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"Art and Race Matters: The Career of Robert Colescott," 2022. New Museum, New York. (L-R) See Colescott's We Await Thee, (1964), Nubian Queen (1966), and Dr. Ehrlich’s Magic Bullet (1968).
Colescott Retrospective “Art and Race Matters” is a Must-See
Fresh off its survey of Faith Ringgold, the New Museum presents a retrospective of another veteran African American painter whose aesthetic DNA courses through subsequent generations of black artists…
Senior Conservator Lesley Stevenson views Head of a Peasant Woman alongside an x-ray image of the hidden Van Gogh self-portrait. Photograph by Neil Hanna
Forgotten Van Gogh Self-Portrait Rediscovered
A new self-portrait from Vincent Van Gogh has recently been detected, hidden under layers of glue and cardboard, by the National Galleries of Scotland (NGS). Officials are confident, though not…
Melchor Pérez Holguín, Pietà (detail), Bolivia, c. 1720.
Why the LACMA’s “Archive of the World” Catalogue Matters
The recent publication Archive of the World: Art and Imagination in Spanish America, 1500–1800, a companion catalogue for a show of the same name and the first comprehensive study of LACMA's notable…
Louise Bourgeois, Untitled, 1946-1947. Oil on canvas. 26 x 44 in. (66 x 111.8 cm). Tate Modern, London.
Louise Bourgeois' Early Paintings at The Met
Linda Nochlin caused a stir when she published, "Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?" in 1971. Turning the conventional wisdom of the title on its head, she clarifies that there have…
Interior view of Jean-Michel Basquiat: King Pleasure.
“Basquiat: King Pleasure” Raises Questions About Artistic Legacy
Live fast, die young, and leave a beautiful corpse: That’s often been the ticket to artistic immortality, even while coming at considerable cost. Such was the case for Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960…
Henri Matisse, The Red Studio, 1911. Oil on canvas. 71 1/4 x 7′ 2 1/4 in. (181 x 219.1 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York.
MoMA’s “Matisse: The Red Studio” Unveils Artist-Patron Conflict
An interior view of Matisse’s atelier in the Parisian suburb of Issy-les-Moulineaux, "The Red Studio" (1911) serves as the centerpiece for an impressive feat of scholarship that gathers photographs,…
Installation View of Whitney Biennial 2022: Quiet as It's Kept featuring view of rooftop works by Charles Ray
“Quiet as It’s Kept”: Whitney Biennial Returns with Middling Show
Silenced by the pandemic last year, The Whitney Biennial returns with an exhibition appropriately named Quiet as It’s Kept. The title seems intended to acknowledge an art world suffering from…
Installation view of Whitney Biennial 2022: Quiet as It’s Kept (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, April 6-September 5, 2022). From left to right: Charles Ray, Burger, 2021; Charles Ray, Jeff, 2021; Ninety-Nine Bottles of Beer on the Wall, 2021.
The Whitney Biennial: A Brief History
The much anticipated, yet long-delayed, Whitney Biennial 2022: Quiet as It’s Kept opened on April 6 and will continue through September 5. Over the years, the show has become one of those signature…
courtesy of the Wagner Free Institute of Science overview shot of the gallery, which was taken professionally by David Graham
Wagner Science Museum: Step into 1855 with Contemporary Courses
It’s not uncommon to hear the Wagner Free Institute of Science referred to as a “hidden gem of Philadelphia.” But what makes this nearly two-century-old museum so special is more than its discreet…
Guarding the Art meeting. Photo by Mitro Hood..
Security Guards Curate Exhibit at Baltimore Museum of Art
Exclusively curated by museum security guards, Guarding the Art features nearly thirty works of art handpicked from the Baltimore Museum of Art collection.
unicorn in fenced garden tapestry detail
Explaining The Hunt for the Unicorn Tapestries
The Hunt for the Unicorn Tapestries, cartoons made in Paris, woven in the Southern Netherlands, c. 1495–1505, wool, silk, metal threads (The Metropolitan Museum of Art), including, • The Hunters…
Andy Warhol (American, 1928–1987). Self-Portrait, 1986. Acrylic and screenprint on linen, 40 × 40 in. (101.6 × 101.6 cm).
"Andy Warhol: Revelation" Explores the Impact of Faith on His Art
Andy Warhol grew up skinny and badly-complected, but more pertinently Catholic and gay (conditions noticeably conjoined in art history) at a time when being either wasn’t welcome in mainstream…
"Loïe Fuller in La Danse Blanche" 1898 Courtesy Maryhill Museum of Art.
Loïe Fuller: Innovator on Stage from Paris to Pacific Northwest
Illinois-born dancer Loïe Fuller (1862-1928) took Paris by storm in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. She was famous throughout both North America and Europe for her groundbreaking…
Exhibition view featuring The Wake and Resurrection of the Bicentennial Negro (1975–89). 
“Faith Ringgold: American People” Finally Pays the Artist Her Dues
The New Museum’s retrospective of Faith Ringgold seems especially timely. The exhibition reveals how Ringgold’s work sees race not only as a matter of identity politics, but also as foundational to U…
Ethiopian artist, Ethiopia, detail of Shield, 19th - 20th century. Brass, cloth, and animal hide. Collection of Drs. John and Nicole Dintenfass. Photo by Nia Bowers.
A Must-See African Metal Arts Exhibit: “Peace, Power & Prestige”
The arrival of a traveling exhibition entitled Peace, Power & Prestige: Metal Arts in Africa comes as no surprise. Represented in everything from jewelry and weaponry to currency and identity,…