The Top 5 Art Stories Of 2019
You truly haven’t lived until you’ve seen Cate Blanchett wearing a bicycle helmet being spun around inside a giant clothes dryer as part of an art piece.
Finding God Inside MoMA’s New Exhibition Of Home Movies
The exhibition installation consists of 100 screens of various sizes, divided over two floors, each of which runs different clips of home movies in MoMA’s permanent collection.
Edward Hopper’s Timeless Paintings Raise More Questions Than They Answer
Hopper rarely sheds any light on the subjects in his figural paintings, not even when he shows them in the brightest of sunshine.
How Politics Has Infiltrated The World Of Fine Arts
Art Critic William Newton joins Ben Domenech on this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour to discuss the influence of social media and politics on the direction of art museums.
How Activists Are Forcing Museums To Take a Long, Hard Look At Their Donors
In the past, displaying offensive art got you into trouble. These days, it’s not so much what you display, but rather who paid for the display, that’s increasingly problematic.
8 Gift Ideas From Museum Shops Across The Country
While Amazon provides convenience and the mall, superstores, and specialty shops offer a plethora of other options, online museum gift catalogs offer the hidden pearls of the season.
Visit The Rockies And The Alps In One Location At Newark Museum
The Newark Museum’s new exhibition provides an enlightening examination of two simultaneous currents in nineteenth-century American and European art.
Art Galleries Willing To Go Full Narcissist Can Generate Huge Crowds
The art world’s current conundrum is that encouraging individuals to engage with art often involves appealing to their narcissistic instincts.
How To Enjoy Art In An Age Of Selfies
Many art institutions are torn between the potential advantages of digital mass media, and the lurking dangers its use poses to both their collections and to art appreciation overall.
Art Continues To Transcend Politics, If You Know How To Look
Except for a few hushed conversations in the bathroom the day after the election, politics stays outside the DC museum where I volunteer. That’s where it belongs, on Pennsylvania Avenue.
Tizzy Over Whitney’s Lynching Portrait Reveals Left’s Descent Into Feelings-Driven Politics
A recent controversy over cultural insensitivity at the Whitney Museum in New York betrays the Left’s basic incapacity to process conflict and confusion over the rule of law.
Big Museums Need To Stop Hoarding Treasures Nobody Ever Sees
Thousands of museum-owned objects are sitting in basements, warehouses, and storage depots around the world while their owners simultaneously plan expensive expansions and slash budgets.
Ashraf Fayadh Shouldn’t Die For Making Beautiful Art
Saudi Arabia has sentenced Ashraf Fayadh to death for love poetry.
John Singer Sargent Reveals The Private Lives Of The Rich And Famous
Take the time to get to know the work of John Singer Sargent, which offers us a marvelous opportunity to learn how to look at art and at ourselves.
If Michelle Obama Can Rise Above Her Art Deprivation, So Can Anyone
What poor children don’t need is a first lady telling them they should feel intimidated by art museums. Because they don’t.
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