Here Are the 11 Best Works of Art We Saw in 2019, as Chosen by the Artnet News Staff

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Here Are the 11 Best Works of Art We Saw in 2019, as Chosen by the Artnet News Staff

Here's the very best of what we saw around the world.

By Artnet News, Dec 30, 2019

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How Yvette Mayorga’s Luscious Artworks Use ‘Rasquache Aesthetics’ to Address the Dark Side of the American Dream

The first-generation Mexican-American artist is rising fast based on her colorful style and themes that address the Latinx experience.

By Barbara Calderón, Nov 27, 2019

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Lubaina Himid Was the Oldest Artist to Win the Turner Prize. With a New Show, She Is Trying to Bring Attention to (Much) Older Old Masters

An exhibition by the Turner Prize-winning artist Lubaina Himid reshuffles the strict lines along which we observe the past.

By Nina Siegal, Nov 26, 2019

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What One Mysterious, Easily Overlooked German Painting Taught Me About How to Visit a Museum in the Age of Blockbusters

Untangling why a little-known painting by Christoph Paudiß feels so prescient today.

By Ben Davis, Nov 26, 2019

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Rembrandt and Velázquez Lived in Warring Nations and Never Met. Incredibly, They Painted Like Brothers, a New Show Reveals

Such is the argument of a new Baroque blockbuster show at the Rijksmuseum.

By Nina Siegal, Nov 18, 2019

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Julie Mehretu’s New LACMA Survey Reveals an Artist at the Peak of Her Power—But Also One Unusually Eager to Share the Credit

The artist remaps strategies of power both on and off the canvas.

By Catherine Wagley, Nov 11, 2019

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Vija Celmins’s Stunning Show at the Met Breuer Is a Master Class in How Pictures Don’t Work Anymore

The survey presents the artist's counterintuitive mission: to create a totally realist art that shows how the real is out of reach.

By Blake Gopnik, Oct 22, 2019

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The Lyon Biennale Responds to the Post-Industrial Economy, Only to Get Lost in Post-Human Reveries

Held in a recently decommissioned washing machine factory, the event tries to grapple with the future of labor.

By Terence Trouillot, Oct 21, 2019

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Artist Meriem Bennani’s Latest Work Is All About Imagining a Future in Which We Are Able to Cope With Our Disjointed Reality

The artist's new film combines quirky personal symbolism, sci-fi tropes, and scenes from everyday life in a bizarre new world.

By Ben Davis, Sep 26, 2019

As Detroit’s Reputation for Emerging Art Grows, a Wildly Ambitious Citywide Festival Shows a New Generation of Artists on the Rise

A powerful focus on place actually opened channels to an international dialogue.

By Terence Trouillot, Jul 30, 2019

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