Art
Mary Mattingly's Poetry of Things
Mattingly makes the case that poetry is precisely what’s missing from mainstream responses to anthropogenic climate change.
Sculpture
Art
Newspaper Refuses To Give An Artist Credit For Her Work
In a write-up, a paper failed to mention Christine Baeumler's name, then doubled down, insisting that it was an omission, not an error. It's part of a larger pattern of writing women out of their own work.
Art
Della Robbia’s Gloriously Colorful Renaissance Sculptures
The National Gallery of Art explores the radical inventiveness of the della Robbia family, the clay and color masters of the Italian Renaissance.
Art
The Unearthed Wood Carvings of a Part-Time Gravedigger
Andrew Edlin Gallery is exhibiting the wood carvings of the late John Byam, a self-taught artist who transformed his daydreams into sculpture.
Art
The Puppeteer Who Filled the Early Days of the Macy's Parade with Mayhem
Tony Sarg created the first balloons for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in 1927. One of his inaugural inflatables is being recreated this year.
Art
When a Drowned Woman's Face Became the Muse of Paris
The face of "L'Inconnue de la Seine" was a fashionable fixture of salons and studios, her enigmatic expression of a slight smile and closed eyes haunted by stories of her suicide.
Art
Stilling the Wind and Rain as Suspended Metal
Paula Crown interprets the memory of rainfall in a cascade of suspended metal at Marlborough Gallery.
Art
The Sculptor Who Merged Cherokee and Art Deco Styles
TULSA, Okla. — Willard Stone's wood-carving style might be described as Art Deco Cherokee, with a distinct, streamlined movement and natural themes that reflect his indigenous heritage.
Books
Outdoor Art and the Private Playgrounds of Privilege
It starts with the title: Outdoor Art. Simple, straightforward, you might think.
Art
Rachel Whiteread's Concrete Cabin Awaits Discovery in the Governors Island Hills
British artist Rachel Whiteread and curator Tom Eccles discussed both the Unabomber and Henry David Thoreau's Walden in considering the form and isolation of the American cabin.
Art
Two Colossal Hellenistic Statues Will Stay at the Met for Two More Years
A couple of ancient giants are extending their American debut by two years.
Art
Copper Tomb Sculptures Show Rare Forms of Mesopotamian Portraiture
The ten statues in Founding Figures: Copper Sculpture from Ancient Mesopotamia, ca. 3300–2000 BC at the Morgan Library & Museum in Manhattan were never meant for our eyes.