Opinion
Why We Must Challenge the Typical Museum Narrative Regarding Ancient Egypt
For museums to truly grasp their colonial history, self-examination must go beyond questioning how they built their collections to how they interpret them.
Opinion
Art
Unmasking a History of Colonial Violence in a German Museum
At Leipzig’s Grassi Museum, a Tanzanian-German artist collaboration is reimagining the removal of a plinth as sculptural gesture in its own right.
Opinion
Why We Should Care About the Video Essay
Playing in the poetic space between documentary and fiction, the inclusion of found footage and screen recordings has turned the video essay into a representation of online life.
Opinion
Why We Can’t Have Mid-Century Modern
It appears that mid-century modernism’s cultish popularity has all but blinded us to the basic needs it was initially meant to address.
Opinion
A Rehang of Hopper’s Iconic “Nighthawks” Changes the Game
Psychologically, the work of both Gertrude Abercrombie and Hughie Lee-Smith enhance the otherworldly isolation of “Nighthawks.”
Opinion
For the Love of Murderous Women
In a recent episode on Aileen Wuornos in the docuseries, Catching Killers, one talking head investigator is baffled by her actions, but I understand her deeply.
Opinion
What Our Use of Holograms Says About How We Remember
What holograms offer only reminds us that the types of audience interaction they invite cannot fully animate the past.
Opinion
The Backlash Against Oil Sponsorship Can Push for Broader Change in Museums
The British Museum’s complicity in BP’s artwashing ranks alongside the museum’s continual refusal to engage with its own colonial history.
Opinion
15 Things Museums Do That Piss Me Off
The vast majority of museums have a long way to go before we can truly say that they are welcoming for anyone and everyone to visit.
Opinion
How the Hermitage Museum Artwashes Russian Aggression
Collaborations with the State Hermitage Museum are particularly problematic since the director, Mikhail Piotrovsky, flaunts his bond with Putin.
Opinion
How the Ivory Tower Always Comes Crashing Down on Artist Parents
The true problems relate to the invisible architecture of these institutions that cannot or will not respond to the needs of parents.
Opinion
Why We Need Unions at Art Museums
A colleague once told me “You live better when you work in a union, especially in an art museum because you work for elitists.”