In the United States, the art made in Spain's Latin American colonies used to be considered artistically minor and politically incorrect. Now, as intellectual trends coincide with demographic realities, it's on the cutting edge of art history–and the wish lists of top museums. Read More
With her Madrid gallery and her private collection, Helga de Alvear has introduced a wave of high-concept, new-media artists to Spain.
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Is the Jewish Museum showcasing crypto–Jewish art?. Read More
Manuel Borja-Villel’s rehang of the Reina Sofía highlights its holdings of Spanish modernist icons—along with the unknown, the unexpected, and the international. Read More
Confronted with urgent demographic realities, art-museum directors are drawing on game theory, interactive technology, and a host of other new strategies to help people feel welcome, engaged, and emotionally fulfilled. Read More
The trouble with placing time limits on war-loot claims. Read More
Art Spiegelman on storytelling, modernism, wormholes, loopholes, and the boundaries that still separate high and low. Read More
Globalism is still the catchword of the Guggenheim. But under new director Richard Armstrong, look for a shift in the way the museum pursues it. Read More
Each of the eleven passages excerpted here comes from a different decade in the magazine’s history. See if you can guess who our critics are writing about. Read More
How do you spot a trend? If you’re Kay Larson, you see perversity everywhere. If you’re Jori Finkel, you find poetry in the Home Depot esthetic. And if you’re Carly Berwick, you conclude that a penguin embodies the spirit of … Read More
