I've faced a lot of questions about art in my career, but none has persisted so relentlessly as the money question. At every institution, from every kind of audience, be it in the northeastern, mid…
Among my many surprises upon moving to Minneapolis in 2008 (besides the weather, which defeats explanation) was the city's welcoming atmosphere for young artists. While Minneapolis is known far and…
Traveling with a curious, "roving" temperament is part of the fun of being a curator in the contemporary field, where wanderlust is gratified by a continuous onslaught of art fairs, biennials, inter…
The Walker Art Center celebrates its acquisition of a trove of objects documenting artists' collaborations with Merce Cunningham in a series of groundbreaking shows
The Baltimore Museum of Art has hired Kristen Hileman as its curator of contemporary art and chief within its contemporary art department. Hileman, who has worked as a curator for the Smithsonian's Hi…
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…