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The Cindy Sherman Effect
By inventing her own genre, Cindy Sherman has influenced the way generations of artists think about photography, portraiture, narrative, and identity Read More
All Dressed Up
As more and more art museums showcase high fashion, their staffs are grappling with strategies for presenting it, funding it, and connecting it to their missions Read More
A Scene Grows in Brooklyn
Artists by the hundreds have been flocking to Bushwick, a working-class neighborhood just east of trendy Williamsburg. Curators, collectors, and dealers are following Read More
American Art, Alice Walton’s Way
The Walmart heiress’s controversial museum opens with an inclusive and even quirky selection of American art that reveals an increasing focus on the present Read More
The Artist as Philanthropist
At a time when government and corporate support is decreasing, artists’ foundations are becoming increasingly influential Read More
Seeing Still for the First Time
The new museum dedicated to Clyfford Still in Denver presents an unprecedented sweep of his work—even as its staff continues to make more discoveries Read More
When Satire Becomes Art
The long and lively history of political caricature Read More
MoMA’s Problematic Provenances
Behind a lawsuit brought against the Museum of Modern Art by the heirs of George Grosz lies a troubling history of acquiring works seized by the Nazis and sold to support the German war effort Read More
Backdrops, Blobs, Pods, and Props
The Walker Art Center celebrates its acquisition of a trove of objects documenting artists’ collaborations with Merce Cunningham in a series of groundbreaking shows Read More
CHINA The Next Generation
China’s younger artists are introspective, sophisticated, and hyper-aware of their identity in a globalized world Read More
In With the Old
With portraits of men of color in trendy ghetto gear posed in attitudes copied from the Old Masters, Kehinde Wiley aims to ‘make paintings that matter in the 21st century’ Read More
