While American collections of East Asian art have grown tremendously, the specialized conservation laboratories that maintain these collections have not.
Kealey Boyd
Kealey Boyd is an art historian and writer based in Denver.
Posted inArt
Paintings that Capture Our Ever-Changing Perceptions of Boyhood
Enrique Martínez Celaya distills how the concept of “the boy” changes with judgement and time, just as painting itself is linked to materials and history.
Posted inNews
World’s Largest Native American Art Forgery Ring Distributed $12M of Fakes
The US government attorney supports 18-month sentences and fines for the accused, but in many ways the damage is done, casting both real and fake Native American artworks into doubt.
Posted inArt
In 1972, Snow Monkeys Were Sent to a Texas Desert. Do They Still Remember Snow?
Curious if the monkeys’ memory of snow remained decades later, artist Shimabuku brought a pile of it to the desert.
Posted inArt
Anne Brigman’s Radical Nude Self-Portraits from the Early 1900s
Brigman portrayed her nude body, significantly scarred from an accident, often lodging herself within a gnarled juniper tree deep in the Sierra mountains. Her photographs are remarkable.
Posted inArt
These Massive, Uncanny Artworks Will Give You the Chills
Tara Donovan’s art is not a metaphor, it is not about identity, and it is not historical. So what is it?
Posted inArt
The Blingiest Belt Buckles Awarded at the National Western Stock Show
Most competitors this year chose their earliest acquisition or one of sentimental value.
Posted inArt
A Student Artist’s Noose Artwork Sparks First Amendment Debate
When a BFA student exhibited an artwork that uses the image of a noose, he didn’t realize the impact it would have on the college community.
Posted inArt
Clyfford Still, as Seen Through His Daughter’s Eyes
Sandra Still offers sharp judgments on celebrated paintings and brilliant details about her father during his most reclusive period.
Posted inNews
The Andy Warhol Foundation Is Expanding Its National Reach
The Andy Warhol Foundation will distribute $1.4 million to organizations for artist-driven projects across 14 cities.
Posted inArt
Porous Definitions of Home and Belonging at the Santa Fe SITE Biennial
This year, the biennial has carved a conversation about displacement in the Americas, using art to question whose history we revisit.
Posted inPerformance
Spellbound by a Live Painting Performance on Election Night
Tashi Norbu, who draws on Buddhist thangka painting, recited mantras between bursts of activity at a crowded gallery.