10/29/2019. “War is a force that gives us meaning,” wrote the veteran foreign correspondent Chris Hedges — an adage he delivered with vicious irony. War can pick up the dull, lousy clay of your little human life, and refashion you into a hero or m...

11/14/2019. Johannes Vermeer’s “Study of a Young Woman.” Peter Paul Rubens’ self-portrait with his family. Jacques Louis David’s portrait of Antoine Laurent Lavoisier and his wife. These paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s...

11/15/2019. Every four years, the entire world pays attention to New Hampshire as it plays host to the first presidential primaries. The drama, catastrophes, and controversies of the campaigns since the 1950s have captured widespread attention. This campaign sea...

11/16/2019. The renowned Field for the British Isles, by Antony Gormley has come to Firstsite. Field for The British Isles, which consists of 40,000 tiny individual terracotta figures, is the largest single ...

11/16/2019. Souls Grown Deep announced today that four museums are acquiring works from its foremost collection of artworks by artists from the African American South: the Asheville Art Museum, Henry A...

11/16/2019. In her 80th birthday year, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead announced it will present the first major UK survey of works by pioneering feminist artist, author and educator Judy Chicago....

11/17/2019. I’ve never known whether to collaborate with someone on a text, have them write something for me that won’t stand in or hold up the work, but gets near it without blowing the surprise or the slower arrival. Patience and sensitivity. How...

11/18/2019. The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia has named Laura Minton curator of exhibitions. Minton joins the Fralin from Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. A senior member of t...

11/19/2019. The Momentary and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art announced today that 60 artists have been selected for State of the Art 2020. As part of opening the new contemporary art space, the Mom...

11/12/2019. When you think of art, chances are you don’t think of essays. Art conjures up images of beauty and the sublime, and it provides us with moments of reflection, contemplation, and bliss. And yet, to truly understand art we also need to be able to ...

11/21/2019. Christie’s has been entrusted with The Private Collection of Jayne Wrightsman, with live and online auctions to be held in April 2020, during the Classic Week sales in New York. A paragon of...

11/25/2019. NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale announces the appointment of Francie Bishop Good as Chair of its Board of Governors. She succeeds Dr. Stanley Goodman, who will continue to serve on the board’...

11/25/2019. On 17 April 2020, Culturespaces will open the largest digital art centre in the world: the Bassins de Lumières. France’s leading private oper...

12/02/2019. You’ll find them up in the balcony, or in standing room, silently mouthing the libretto or humming along with the score. These are the superfans: the compulsive lovers of opera or ballet or theater who see every performance; who travel from city...

12/02/2019. Public Art Fund announced the appointment of Ai Weiwei, Ellen Celli, Andrea Krantz, and Ruthard C. Murphy to its Board of Directors. They join an international group of philanthropists and ar...