Books
New Art Books for the New Season
An autumnal offering of Artemisia Gentileschi, Dorothea Tanning, Henri Matisse, and Guston galore, among much, much else.
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Interview
Artists Quarantine With Their Art Collections
“It was like realizing your parents have a life outside of you and you’re not a kid anymore.”
Art
Red Flags Are Flying at Rockefeller Center
Andy Goldsworthy's installation seeks to signal anti-imperialism at a notoriously capitalist site.
Art
How Robert Kobayashi Elevated the Tin Can
For all the sameness of material and process, Kobayashi was able to attain a wide range of nuanced feeling and subtle pictorial conventions in his tin artworks.
Books
Step Into the Colony Room, the Raucous Haunt of Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud, and the YBAs
Tales from the Colony Room, an oral history of London’s most infamous bar, delves into the artistic collaborations, affections, cruelties, and regrets of the club’s patrons.
News
37% of Major Galleries Cut Staff During the Pandemic
A new survey by Art Basel and UBS that looks at the pandemic’s impact on galleries found sizable staff cuts, including at galleries with net profits of $10 million or more.
News
In Protest of School's Actions During Black Lives Matter Demonstrations, Students Boycott Annual Show
At the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, more than a dozen students are sitting out their final show and presenting their work at alternative, artist-run spaces instead.
News
Would You Walk on the World's Longest Glass Bridge?
The structure, which stretches 1,725 feet across the Lianjiang River in Guangdong Province, has broken a Guinness World Record.
Film
A Comedic Look at How Capitalism Has Warped Chinese History and Culture
In Jia Zhangke’s short film The Hedonists, finally available to stream, laid-off miners become theme park reenactors.
Announcement
Boston University Reveals Speakers for Fall 2020's Virtual Tuesday Night Lecture Series
Ten renowned visual artists and curators will be giving free online talks, which are hosted by the MFA programs at BU School of Visual Arts.
Art
Five Latinx Art Spaces Band Together to Amplify Their Reach
The Latinx Arts Alliance plans to address the lack of financial support for Latinx spaces, while also advancing and supporting Latinx arts programming in Los Angeles.
Film
A Rom-Com Miniseries Made Entirely in Quarantine
Love in the Time of Corona is striking for looking like a normal production despite its constraints.