Torkwase Dyson is part of a growing number of contemporary artists to imbue geometric abstraction with a sociopolitical dimension. Geometry is never neutral; the formal geometry in a painting reflects how the artist conceives of space, order, and positionality. Even when divorced from explicit politics, these issues map on to […]
Day: June 6, 2023
The Restoration of the High Altar of Kisszeben
After many decades of restoration, the High Altar of Kisszeben (Sabinov, Slovakia) has been assembled in the Hungarian National Gallery. The restoration of one of the largest and most ornate winged altars from the medieval period of the Kingdom of Hungary began in 1954 and was completed in the summer […]