Film
The Passion and Process of David Hockney, Seen in a Restored Documentary
A new 4K restoration of Jack Hazan's 1974 documentary A Bigger Splash brings us a look at the pop artist's work, erotic imagination, and romantic turmoil.
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Art
The Metropolitan Museum Shrouded a Mark Chagall Painting to Draw Attention to World Refugee Day
The museum shrouded the painting to ask the question: “What would the Met’s walls look like if there were no refugees?” Works by other famous artists including Max Ernst, Piet Mondrian, and Mark Rothko are labeled as works "made by a refugee.”
Art
Lorna Simpson Searches for Meaning in the Arctic Ice
Darkening, an exhibition of Lorna Simpson’s glacial paintings, submerges us in an icy desert largely devoid of language and far from human habitation.
Art
Theaster Gates Makes Visible the Hidden Layers of Cities
The collection of never-before-showcased objects materialize the underpinnings of urban livelihoods: commerce, culture, ancestry, trauma, which, particularly for Black Americans, are inextricably entwined.
Art
Queer Artists in Their Own Words: Michèle Pearson Clarke Is Toronto's Photo Laureate
LGBTQ Pride Month is now. Every day in June, we are celebrating the community by featuring one queer artist and letting them speak for themselves.
News
Jewish Studies Scholars Support Resigned Director of Berlin's Jewish Museum with Two Public Letters
Leading Jewish studies scholars came out in defense of Peter Schäfer, himself a prominent Talmud Scholar, and called accusations of anti-Semitism against him "false" and "outrageous."
Art
The Role and Responsibility of Public Art in the Modern Day
The Innovating Public Art symposium will consider a bevy of questions around public art through discussions with artists like Martin Puryear, Leonardo Drew, and others.
News
This New York Couple Has Donated Millions to Museums — And the Anti-Vax Movement
Bernard and Lisa Selz have contributed more than $3 million in recent years to the anti-vax movement. They've also given millions to institutions like the Frick Collection, the Brooklyn Museum, the Dallas Art Museum, and the World Monuments Fund.
Film
Martin Scorsese Tells a Tall Tale of Bob Dylan's 1975 Tour
The director's new documentary, Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story, is practically a mockumentary — playing fast and loose with facts to highlight the musician's penchant for fascinating contradictions.
Art
Echoes of Identity Across the Work of Two Asian-American Artists
Artists Tommy Kha and Meena Hasan map not only the ethnic dimensions of their background but also the public and private ones.
Art
Artists Examine the Troubling Histories of Medical Abuse and Human Experimentation
Baneful Medicine looks to the past, but offers an opportunity to ponder bodily autonomy, informed consent, and medical practice in the present.
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The Art Business Certificate in New York is an intensive program designed to provide in-depth knowledge of all aspects of business in today’s art world. Enrollment is now open for September.