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John Currin’s paintings balance a love of oil painting, in all of its stodgy, self-serious tradition, with contradictory humor and crassness.

The Museum of Modern Art has an incredible collection, featuring thousands of famous artworks. These are 12 that should not be missed!

Barnett Newman’s paintings, arriving at the apex of modernism in midcentury New York, show the complex relationship between art and spirituality.

Sigmar Polke was a German Artist, famous for co-founding the Capitalist Realism art movement. The fundamental ideas of this movement recurred throughout his career, adjusted for the progression of capitalism.

Frank Auerbach is a British painter known for his intense works and demanding process. Beyond his significant status in the history of modern art, he remains an essential contemporary artist.

The Realist artist Fairfield Porter painted subdued and traditional works at a time when abstract art was pushed to the forefront, making him a paradoxically subversive artist.

The sculptor and installation artist Anish Kapoor bought exclusive artistic rights to the world’s blackest black in 2016, resulting in widespread controversy and a longstanding feud with Stuart Semple.

Vija Celmins is a contemporary Photorealist and visual artist. Her works are notable for a unique and studied reckoning of the relationship between traditional art and photography.