Opinion
We Need to Reform the September 11 Museum
Approaching the 20th anniversary of the attacks, the National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center faces a reckoning.
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Are Hybrid Film Festivals Actually Accessible?
If hybrid festivals continue the way they do, the in-person experience will be held at a premium while the online content is given to the masses.
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An Experimental Alternative to the NFT Market Frenzy
On Hinc et Nunc, I’ve witnessed artists organize initiatives that push for greater artistic exchange and accessibility.
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The Era of the Visionary Museum Director Is Over ... or It Should Be
We directors must leave the institution, and the field, better than we found it.
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Critics of the New Princess Diana Statue Are Missing the Point
The question we should be asking of the sculpture is not whether it is a great work of art but whether it’s effective at defining a legacy.
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The Louvre Shouldn't Exhibit Trafficked Antiquities from Libya and Syria
The museum forgets that it is already a violent graveyard of colonial-era cultural trophies removed from their homelands under dubious circumstances.
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What Art by Neanderthals Teaches Us About Our Own Gender Bias
A 2013 study which analyzed the size of handprints accompanying animal drawings found that women were more likely to have made them.
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How My Kids Helped Me Stop Hating the Van Gogh Experience
Beyond Van Gogh is enchanting enough to capture the attention of kids for whom immobile art is very last century.
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How Talking About Art Kept my Family Together During COVID
“Art is for fancy people,” my son Marc initially said. “We’re not fancy.”
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The Pandemic’s Silver Lining for Artists
With art fairs grounded and galleries temporarily or permanently closed, more and more sales happened directly from artist to buyer.
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Why Visiting a Museum Is Like Seeing My Friends in Jail
The development office thinks I love this museum. But no, I come to see the objects, just like I visit my friends.
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How Images Created by Algorithm Channel van Gogh
Jan Robert Leegte’s work demonstrates how today, as 150 years ago, low-res messages are meant to be experienced and enjoyed in the least amount of time.