Contemporary Art

The Peabody Essex Museum kicks off a traveling retrospective of T.C. Cannon, a seminal figure in contemporary Native American art.

Contemporary ceramic artists combine craft tradition with boundary-pushing creativity.

One of the great innovators in “allover” painting, Lee Krasner eclipsed her own career in order to advocate for that of her husband, Jackson Pollock.

James Rosenquist’s art eschews purity to reach an eye-popping clarity.

David Hockney, a perpetual student of art history, throws everything he has at the still-unsolved problems of perception and representation.

Belkis Ayón gets her first museum retrospective in Los Angeles.

A show at the Delaware Art Museum presents the many modes of contemporary realist painting.

Known for his distinctive poster designs, the veteran Japanese artist Tadanori Yokoo is earning belated attention overseas for his work as a painter, too.

Chicago’s rich art scene offers prehistoric art, contemporary works, and everything in between.