Guide
Your Concise New York Art Guide for Spring 2020
Your list of must-see, fun, insightful, and very New York art events this season.
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Interview
Meet LA’s Art Community: Pilar Castillo Is Committed to Redesigning the US Passport
An interview series spotlighting some of the great work coming out of Los Angeles. Hear directly from artists, curators, and art workers about their current projects and personal quirks.
Announcement
SCAD deFINE ART 2020 Presents Public Arts Programming in Savannah and Atlanta
Honoree Marilyn Minter will deliver the keynote lecture at the historic Trustees Theater in Savannah on February 19 at 6pm.
Art
Women Saints Who Defied the Patriarchy
As tyranny surges in 2020, imagery of these holy ladies — on view in Gothic Spirit: Medieval Art — might offer more than first expected.
Art
A Maren Hassinger Installation Blossoms From a “Tree of Knowledge” Rooted in a Majority Black Florida Town
Hassinger worked collaboratively with the Pearl City community to create a version of their "Tree of Knowledge" at the Boca Raton Museum of Art, its "roots" composed of twisted, flowing rolls of newspaper.
Books
In Sienese Paintings a Writer Finds Sanctuaries that Allow Him to Grieve
While in Siena, memoir author Hisham Matar turns to his own love of paintings by the Sienese School,and spends hours, days even, in front of a single work.
Art
Suffering From Lower Back Pain While Visiting a Museum? You're Not Alone
Posture specialist Mark Josefsberg coined the term the "Museum Walk" to describe the unhealthy way in which we move in museums, along with a guide on posture improvements that can help you avoid it.
Art
The Untamed Jungles of Vivian Suter’s Abstract Paintings
While the ecological aspect of Suter’s work is particularly timely, her obvious enjoyment of pure color and form makes her artworks all the more enduring.
Art
UNESCO and Google Demonstrate How Climate Change Threatens Five Heritage Sites
Heritage on the Edge, a collaboration between Google and UNESCO, highlights the ways that climate change threatens five existing heritage sites, including Rapa Nui, Easter Island, and Edinburgh.
Comics
Overheard and Observed at the LA Art Fairs
Your comics dispatch from Frieze Week.
Art
LA's Spring/Break Art Show Is Delightfully Garish and Over-the-Top
Working under the theme “In Excess,” participants put together maximalist installations at a former produce market and textile manufacturing site in Downtown Los Angeles.
Art
Required Reading
This week, a new Banksy, LACMA is in bad shape, watch the Oscar-winning short animation film, Zadie Smith on Kara Walker, and more.