Art
Where Are the Archives of AIDS- and HIV-Related Art in the US?
There are several US organizations and libraries that contain key archives documenting art practices and work linked with AIDS and artists living with HIV.
Seph Rodney
Interview
Why Are There So Few Black Full Professors of Art History in the US?
Steven Nelson, professor of art history at UCLA, and Director of the African Studies Center, recently tweeted that he is a member of a rare and exceptional group: one of six full professors in art history, who are black, in the United States.
Art
The Precarious Lives of Freelance Museum Educators
Museum educators are crucial to museums’ long-term public engagement, but these freelancers lack the job security of a full-time, salaried position.
Art
The Freelance Educators Who Teach Children to Love Museums
Museum education is a significant aspect of the way museums interface with their audiences, and freelance educators have made themselves crucial to the operation of many of New York’s main art institutions.
Art
Five Ways to Disrupt White Supremacy in the Mainstream Art World
“What would you do to disrupt white supremacy in the current system of art production?
Art
Colonialism and Power: A Conversation About the Met's Kongo Show
This is a rare exhibition, attempting to countermand the exoticism of central African civilizations that was historically impelled by the objects’ display in princely European cabinets of curiosities.
Art
Tired of Chelsea's Commercialism, a Gallerist Looks Closer to Home in Harlem
Claire Oliver is aiming for a raw, vacant, sun-filled space that would welcome ad hoc projects, allowing “creative expression for its own ends.”
Art
What Will Become of the South Bronx?
The South Bronx is quickly becoming a nexus of competing interests vying for control of a housing and arts frontier that could become the next Brooklyn.
Art
"Like Trying to Shift an Aircraft Carrier": Museum Association Board President Calls for Greater Diversity
It's necessary for museums and historic sites to work toward greater diversity, even though trying to change thid field is “like trying to shift an aircraft carrier.”
Opinion
Cindy Sherman in Blackface
Here we go again. #Myhsa (aka @E_SCRAAATCH) has called attention to artist Cindy Sherman’s blackface performance in some rarely seen works from 1976 by using the tag #cindygate.
Art
The Eerie Abandoned Dreams of Samara Golden
The current exhibition at Canada Gallery, A Fall of Corners by Samara Golden, leads the viewer up to the threshold and almost across into an enticing, dreamlike, and slightly askew dimension.
Art
How One Artist Found Affordable Studio Space in New York
Among New York artists’ ongoing quest for affordable studio space within the city, one artist relates his story of having discovered a studio in the South Bronx that is first and foremost inexpensive.