Aimee Ng, Associate Curator at The Frick Collection, provides an introduction to the exhibition 'Moroni, The Riches of Renaissance Portraiture,' on view at The Frick Collection from February 21…
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Haunting is the word that the press and the public are using to describe the retrospective dedicated to Sir Don McCullin on view at the Tate Museum in London through May 6. McCullin, born in London…
Sculptor Nari Ward brings his perspective on the American experience to the New Museum this week. Ward, who was born in Jamaica, has lived and worked in Harlem for much of his twenty-…
One of the most recognizable faces in all of art history is making her big debut at the Brooklyn Museum this weekend. The highly anticipated blockbuster exhibit Frida Kahlo: Appearances Can Be…
Objects Conservator Caitlin Mahony consults with Chuna McIntyre, a Yup'ik dancer, on her approach to the conservation of a Yup'ik Mask from the Charles and Valerie Diker Collection of Native…
Surrounded by his paintings in SFMOMA’s galleries, German artist Anselm Kiefer describes the challenges and significance of exploring the past in his work. He highlights the subjective, emotional…
In the first major museum exhibition of acclaimed emerging artist Jordan Casteel, at the Denver Art Museum, the artist offers 30 paintings that humanize their subjects.
British Museum director Hartwig Fischer seems to have dashed the hopes of Greeks hoping to reclaim their cultural patrimony in a recent interview. Speaking with Greek newspaper Ta Nea, Fischer…
Considered by many to be the father of modern high fantasy, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892–1973), one of the world’s most beloved writers, introduced millions to the hobbits, elves, heroes and…
Artist Jason Lazarus discusses the process behind his site-specific installation for SFMOMA, Recordings #3 (At Sea) (2014–16). Having collected found photographs for years, Lazarus describes his…
A 1,000-pound portable fresco at the Philadelphia Museum of Art shows the realities of life on a hacienda.
Graciela Iturbide, one of the most prolific and insightful documenters of life and culture in Mexico is sharing her vision of a complex nation at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston (MFA Boston). Graciela…
Who deserves to be in a museum? For too long, the answer has been "the extraordinary"—those aspirational history-makers who inspire us with their successes. But those stories are limiting, says…
Sarah Sze is an artist best known for her sculpture and installation art. In this video, Sze introduces her approach to making art and describes her work Seamless.
The folksy charm of Margaret Kilgallen will be on display starting this week in the first posthumous museum exhibition of the Mission School artist’s work, opening Friday at the Aspen Art Museum.
