Many had previously decried the decision not to restitute the work, alleging that the museum had more to gain by keeping the important painting than the heirs.
Cassie Packard
Cassie Packard is an NYC-based writer and cultural critic with bylines at publications including Artforum, BOMB, frieze, and Los Angeles Review of Books. She is a regular contributor to Hyperallergic.
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A Resplendent Self-portrait by Tourmaline Enters Getty Collection
In “Summer Azure,” Tourmaline rockets upward into a cloudy blue sky, holding an astronaut helmet to her head.
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Your Concise New York Art Guide for September 2021
Your list of must-see, fun, insightful, and very New York art events this month, including the Armory, Bushwick Open Studios, and the New York Film Festival.
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Black Daguerreotypists Highlighted at the Smithsonian
The American Art Museum purchased a collection of early American photographs spanning the 1840s to the mid-1920s.
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Julia Weist’s “Public Record” Probes the Impact of Artists on Cities
As a resident for the NYC Department of Records and Information Services, Weist explored the relationship between the city and its artists as documented in these vast municipal archives.
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40 Self-Taught Artists, Including Bill Traylor, Enter American Folk Art Museum Collection
The gift deepens the museum’s holdings of Black and Latinx artists from the US, Caribbean, and beyond.
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Your Concise New York Art Guide for August 2021
Your list of must-see, fun, insightful, and very New York art events this month.
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Smithsonian Repatriates Sacred Items to the Siksika Nation
The two objects will again be utilized in Siksika ceremonies.
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The Sensual, Surreal, and Queer PaJaMa Collective
The collective staged erotically charged photographs of themselves and those in their artistic circles.
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An Early 20th-Century Erotic Illustrator and Her Queer Vision of Beauty
Gerda Wegener’s works ranged from glamorous portraits of her partner to graphic illustrations of sex that celebrated women’s pleasure.
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Lynn Hershman Leeson, in All Her Cyborg Glory, Gets a Retrospective
A foremother to young new media artists working today, Hershman Leeson has blazed a trail for more than five decades.
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Two Rediscovered Fragonard Paintings Are Acquired by France
The works had been hanging in a cluttered room in Normandy, unbeknownst to its residents.