Celebrating the extensive aesthetic scopes, strategies and styles that shape contemporary painting

From the Milwaukee Art Museum, 50 Paintings is a landmark survey devoted to the current discourse around painting. The book features 50 works created within the last five years by 50 international artists, whose practice illustrates painting’s vitality and relevance in this moment in contemporary art.

Text by: Nigel Cooke, Byron Kim, Molly Zuckerman-Hartung, Barry Schwabsky