Photographers who produce spectacular images of Detroit, Chernobyl, and other ravaged areas have sparked disagreements whether they are exploiting others’ misfortune—or just covering the bad news Read More
A judge decided it was a fake, but some scholars say that a Russian painting sold at Christie’s is genuine Read More
Olafur Eliasson and Frederik Ottesen create an object that provides light in places off the electrical grid Read More
Fernando Botero sold one of his watercolors at the age of 14 for two dollars and despite some ‘opposition’ has since become one of the world’s wealthiest artists Read More
British artist’s first American public-art piece will inspire passersby to kiss—or cry Read More
A visit to Montparnasse prompts a reflection on the refined abstraction and complex romance of a famous sensual sculpture
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Princeton gives Jersey its props, MoMA’s Capital Exchange program drops, Cleveland rocks a mega-multi-touch-screen, and more museum news Read More
A survey at the Ringling chronicles the career of the Renaissance painter American collectors coveted Read More
As ’60s activist art enters museums, a new generation is creating an iconography of protest for today Read More
A racing-obsessed artist builds a dragster Read More
How Laurie Simmons, Ryan McGinness, Kenny Scharf, and others are using the photo-sharing network to disseminate their work—and their fixations Read More
With haunting juxtapositions of objects at once fragile and grandiose, the Jamaica-born artist comments on liberty, democracy, and his own story as an immigrant Read More
