Tag: Art
Officials Say Russian Art, Seized by Finns, Should Return Home
Finland’s foreign ministry said Friday that it had authorized the return of three shipments of Russian art that…
A Decaying Art Gem Signifying Venezuela’s Divisions Could Now Help It Heal
CARACAS, Venezuela — In a decaying housing complex filled with garbage-strewn hallways, shuttered shops and barren gardens lies…
A Whitney Biennial of Shadow and Light
After a year’s Covid delay, the latest Whitney Biennial has pulled into town, and it’s a welcome sight.…
Baltimore Museum Guards Take Seats at the Curators’ Table
BALTIMORE — Museum guards have been a focal point of unionizing efforts and equity and safety conversations sweeping…
Whitney Biennial Curators Seek American Art on the Border
TIJUANA, Mexico — The frontier shapes this metropolis, most obviously in the form of the omnipresent border wall…
My Artist Ghost
On an overcast late July day thick with humidity and dampening drizzles, I headed from Manhattan toward the…
A Human-Size Spider Web Is Getting a Boost From TikTok
“You need to check out this installation in NYC,” reads the title card of the TikTok post.“Must love…
In Her Last Works, Kaari Upson Explores Vanity and Decay
LOS ANGELES — On a visit last month to Kaari Upson’s studio here, it looked like she just…
Lauren Halsey Chosen for Met Roof Installation
Lauren Halsey, 34, an artist from South Central Los Angeles who often makes site-specific installations and also founded…
‘Carpeaux Recast’: A Sculptural Gem With a Knotty Back Story
Traditional museums are literally conservative places. They’re built to freeze objects in time, to shield them from change.…
Review: Tabboo! Paints a Valentine to New York City
“Stop flitting around the house and take off that ridiculous outfit.” These words, the artist Stephen Tashjian says,…
Beeple Is Trying His Hand at Artwork for Walls
A cavalry of crypto enthusiasts funneled into Manhattan’s TriBeCa neighborhood on Thursday evening, waiting outside Jack Hanley Gallery…