News
An Original Copy of US Constitution Sells for $43.2 Million, Becoming Most Expensive Document Ever Sold
MoMA board member Ken Griffin went well over asking for the document, beating out cryptocurrency enthusiasts who crowdfunded to purchase it.
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This Watercolor Is One of the Earliest Depictions of a Black Woman Living in Scotland
The painting by David Allan has been acquired by the National Galleries of Scotland.
Art
Geometry in a State of Collapse
Westfall stays true to his love of planar geometry, while finding ways to undermine all traces of predictability and stability.
Art
The Great Painter of London's Mayhem
Hogarth and his contemporaries agreed that human life was a stinking and dirty business once you had skimmed the froth off the top.
Art
Vintage Thanksgiving Postcards Are Bizarre
Nothing like saying Happy Thanksgiving with a postcard of a turkey with a knife and fork sticking out of it.
Opinion
Why Frida Kahlo Still Isn't a Great Woman Artist According to the Market
Greatness, in this new golden age of wealth and vanity collecting, is inextricably linked to money, selling prices, and auction results.
Film
This Thanksgiving, Don’t Forget the History of Native Bounties in the US
The documentary short Bounty and its accompanying website make a potent statement from the Penobscot Nation that they are still here.
Film
C’mon C’mon and Mike Mills’s Vision of Masculine Vulnerability
In the films of Mike Mills, sensitive male characters reckon with who they are when who they are doesn’t seem to measure up.
News
A Year Into the Pandemic, the Arts Are More Important To Us, Survey Finds
Black and African American respondents said they perceived systemic racism to be more present in museums than in any other type of arts organization.
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Edward Burtynsky, Who Captures Reality of Environmental Disaster, Recognized for “Outstanding Contribution to Photography”
Burtynsky’s work captures wide-angle views of industrial processes and waste and their interactions with natural ecosystems.
Art
Inside Luis Jiménez’s American Southwest
Born to an immigrant family in El Paso, Texas, Luis Jiménez grew up in a world dominated by cowboys, cactus, and rattlesnakes, all of which appeared in his art.
Art
Rosalind Fox Solomon Captures the Humanity of Everyday Lives
In a way, Solomon's photo series The Forgotten harks back to a time when viewers believed that pictures told it all.