How institutions are constructed, how they are funded, whom they hire, whom they serve, what their vision of art in public life is—all these things go into the politics of the institution, and all of…
A look into the past and present of Ivanka Trump's presence in the art world—and how artists and observers have responded to her father's presidential rise.
“Good morning, thanks for being together in this temple of art on this terrible day.” So went the opening words at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York for “Speak Out on Inauguration Day,”…
Each year, more American artists go to school to get M.F.A. degrees, and more people come out of those programs in debt. Becoming a successful artist may, in other words, come at a financial cost…
It’s Leonardo da Vinci’s birthday today, and the biggest exhibition of his works since 1939, "Leonardo 1452-1519,” opens at the Palazzo Reale this month, coinciding with the Milan Expo 2015. The show…