Willemijn Stokvis, the preeminent art historian on CoBrA, considers it “the last avant-garde movement of the 20th century.” This radical group, active from 1948 to 1951, named itself for the home ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Perhaps the last true avant-garde movement of the 20th century” is how Christie’s describes CoBrA – the artist ...

After learning that he’d been chosen to receive an award from the Guggenheim Foundation in 1964, Danish artist Asger Jorn sent Harry Guggenheim a telegram enjoining his would-be benefactor to “Go to ...

THE HAGUE, NetherlandsTHE HAGUE, Netherlands — A museum dedicated to the works of an influential European art movement says the group’s last surviving Dutch member, Corneille, has died at age 88. The ...

In 1958, something of a conspiracy launched a new avant-garde movement that had the peculiar trait of having been defunct for seven years. Though never presented in clear terms, allusions are made to ...

The University Museum of Contemporary Art recently opened a temporary exhibit titled “Human Animals: The Art of Cobra.” The exhibition, organized by the NSU Art Museum in Fort Lauderdale, has been in ...

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch painter Corneille, co-founder of the avant-garde Cobra movement, died on Sunday at the age of 88, the Dutch Cobra museum said on Sunday. The Dutch news agency NOS said ...