The People’s MoMA
A provocative, personal essay from Dr. David Carrier tries to envision “the” museum without plutocratic support
“Sizzling at the Points of Transition”: Lilly Wei on Stephen Antonakos
Proscenium is on view at the Neuberger through June 24
“Pure Sculptural Energy”: Seeing Rodin, Reading Steinberg
As the Met’s centennial Rodin exhibition opens, Leo Steinberg’s great essay from the 1960s is recalled
The Beholder’s Share
Drawing on family experience, the author dives into the neuroscience of figuration and abstraction
“Administrating Eternity”: Contemplating Pipilotti Rist in the Wake of Trump
New Museum show closes in week of Inauguration and Women’s March
The Obligation to Explain
One of the striking aspects of the controversy around Kelley Walker’s exhibition at the Saint Louis Contemporary Art Museum (CAM) is how many important issues it raises, including, obviously, the perilous state of race relations in the country; the dilemmas that arise when one person’s freedom of speech is perceived by someone else as hate … Continued
Commentary: Towards a more fluid definition of Blackness
“The art world needs to renew its ideas of racial inclusion”
Towards a more fluid definition of Blackness
“The art world needs to renew its ideas of racial inclusion”
The Case For Understatement
With “Unfinished” and “Nasreen Mohamedi”, Met Breuer opens its brutalist walkway to the public today.
Walks on the Wild Side: Female Empowerment and a Right Royal Faux Pas
Marie Antoinette and Vigée Le Brun say “take a hike” to their critics
