Black abstract painter Mavis Pusey was overlooked by the art world for decades. In her first museum show, the artist is finally getting her due.

Context Fine Art @contextfineart.bsky.social · Jul 6

Blanche Lazzell Carved a Path for American Abstraction—Then Faded From View

The overlooked printmaker Blanche Lazzell, of West Virginia, deserves recognition as one of America's first Modernists and abstract artists.

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Context Fine Art @contextfineart.bsky.social · Jul 5

‘Sun Tunnels’ by Nancy Holt: Cosmic Revelations

An important example of the 1960s and ’70s Land Art movement, the artist’s arrangement of four concrete tubes on the floor of Utah’s extinct Lake Bonneville serves as a vehicle for aesthetic experienc...

Context Fine Art @contextfineart.bsky.social · Jun 26

The Long-Overlooked 'Queer Queen of Abstraction' Reclaims the Spotlight

The late abstract painter Louise Fishman, a Queer feminist artist, is ripe for rediscovery at her first show at New York's Van Doren Waxter.

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Context Fine Art @contextfineart.bsky.social · Jun 19

First US Marcel Duchamp Retrospective in Half a Century to Debut in New York in 2026

MoMA and the Philadelphia Museum of Art will stage the first US Marcel Duchamp retrospective in half a century in 2026.

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Context Fine Art @contextfineart.bsky.social · Jun 13

The Surrealist Collage Show in Sync with Our Freaky Times | National Review

It’s art from the 1920s to the ’70s, but it still packs a punch.

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Context Fine Art @contextfineart.bsky.social · Jun 5

Why this Seattle artist, whose works have sold for $4,000, is auctioning his art starting at $10

Seattle painter Mike Hascall, 73, confronted the possibility of leaving behind his unsold art for others to sort through. Here's what he did.

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Context Fine Art @contextfineart.bsky.social · Apr 30

Rothko painting worth more than £42 million damaged by child visiting gallery

The abstract artwork will undergo restoration works to repair the scratches

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Context Fine Art @contextfineart.bsky.social · Mar 28

Museums and parks must remove some items related to race and gender: Executive order

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday aiming to eliminate what the it calls “anti-American” content from museums and parks, sources told ABC News.