Luc Tuymans (born 1958) is one of today's most widely admired painters, a continuation of the great tradition of Northern European painting and an enduring influence on younger and emerging artists. First published in hardback for the artist's first full-scale American survey in 2009, and now availa[...]

A mountain of chairs piled between buildings. Shoes sewn behind animal membranes into a wall. A massive crack running through the floor of Tate Modern. Powerful works like these by sculptor Doris Salcedo evoke the significance of bearing witness and processes of collective healing. Salcedo, who live[...]

"12 Ballads for Huguenot House" chronicles an ambitious project by American installation artist Theaster Gates (born 1973), in which he attempts to unite two disused buildings-one in Chicago and the other in Kassel, Germany-by dismantling parts of each to reuse in the rebuilding of the other. Huguen[...]