Despite the fact that I have seen many, many art shows sanctifying 1920s modernism from seemingly every angle, the “Mouvement Flou” is a new one to me. The term, meaning the “blurry” or “out of focus” ...
The artists Marcel Duchamp and May Ray had a close friendship that lasted over five decades, resulting in dozens of collaborative artworks that shaped Dadaism and modern art history forever. But, when ...
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. “Conceptual pieces were a part of Man Ray’s practice from the very beginning”. | Credit: Joseph ...
“This looks like the kind of work my high school students turn in.” I was making my way out of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City just before closing when I halted in front of Man Ray’s ...
The rayograph has been long admired but largely misunderstood. This important retrospective gives Man Ray’s eponymous photograms the attention they deserve. ByJonathon Keats, Contributor. Forbes ...
In his “rayographs,” he raved, he was finally “working directly with light itself.” The showstopper is the most expensive photograph ever sold at auction. By Arthur Lubow In the winter of 1921, Man ...
Alias Man Ray: The Art of Reinvention, Jewish Museum, New York, NY (solo) Man Ray: African Art through the Modernist Lens, Phillips Collection, Washington, DC; University of Virginia Art Museum, ...
Image Size: 11.5 x 8.5 inches 16 x 20 inches; 14 x 11 14 x 16 ...
Man Ray, "Boardwalk" (1917), oil, wood handles, and yarn on wood (© Man Ray 2015 Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY / ADAGP, Paris 2025; all other photos Julia Curl/Hyperallergic) Stepping into ...