Today would have marked the 82nd birthday of Dan Flavin, the priest-turned-soldier-turned-artist. To celebrate the birth of the multifaceted artist, we’ve gathered a few of his most prominent ...

Dan Flavin is one of the world’s most highly celebrated and well-known Minimalist artists. Yet, when it comes to awards, he may well have been overshadowed by his own dog. Flavin was born in New York ...

At a preview Thursday morning for the Morgan Library’s exhibition, “Dan Flavin: Drawing,” the show’s curator Isabelle Dervaux, told a Dan Flavin, "eight 'monuments' for V. Tatlin" (1968). (Courtesy ...

Using inexpensive, standard-sized fluorescent lamps, fixtures and wiring, Dan Flavin fills large rooms with tremendous energy. Some of the 50 objects and installations on view at the Museum of ...

Though it is not common knowledge that the two were even acquainted, it’s likely Dan Flavin, the Minimalist artist best known for his fluorescent light sculptures, first met the Abstract Expressionist ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about New York's art gallery system and museum structure. This article is more than 10 years old. For a minimalist artist, ...

It’s hard to cull affect from Minimalism. Only those most prone to the pathetic fallacy—the same set who claim dogs smile or birds seem sad—will see ready emotion in the often deadpan, quotidian ...

Dan Flavin took an everyday object, found in most stores, homes and offices, and made it extraordinary. He used fluorescent lights of varying lengths and colors and arranged them to create sculptures ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - Former state representative and local businessman Dan Flavin is being remembered this week as his family and friends prepare to lay him to rest. For those who knew Flavin ...