Art
Filling Out the Story: On the Art of Norman Lewis
Norman Lewis (1909-1979), in the last two decades of his life, fused black struggle with abstract painting.
Review
Art
A Digital Story Leads You Through Italy's WWII Resistance
To mark the 70th anniversary of Italy's 1945 liberation from fascism, the Milan-based duo We Are Müesli developed an interactive story based on the country's 20 months of partisan resistance.
Performance
Restaging a 1979 Dance, Designed by Robert Rauschenberg
Robert Rauschenberg worked with dancers?
Art
Beautiful Surprises and Surprising Depth at Cooper Hewitt’s Design Triennial
If beauty truly is in the eye of the beholder, the curators of the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum faced a daunting task when they chose beauty for the latest design triennial's theme.
Art
A Blue Gallery Tour of Chelsea
There is a special opportunity right now in Chelsea to explore the color blue.
Art
The Majesty of a Restored and Reunited Early Renaissance Triptych
Until March 20, visitors to the New-York Historical Society can absorb a unique example of Gaddi’s work: a small but exquisite panel from c. 1330–34 depicting the Maestà.
Art
A Ghanaian Web Series Explores Sex, Sassiness, and What It Means to Go Home Again
An African City presents West African feminine fierceness.
Art
Photographing Biodiversity, One Cubic Foot at a Time
WASHINGTON, DC — Much of science is observation, being attuned to what others overlook.
Art
Taryn Simon Mines the Empty Aesthetics of Diplomacy
There’s a certain pomp necessary to reinforce the power of politics.
Art
The Deep-Rooted Expression of Ceramics
DETROIT — One does not, perhaps, consider ceramic objects to be immediately gendered, possess sexuality, or be particularly political.
Art
Trying on Gender with Self-Portraits and Props
Jürgen Klauke’s prop-filled, leather-punctuated photographs can stop you in your tracks.
Art
The Visual Music of a New York School Painter's Late Works
It was once a common notion that abstract painting was analogous to music.