Many frames are works of art in their own right—and deserve to be seen as such. TommL, Getty Images. John Marin, the early American modernist, is best ...

Art & Exhibitions Bordercore: Why Frames Became the New Frontier in Contemporary Art. For a century, the frame was meant to disappear. Today, it’s a site of rebellion, narrative, and physical ...

A new wave of contemporary art is reconsidering the frame as a central character, one that is surreal, sculptural, and symbolic. Artists are using the border not just to contain, but to comment ...