Art
Decoding a Tiffany Glassmaker’s Secret Notebook
The small leather-bound book was used by Tiffany Studios glassmaker Leslie Nash to record recipes, designs, and personal notes on glass chemistry.
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Art
The Body as a Field for Graphic Experiments
A show in Harlem takes on the human form with some surprising results.
Art
50 Years of Lynn Hershman Leeson’s Tricks and Tech Art Innovations
Lynn Hershman Leeson's retrospective at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts reveals an artist who's introduced cutting-edge technologies to the art world and pulled stunts that surprise and unsettle.
Opinion
7 Thoughts About Ivanka Trump’s Photo in Kusama’s “Obliteration Room”
And contemporary art continues to be part of the Jivanka brand.
Art
Della Robbia’s Gloriously Colorful Renaissance Sculptures
The National Gallery of Art explores the radical inventiveness of the della Robbia family, the clay and color masters of the Italian Renaissance.
Art
A Taste of the Complex Relationship between Chinese Food and Identity in America
An exhibition at the Museum of Chinese in America explores the role food has played as a source of hardship and joy for Chinese people navigating this country's cultural landscape.
News
Occupy Museums Hosts a Faux Graduation Ceremony at the Whitney Museum
Last Friday, Occupy Museums held a "counter-commencement" at the Whitney Museum of American Art that called attention to student debt and “speculative investment in art and culture.”
Art
The Indian Removal Act Is on View at the National Archives for the First Time
Visitors can read the handwritten 1830 act that was signed by Andrew Jackson and led to the forced removal of indigenous tribes across the United States.
Art
Dispassionate Films of Crushed Cars and the Mirrored Moon
In his solo show at Andrew Kreps Gallery, Kevin Jerome Everson offers an abstracted extension of the more human-centered work he's known for.
Books
Celestial Spheres, Smog Charts, and Radial Cartography in a New Book About Circles
Manuel Lima's The Book of Circles explores centuries of circular visual expression, from representations of infinity to maps of the stars.
Art
Learn About the Origins of Museums Across Latin America
On May 11 and 12, the Getty Center is hosting a symposium on the beginnings of art, archaeology, and ethnography museums in Latin America.
Art
A Conversation on the Contentious Relationship Between the Arts and Community Development
On May 10 at Flux Factory, four representatives from community-oriented cultural initiatives in New York City will discuss how the arts both hasten and hinder gentrification.