When Milton was writing Paradise Lost in the 17th century, a comet grazed through the sky, inspiring the English poet to describe how Satan “stood Unterrified, and like a comet burn’d.”
March 19, 2015
Obama’s Presidential Library May Gobble Up Historic Chicago Parkland
Is it wrong to commandeer space intended for public enjoyment to bolster a political legacy?
The Mentor and His Protégé: Frank Lloyd Wright and Fay Jones in Arkansas
Fay Jones was still a boy in Arkansas when he first heard of Frank Lloyd Wright.
Reviewing the Responses to MoMA’s Divisive Painting Survey
As news of art fairs and Bjork took the spotlight earlier this month, I lingered on the Museum of Modern Art’s The Forever Now: Contemporary Painting in an Atemporal World, up through early April.
Opening March 20 in NYC, ‘La Sapienza’ Tells a Story of Love, Architecture, and Inspiration
La Sapienza tells the story of Alexandre (Fabrizio Rongione) a Swiss architect who seeks spiritual and artistic renewal during a voyage to Italy to study the work of 17th-century architect Francesco Borromini.
Dutch Pranksters Punk Museumgoers with IKEA Art
In a playful prank on some art viewers, a roughly €10 work of IKEA art was placed in the galleries of the Museum Arnhem in the Netherlands, where visitors bestowed praise on the impostor.
A Mashup of Ballet and Postmodern Dance
Dance is a curious thing: an art form that both defies and relies on genre distinctions.
Looking for Origins of Arab Modernism in Kuwait
KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait — The United Arab Emirates may dominate the popular image of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries today, but for most of the 20th century the region’s poster child for oil-fueled prosperity and cosmopolitan aspiration was Kuwait.
A Tomb for the Plastic Ghosts We Leave Behind
Over seven months, artist Ian Trask collected thousands of molded blister packs destined for the landfill and transformed the plastic into a cross between a temple and tomb of consumerism.
A Rubens Exhibition That’s All Fat, No Muscle
LONDON — The term “blockbuster” is defined by the equation: major name or subject + major loans = major ticket sales.
Richest Gathering of Hellenistic Bronzes in Centuries Goes on Tour
In Power and Pathos: Bronze Sculpture of the Hellenistic World, opened last week at Florence’s Palazzo Strozzi, more Greek bronzes are assembled than ever before in the modern age.