Art
Recognizing Ed Clark's Contribution to Abstraction
The work of Clark should remind us of all the interesting things going on in painting in the 1970s, even if few people were looking.
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Art
When Little Doughy Men Play Victim
I am hopelessly optimistic, but it takes work.
Art
Abstraction with a Political Conscience
Olivier Mosset’s career could almost be seen as a grand Fluxus-style gesture of quiet provocation.
Art
Louise Nevelson's Graphic Imagination
Nevelson used drawing as a creative bridge back and forth into the making of sculpture.
Art
The Overdue Skyrocketing of Simone Leigh
Simone Leigh’s chief subject is, in her own terms, “black female subjectivity,” hardly a predominant theme in an art world that has skewed way white and male since its inception.
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$1.3M Banksy Artwork “Self-Destructs” at Auction
A canvas that sold for over a million dollars was shredded by its frame but no one is sure if it was destroyed or simply transformed.
Art
Exploring the Noteworthy Treasures of the Inconspicuous Wallace Collection
The collection is not widely recognized as a trove of ancient art and artifacts, but hosts a rich collection with an occasionally troubled history.
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Guggenheim Museum Returns Looted Painting to a German Art Dealer’s Heirs
When Alfred Flechtheim fled Germany, an Ernst Ludwig Kirchner painting of his ended up in the hands of a Nazi, and eventually at the Museum of Modern Art and the Guggenheim.
Art
Why Do Walls Encase the National Memorial for Peace and Justice?
An essay about a memorial, that unlike others, does not pepper cities and towns, but exists out of view.
Performance
A Jaunty Walk with Bach
The Six Brandenburg Concertos is a gorgeously lyrical piece that kept those concertos in my head humming and cheerfully tumbling days after I had seen the work.
Community
A View from the Easel
This week, artist studios in London, Louisiana, New York, New Zealand, and Wisconsin.
News
Obama Portraits Double Annual Attendance at the National Portrait Gallery
As the museum approaches its 50th anniversary on October 7, the Smithsonian gallery announced it saw two million visitors this fiscal year.