Visual Arts
Can somebody tell me, tell me please, why there’s suddenly such a profusion, a torrent… almost a glut, of significant art history books entering the marketplace right about now?
Both of these exhibits are examples of the artist as a 21st century shaman — a prophetic, as well as a creative, force.
The social message of Generations is powerful and clear: it is time to be AWAKE + OUTRAGED.
There were so many women artists here whose work surprises and delights. And the Wadsworth Atheneum’s decision to showcase them makes an important contribution to our evolving understanding of art and its history.
This is an invaluable gathering of interviews, an impressive excavation of institutional memory that not only recognizes the MFA’s grandeur but its many deficiencies as well.
Viewers are invited to make what they will of the show’s images — to let their imaginations come up with their own expansive and beautiful stories.
The curator’s intent is to stretch and subvert received notions of ceramics with their overtones of craft and functionality
New York has come back to life, so there is more art to see than anyone has time to visit or write about.
Mexico City settles on Columbus’ replacement, but finds that removal and substitution is agonizing in society which hasn’t changed all that much.
Visual Arts Commentary: NFT Art — Disinterested Creativity or an Investment Strategy?
Clearer heads conclude that there will be plenty of cultural space for both physical art and this highly monetized new digital art.
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