If they hadn't found each other in the New York art scene, the players involved could have met on a Spike Jonze film set: a computer scientist commanding five-figure print sales from softwar…
Jake Gyllenhaal says his first art purchase came straight from the pages of the New Yorker magazine. He stars as an art critic alongside Zawe Ashton in the Netflix thriller "Velvet Buzzsaw."…
The Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa opened in Cape Town in September of 2017 but had a turbulent first year, the biggest event of which was the ousting of its founding executive dire…
Build a Rocket by Christopher York was my favourite play of 2018. It's the heartfelt story of teenage, single mum who manages to change
Gyongy Laky's untitled sculpture, made of brightly colored pieces of wood assembled into a large cross, reflects her interest in language systems (letters, numbers, symbols and signs), archi…
Hans and Nora Heysen: Two Generations of Australian Art is the first major exhibition to bring together the work of father and daughter artists Hans and Nora Heysen. With works covering more…
This idea is particularly prevalent when it comes to those works of art described as "narrative": stories, novels, TV shows, movies, comics. We assume that works that depict characters in ac…
Justin Davidson: "There's a certain slyly subversive quality to the displays of manuscripts, ceiling frescoes, foods, scientific instruments, silverware, home furnishings, and scenes of Mont…
When it comes to stealing from museums, Stéphane Breitwieser is virtually peerless. He is one of the most prolific and successful art thieves who have ever lived. Done right, his technique"…
The move is part of the museum's 50th anniversary "Open House" inclusivity initiative, which also includes "the creation of a diversity-focused curatorial fellowship (the first recipient is …
In 1998, French playwright Yasmina Reza was slightly bemused to win an Olivier Award for Best Comedy with her play ART. Her intention was to write a biting satire, tinged with tragedy, but B…
In such moments, visual literacy, news literacy, social justice, global politics, and art become part of a rapidly moving whole that arts writers and critics contribute to and respond to. Wi…
Commissioned for the L.A. Phil's centennial, Thought Experiments in F# Minor is, roughly, a narrated walking tour featuring surround-sound headphones and a 40-minute video guiding you throug…
British institutions and galleries are rushing to ship works to and from the European Union (EU) before the Brexit deadline of 29 March as uncertainty mounts over the free movement of goods …
"As the latest New York Times critic to go spelunking in this city's museums, galleries, studios and alternative spaces, from Brentwood to Boyle Heights, let me get my verdict out of the way…
COMPETE TO WIN $100,000 IN CASH AWARDS | DEADLINE MARCH 15, 2019. The Art Renewal Center is now accepting entries to the 14th International ARC Salon Competition.
Thanks to a $100-million gift, the theatre will construct a new facility across the river from its current one.
At a charity event I felt, for the first time, that my varied emotions were shared. We need more stories of this kindI don't often cry when I go to the theatre. I certainly don't often have …
In IMPRESSIONS: Kathy Westwater's "Rambler, Worlds Worlds A Part" presented by Lumberyard Center For Film And Performing Arts and New York Live Arts, "The cause and articulation of pai…
That's unless someone buys the troubled institution. "According to a Seattle Times report from last October, in 2017 a faith-based nonprofit called Dream Center Foundation bought the Art …
Harvard University announced today that it has received a gift from College alumnus David E. '93 and Stacey L. Goel, which will make it possible to reimagine the University's arts campus and…
Author Tiffany Jenkins (Keeping Their Marbles) argues no; Africanist Marie Rodet argues yes, "as part of a reparation process"; anthropology museum director Nicholas Thomas says, in so many …
Would that every fundraiser went so well. The St. Louis Art Museum Foundation has paid off its debt related to its modern East Building, designed by David Chipperfield.
"One installation in the show [at Mary Baldwin University] included a bathroom sink with air fresheners " shaped like the silhouettes of statues of Confederate leaders " hanging from it. A m…
Americans for the Arts had a post on their blog last week that hit a lot of the right buttons for me. Steve Sanner and his partners have the Jiffy Lube franchise for Indiana. He writes about…