Tessa Solomon

2 weeks ago | artnews.com | Tessa Solomon

Before her death in 2020, Susan Rothenberg said that she had not expected to receive “a lot of applause,” during the post-Minimal movement for her formally explorative, psychologically nuanced artwork, perhaps given its subject matter: big horses and, later, disembodied heads, limbs, and uncanny vistas. “They get you or they don’t,” she added.

3 weeks ago | artnews.com | Tessa Solomon

A team of German archaeologists excavating in the ancient city of Nineveh, located near the modern Iraqi capital of Mosul, have announced an “extraordinary” discovery within the throne room of the North Palace of King Ashurbanipal: remnants of a monumental relief that depicts the fabled ruler of the Assyrian empire alongside two deities.

3 weeks ago | robbreport.com | Tessa Solomon

A Magna Carta classified by Harvard as an unofficial copy for almost 80 years has been declared as an original issued by Edward I from 1300, the university has announced. The discovery means that there are now seven surviving copies of the first document to effectively establish that no English monarch was above the law.

3 weeks ago | artnews.com | Tessa Solomon

A Magna Carta classified by Harvard as an unofficial copy for almost 80 years has been declared as an original issued by Edward I from 1300, the university has announced. The discovery means that there are now seven surviving copies of the first document to effectively establish that no English monarch was above the law.

4 weeks ago | artnews.com | Tessa Solomon

More so than Frieze or any of the other comparable fairs open concurrently in New York, 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair unfolds like succession of introductions. That makes sense, since this is a regional spotlight, and the region, as well its diaspora, is often misrepresented as a totality rather than a diverse constellation of people and places.