The Dutch designer Wieki Somers (b. 1976), whose work began to garner attention even before she’d completed her education at the Design Academy in Eindhoven, is being honored by the Stedelijk Museum ’s‑Hertogenbosch with a survey of her projects, a singular amalgam of function, poetic narrative

Abstract, Experimental, Functional, Joyful, Serene

Paul-Émile Borduas was a Canadian painter known for his abstract paintings. He was also an activist for the separation of church and state, especially for art, in Quebec.In January 1946, the first group exhibit of Borduas and his students was held in New York City, followed in April by an exhibit in

Abstract, Rebel, Social revolution

Paul Chan lives and works in New York. His recent solo exhibitions have been presented at the New Museum, New York (2008); Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, (2007); Serpentine Gallery, London (2007); The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, (2006-07); Portikus, Frankfurt, (2006); Magasin 3, Stockholm

Abstract, Atmospheric, Formless, Perceptual, Political, Saturated

Louise Nevelson was an extremely prominent figure and one of few women active in the mid-twentieth-century American art scene. She is known for her assemblages made up of found pieces of wood that were painted to form unified but varied blocks of color. Often, her assemblages are black, white or go

Abstract, Composed, Elegant, Feminine, Monochromatic, Severe