HOW DO YOU DRAW a line with a computer? This task has not always been as simple as clicking a mouse or swiping your finger across a screen. When the artist Vera Molnar1 (1924–2023) decided to try her hand at computer graphics in the late 1960s, she did so decades before the wide availability of software like Paint, with its welcoming and accessible graphical user interface (GUI). She had to give the computer instructions in a language the machine would understand: alphanumeric code.
Growing its collection of significant Hungarian artists, acquiring work by heavyweight international names, and being visited by a growing number of art lovers, Hungarian Art & Business (HAB) goes from strength to strength.
Making a mark upon the world can be seen as an act of hubris or a frank recognition of the limits of unique inscription, depending upon one’s philosophical inclinations. Simon Hantaï (1922–2008) realized the latter in his painting after having disproven to himself the moral efficacy of the former.
In this exhibition, superbly curated by Molly Warnock, the paintings of Simon Hantaï are presented in New York, a city that has been very slow to appreciate and acknowledge the importance of this Hungarian French artist.
Simon Hantaï‘s, “Les larmes de Saint Ignace” (1958-59) was sold for more than $1 million at Paris+ this year by the dealer Thaddaeus Ropac. Picking the right…