Claire Voon

Opinion

To the Man Suing the Met for “Aesthetic Whitewashing,” Here Are Some of the Museum's Non-Aryan Jesuses

One New Yorker is suing the Metropolitan Museum of Art for displaying fair-skinned and blonde-haired artworks of Jesus Christ, claiming that they are racist and made him suffer from emotional distress.

Art

Fresh Air and Artistic Forms Outside Art Basel Miami Beach

MIAMI BEACH — Wandering for hours around the convention center housing Art Basel Miami Beach tends to make one long for fresh air.

Art

From the Virtual to the Satanic, a Former Pharmacy Hosts Alternatives to Miami's Mega-Fairs

MIAMI BEACH — Escape the overwhelming and crowded main art fairs this year — without forgoing the art experience — in an unexpected place: the derelict shell of a pharmacy in North Beach.

Art

From Most Encouraging to Most Normcore, 18 Superlatives for Art Basel Miami Beach 2015

MIAMI BEACH — The 14th edition of Art Basel Miami Beach offers its expected share of conventional, cheesy, captivating, cool, and curious works, but it would be impossible to discuss everything worth a mention.

Art

Sussing Out the Good Stuff at Art on Paper and Miami Project

MIAMI BEACH — The Deauville Beach Resort has been the home of the NADA art fair since 2009, but times change.

Art

At Pulse Miami Beach, Plants, Plants Everywhere

MIAMI BEACH — Perhaps it's because we're near the tropics or in palm tree central, but whatever the reason, the galleries participating in this year's Pulse Miami Beach fair are showing a generous selection of botany-focused works.

News

Online Archive Commemorates Artists Affected by or Lost to AIDS

Artists whose lives were affected by AIDS now have a space dedicated entirely to showcasing and honoring their works.

Art

The Historic Painted Panels That Exposed the Hell of Hiroshima

After the atomic bomb that led to the deaths of over 100,000 people exploded in Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, artists Iri and Toshi Maruki entered the destroyed city

Art

Czech Artists’ Radical Book Designs of the Early 20th Century

The founding of the Republic of Czechoslovakia in 1918 also led to a cultural renaissance in the region, with a desire to create a distinctive Czech culture spurring decades of artistic experimentation and creativity.

Art

Keith Haring in Corn, and Other Artistic Thanksgiving Plates

This Thanksgiving, up your plating game and with some artist-inspired dishes courtesy of San Francisco-based artist Hannah Rothstein.

Art

The Wonderland of Swedish Wooden Toys

From delicate dollhouses to globally recognized puzzles to small animal figurines, the vast variety of toys that have emerged from Sweden over time are more than just playthings.

Art

Illuminating the Contents of Our Junk Drawers

We all have those drawers filled to the brim with objects we use only occasionally or keep simply for sentiment, knickknacks united only by the fact that they lie in an enclosed box.