The building that went for a walk
An historic structure in China is being moved 90m to allow development. Kelly Grovier asks whether we can ever truly preserve the past. read more
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Sean Scully’s hymn to high art in Spain
Close to the summit of Montserrat, the serrated mountain that rises 1,200m an hour’s drive north-west of Barcelona, on a northern slope overlooking the majestic Marganell vall... read more
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Sean Scully's art helps complete 10-year restoration of Spanish monastery
In the thousand years that the Santa Cecilia de Montserrat monastery has stood on the hills overlooking Barcelona, set against jagged towering rocks that rise like giant’s fin... read more
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Gillian Wearing picks her top art, design and architecture events
Taking over the entire Himalayas Museum, Sean Scully does something that has not been attempted before: a career-length exhibition of a western abstract artist in China. His e... read more
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Sean Scully Readies His First Major Exhibition in China
Irish-American artist Sean Scully, 69, has some health advice for older fathers: if you engage in trampoline jumping with your progeny, watch your back. read more
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artnet Asks: Sean Scully
Sean Scully's striped and checkered abstractions are a familiar sight to most in the art world. But, the Irish painter wasn't always a foe of form. In his early practice, figu... read more
Sean Scully at Cuadra San Cristobal, 2018
Photo by Felix Friedmann