Art
The Ancient Art of Organized Labor
From Egyptian craftsmen to European textile workers, artists have always found strength in numbers.
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Books
Florine Stettheimer, Highly Original Artist, Gets Her First Comprehensive Biography
Barbara Bloemink’s thorough, engaging book is the first comprehensive biography and full reading of Stettheimer’s paintings, and gives the artist the attention she has long deserved.
Opinion
Can an Exhibition Selected by Museum Guards Address Inequality at Museums?
Guarding the Art has the chance to become the model for how museums honor and respect the dignity of their guards moving forward.
News
The Troublesome History of America’s Public Monuments
A new exhibition at the New-York Historical Society revises the assumption that the current debate about controversial public monuments is in any way new.
News
Pompeii's Long-buried Frescoes Come Back to Life
Pompeii in Color at New York University presents a scintillating close read on the fresco art of the lost city’s villas.
News
The Groundbreaking Cinematic Legacy of Brazilian Modernism
On the bicentennial of the nation's independence, the Brooklyn Academy of Music will show six films traversing six decades of Brazilian cinema.
News
Auction House Sells Glass Negatives As NFTs And Tells Buyers To "Smash" the Originals
"Perhaps you might want to make it permanently digital," said a specialist at Webb's.
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Four Virtual Artistic Interventions From the Jemand Society Explore Speculative Futures
To examine utopias and dystopias, artists Jeremy Bailey, Lucie Freynhagen, Sam Lavigne, and Janne Kummer stage online interventions inspired by 19th-century writer Bertha von Suttner.
News
Smithsonian Offers Jeff Bezos Unusual Naming Rights with $200M Donation
A written agreement between the two sides lacks a “Morals Clause,” barring the museum from removing the billionaire’s name if scandal hits.
Guide
Your Concise New York Art Guide for February 2022
Your list of must-see, fun, insightful, and very New York art events this month, including Sadie Barnette, Faith Ringgold, and more.
Guide
Your Concise Los Angeles Art Guide for February 2022
Your list of must-see, fun, insightful, and very Los Angeles art events this month, including Ulysses Jenkins, EJ Hill, Carlos Almaraz, and more.
Art
Mauricio Lasansky’s “Nazi Drawings” Confront the Unthinkable Evil
Lasansky’s series drew massive crowds when it toured major museums between 1967 and 1970.