Books
An Uncompromising Look at Photography and Gender
In Photography after Photography Abigail Solomon-Godeau’s overarching goal is to offer a feminist critique of the art world.
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Art
The Lasting Influence of the Waxen Venus on Studies of Anatomy
Modern constructions of beauty and biological race were heavily influenced by the study, replication, and measurement of classical sculpture in eighteenth century Europe.
News
Week in Review: MoMA PS1 Settles Maternal Discrimination Claim, LACMA Redesign Downsized
Also, the popular Soul of a Nation exhibition will have an unexpected stop in San Francisco, the Roma cinematographer is selling photographs to benefit domestic workers in Mexico, and more.
Announcement
CalArts Welcomes Elizabeth Povinelli and Saidiya Hartman as 2020 and 2021 Theorist in Residence
Anthropologist and Critical Theorist Elizabeth Povinelli will be the 2020 Theorist in Residence for the MA Aesthetics and Politics Program and Literary Scholar and Cultural Historian Saidiya Hartman for 2021.
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Dallas Museum of Art Acquires Latin American Works, and Library of Congress Acquires Georgia O'Keeffe's Letters
Plus, Andy Warhol's work sells at auction, and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden acquires 30 new works.
Art
The Untold Story of Alma Mahler and Her Relationship to the Bauhaus
Nearly 100 years ago Walter Gropius divorced from Alma Mahler, the Viennese musician married to the academy’s famed founder during the planning stages of the Bauhaus.
News
New York State Launches Opioid Lawsuit, Naming Sacklers and Purdue Pharma
The NY Attorney General filed the updated lawsuit, which calls the Sackler family’s art philanthropy a tactic to “whitewash their decades-long success in profiting at New Yorkers’ expense.”
Art
The Mesmerizing Mundanity of Pierre Bonnard's Late Paintings
On view at the Tate Modern, Pierre Bonnard: The Colour of Memory focuses on the French Post-Impressionist's mature work, from 1912, when color became his chief concern, until his death in 1947.
Art
An Exhibition in the Bahamas Crosses Boundaries and Borders
At the ninth national exhibition of the National Art Gallery of the Bahamas, artists play with the theme of fruits and seeds in staggeringly varied and complicated ways.
Art
Was Man Ray the Inspiration Behind the Black Dahlia Murder?
Steve Hodel believes his father — a friend of the surrealist — committed the grizzly Hollywood murder as an emulation of the artist's techniques.
News
Construction Workers Claim Kochi-Muziris Biennale Shorted Payment
A contracting company says it "has been left in a precarious financial situation" after the biennial declined to pay its full construction costs. The biennial says a government-approved valuer found "that the amounts demanded by the contractor are arbitrary."
Art
Yu Hong's Fantastical Universe of Sorrow
In the Chinese artist's monumental paintings, babies sleep in hell and faceless crowds slump in despair, illustrating the Buddhist world of Saha, where all beings suffer.