Art
The Mind-Bending Portraits of Chie Fueki
For years, Fueki has been quietly creating a singular body of mind-bending work that has never fit into the New York art world.
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Opinion
Museums Could Help Families and Children While Saving Our Democracy
What if every regional museum could offer free or subsidized daycare that taught secular values about participatory democracy and culture?
Opportunities
Amnesty Launches Contest for Artists to Demand Closure of Gitmo Detention Camp
Despite international condemnation, and the promises of US Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden to shut down the facility, the detention camp continues to operate.
News
The Smithsonian Is Still Collecting Material Connected to the January 6 Capitol Attack
Since January 7, 2021, banners, signs, flags, and stickers have been donated by members of “Operation Clean Sweep,” a concerted effort to clean up the post-riot site
News
After a Decade of Uncertainty, the Jewish American History Museum Emerges With a Bright Future
Weeks before the pandemic necessitated its temporary closure, Philadelphia’s National Museum of American Jewish History filed for bankruptcy in hopes of keeping its doors open.
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Jane Freilicher and Thomas Nozkowski: True Fictions
Curated by Eric Brown, this exhibition at the Milton Resnick and Pat Passlof Foundation in New York is on view through February 26.
Comics
The Fearless Artist
"Are we really going in?"
Film
Pedro Almodóvar Presents a Beguiling Thriller About Motherhood
Penélope Cruz and Milena Smit play two new mothers from very different backgrounds in the Spanish director’s latest study in female interiority.
News
Is This Art Historian's £65 Copy of a Van Dyck Painting Really an Original?
Christopher Wright is convinced that a painting of Spanish Infanta Isabella Clara de Eugenia, which he purchased for £65 in 1970 is an Anthony van Dyck original.
Opinion
Why Context Matters in Museum Displays
People need a source of restoration, and museums are well-positioned to fill that role, but restoration should not mean escape.
News
Maya Angelou Becomes the First Black Woman on a US Quarter
The coin debuts a four-year series of quarters featuring trailblazing women, including Nina Otero-Warren and Anna May Wong.
News
New York's Jewish Museum Staff Push to Unionize
The union would include art handlers, curators, development staff, educators, visitor experience and retail employees, and other administrative staff.