Books
California’s Radical and Multicultural Art History, No Longer Dismissed
Art historian Jenni Sorkin surveys the history of visual art in California from the early 20th century to the present.
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Opinion
The Age of Too Much Museum Storage Must End
With growing calls for repatriation of colonial era objects and against illegal trafficking of antiquities, hiding them away from public view in a chamber of secrets is doubly unethical.
Film
From Catchy Commercials to Hollywood Think Tanks, the Evolution of Military Recruitment Ads
As long as wars have been fought, wars have needed to be sold. And just like with weapons, the US armed forces have long been on the cutting edge of propaganda.
News
Bernini Bust of a Woman He Abused Exhibited Alongside Photographs of Survivors
The sculpture is paired with contemporary photographs by Ilaria Sagaria in an Uffizi exhibition about violence against women.
News
Attendance to History Museums Plummeted Nearly 70% in 2020
Those who do not know the past are doomed to repeat it.
News
Have You Noticed There’s a Paint Shortage?
The art industry has been facing material shortages driven by COVID-19 and climate disaster.
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A New Monograph Catalogues the Career of Eco Artist Christy Rupp
Noisy Autumn: Sculpture and Works on Paper, which publishes November 16, includes essays by Carlo McCormick, Amy Lipton, Nina Felshin, Bob Holman, and Lucy R. Lippard.
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How the Center for Craft Elevates Makers and Scholars
The nonprofit has provided $5.1 million in grants and fellowships across the United States. Craft enthusiasts can help make a difference by contributing to the organization.
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Come Study With the University at Buffalo in Its MFA and MA Programs
Funding options include the Arthur A. Schomburg Fellowship Program, full-tuition scholarships for MFA students, and additional opportunities for MA students.
Art
A Transgenerational and Intercultural Look at Abstract Painting
"At the root of these works is the issue of poetics — painterly and textual for Jablon, dynamic, multicolor geometry for Odita."
Art
A Rare Look at a Korean Portraiture Tradition
An exhibition at the Asian Art Museum is only the latest step in a long journey to chart the development of Korean identity through art.
Books
What Does God Even Look Like?
The author, Francesca Stavrakopoulou, pushes back against a later theological worldview that the southern Levantine deity was always a singular, unchanging entity.