Celebrating Bella Abzug and the first time a woman has been named as candidate for president by a major political party.

By Nicole Kaack and Dennis Kardon, plus earlier reviews of the artist in our HUB series

The painter and sculptor of recent renown has a large survey at the New Museum.

The figure painter confounds the gender roles expected of her subjects.

Paintings of boldness and fearlessness, on view through October 24

David Carrier reports on the politics and curatorial gambits of “Manifesta 10,” now on view in St. Petersburg.

Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia May 9 to September 13, 2003  Victorian wallpaper was used as a status symbol along with other tasteful furnishings by the burgeoning bourgeoisie of the 19th century. Densely packed and richly colored, its heyday coincided with the apex of mechanical reproduction. Oddly enough, this “machine-made” quality is what English designers … Continued

INVITATIONAL EXHIBITION OF PAINTING AND SCULPTURE American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York City Bouvard and Pécuchet pretty much had the right idea about academies. Never miss an opportunity to ridicule them, and never turn down an invitation to join! My own “received idea” about Salon-type exhibitions is largely informed by London’s Royal Academy … Continued