Books
Donna Stonecipher, Global Flaneur
With Donna Stonecipher’s work, you never know what the next sentence is going to tell.
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Art
Painting in The Age of Anxiety
I have an innate distrust of work that has a whiff of nostalgia drifting off its surface, whether it is for Andy Warhol, Jackson Pollock, or, further back, Albert Pinkham Ryder.
Art
Faithful to Putin, One Hundred Percent
Don't trust what you read. Don't trust what you see.
Art
A Master of the Flesh and Painter of the Soul
Ivan Albright represents a deeply transcendent, even Platonic, idea of the soul, although one could be forgiven for missing it among the mercilessly unglamorous bodies of his figures.
Art
Photography in Search of the Real
Real Worlds invites viewers to consider photography not just as documentation of myriad moments but as a means to more deeply understand lives and interpersonal relationships in Western cities.
Books
Who Really Owns the Elgin Marbles?
However we judge Lord Elgin’s original acquisition of the Parthenon sculptures, it’s easy to wonder whether the Turkish rulers legitimately had the right to allow him to dispose of these artworks.
In Brief
Project Documenting the Deaths of Over 34,000 Refugees Mysteriously Removed at Liverpool Biennial
The arts festival is investigating who took artist Banu Cennetoğlu's installation without authorization. With tense Brexit debates on immigration happening in the UK, The List's disappearance is stirring up controversy.
Community
A View from the Easel
This week, artist studios in Louisiana, Nevada, New York, and North Carolina.
Art
The Sweet Chaos of the Bay Area's Artistic Heritage
Way Bay visualizes the currents of unbridled creativity that have coursed and flowed throughout the San Francisco Bay Area over the last two centuries.
Books
A Photographer Follows the Urban Migration of China's Rural Trees
In Forest, photographer Yan Wang Preston documents the big business of relocating mature rural trees to the new urban centers of China.
In Brief
Relocation of Sydney Museum Could Cost Over $890 Million
But that's not all. Reports now reveal that the museum's February fashion fundraiser ball operated at a loss of over $137,000 on top of last year's deficit of $7.4 million.
News
The National Gallery Lets You Sleep with a Masterpiece, For a Price
Museums are finding new ways to make money but the National Gallery decided they wanted to sleep on it.