Genieve Figgis, The Happy Accidents of the Swing (after Fragonard), 2018, acrylic on canvas, 47 1/4 x 39 3/8". Genieve Figgis’s painted tableaux often seem to present a dramatic event,…
Genieve Figgis explores history and classical art through a spontaneously messy process of painting with globs and pours, a deliciously grotesque appr...
Our columnist dives into another fiercely contested specialty market and drags out an important lesson by the scruff of its neck.
Stop "meaning to" check out the art world and dive in, starting with these new solo exhibitions by some of the coolest young artists working right now
The Irish artist references Irish-English literature and the paintings of Old Masters in her acrylic painted works to comment on the state of society both in the past and the present.
Despite the cancellation of two major art fairs, this July a number of lively art shows are planned for Long Island's East End.
Картины Дженевы Фиггис напоминают полотна 18-го века в стиле рококо, все эти причудливые дамочки в юбках на качелях или роскошные банкеты за слишком большими столами. Только вместо глянцевой, детальной визуализации, которая превращает роскошные фантазии в гиперреалистичные изображения, работы…
The Irish artist has enjoyed a rapid ascent in the art world since she was championed on Twitter by a famous artist.
Irish painter Genieve Figgis takes the pose and ceremony of the high society of the past, and makes it a more inclusive, democratic world
Figgis's musings on bourgeois decadence feel particularly canny in a time of widespread inequality.
Irish painter Genieve Figgis takes the pose and ceremony of the high society of the past, and makes it a more inclusive, democratic world
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On New Year's Eve, New York's Metropolitan Opera presents a Gala Opening of Gounod's Romeo et Juliette, starring Diana Damrau and Vittorio Grigolo. When they sing together, according to The New York Times, "the temperature rises nearly to boiling".
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The Irish artist references Irish-English literature and the paintings of Old Masters in her acrylic painted works to comment on the state of society both in the past and the present.
We talked with artist Genieve Figgis about why she always abandons plans, how social media changed her life, and why female painters have something powerful to say.
Irish painter Genieve Figgis takes the pose and ceremony of the high society of the past, and makes it a more inclusive, democratic world
She blends a macabre sensibility with wicked Irish wit, borrowing subject and theme from Baroque, Rococo and Victorian era works, so that her paintings seem eerily familiar, yet marred...
Irish artist Genieve Figgis has just released a self-titled book, the first publication comprised solely of her work. Issued by Rizzoli in conjunction
In this week’s Culture List: art in the Hamptons, waiting in line to see John Lithgow as King Lear, champagne with Bobby Flay, and more.
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