Announcement
Apply Now for Lesley Art + Design's January MFA Residency in Boston and Cambridge
Designed for working professionals, the priority deadline is October 15. Applications reviewed in order received until December 5.
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Art
The Story of Labor in New York and What It Requires of Us
City of Workers, City of Struggle at the Museum of the City of New York tracks the evolution of the labor movement as an unpredictable passage of pitfalls and switchbacks.
News
Maintenance Workers at Metropolitan Museum Receive 63% Pay Increase
After more than a year of negotiations, licensed HVAC assistant maintenance workers will receive $35 per hour while the annual salaries for new hires will jump from $45,760 to $72,800.
Announcement
Call to Artists: Apply Now for the Parramatta Square Public Art Projects in Sydney, Australia
This opportunity is for two large-scale sculptures in the Parramatta Square public domain. Applications are now open through October 11, 2019.
Books
A Former Museum of Modern Art Director's Meticulous Eye for Detail
As a non-specialist Rene d’Harnoncourt had a rare ability to engage deeply with objects across time, cultural specificity, and form.
Interview
Postcommodity Centers Optimism and Indigenous Philosophies in a New Site-Specific Installation
In their latest site-specific project, the collective probes histories of migration in a pan-American context.
News
Enjoy a Day of Free Admission to Hundreds of US Museums, Courtesy of the Smithsonian
On September 21, museums across the country will offer visitors free general admission tickets as part of the 15th annual Smithsonian Museum Day.
Art
Required Reading
This week, the cost of doing scholarly work in art history, how novelist Jonathan Franzen avoided jury duty, an alternative Latin American reading list, Lana Del Rey criticizes a critic, Washington's "Iran Expert" problem, and more.
Books
Italian Poet Amelia Rosselli's Diary Examines and Reexamines the Self
In her diary, Rosselli experimented with what she described as “wild” writing to explore trauma and loss.
Art
When the Arts Resist Imperialism
The exhibition Clapping with Stones is a chilling reminder that the history of art is also the history of power.
Art
Extraordinary Paintings of Ordinary Birds
Ann Craven's painted birds, set against a soft-focus background, have a kitsch quality, but with a provocative edge.
Art
A Sanitation Worker's Collection of Salvaged Objects
Whether objects are considered trash or treasure depends on how we care for and arrange them.