Shade Will Make or Break American Cities
On a 92-degree Saturday afternoon in Portland, Oregon, I went looking for shade in Cully Park, which was built on…
Category: Culture & Arts
Steve Martin Organizes a Love Letter to LA for Hauser & Wirth
L.A. Story is the name of a 1991 movie written by Steve Martin that the Los Angeles Times once voted…
Sales and Attendance Soar at the 2024 Hamptons Fine Art Fair
Earlier this month, the Hamptons Fine Art Fair concluded its 2024 edition, which ran from July 11 to 14 in…
After 25 Years, Mass MoCA Is A Great Museum. But Has It Been Great For The Old Factory Town It’s In?
“One 2017 study put its annual lift to Berkshire County at just more than $50 million. But the numbers tell…
The Pitfalls of the Something-for-Everyone Approach to the Venice Biennale
IF I HAD TO DESCRIBE the Venice Biennale in one word, it would be “inclusive.” Curated by Adriano Pedrosa, this…
Versailles’s Hidden Scientific Legacy to Surface in a Major U.K. Exhibition
Implicit in a visit to Versailles is the slightly macabre thrill of experiencing a culture so excessively decadent that it…
Amazon Buys British Studios Where Rocky Horror Was Filmed
The historic studios hosted The Curse of Frankenstein and Dracula’s Bride. And then, “Ridley Scott built and shot the miniatures…
‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ | Anatomy of a Scene
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Wax Lincoln Sculpture Melts into Memes—and More Art News
The Headlines MELTING LINCOLN. Jokes about a melting wax sculpture of the Lincoln Memorial, which has drooped into a “hot mess” amid record…
Nicole Eisenman on Building and Breaking Narratives
“When you can’t think of what to draw, draw a head,” the Brooklyn-based artist Nicole Eisenman has been known to…
In his final season at the helm of the Grant Park Orchestra, Carlos Kalmar reflects on the past 25 years
Spurred by the always free-thinking conductor Leonard Slatkin, who served for two seasons as principal conductor in the 1970s, and…
Bad Bunny, Maluma and More Headline Vogue World in Paris
On Sunday evening, in honor of International Olympic Day and just before the couture shows began, Anna Wintour, the editor…
New York’s Mitchell-Innes & Nash to Close Chelsea Space
Mitchell-Innes & Nash, a gallery that represents artists such as Pope.L, Martha Rosler, and Jacolby Satterwhite, will close its Chelsea…
Artist Maria Kreyn’s Tempestuous Seascapes Illuminate a Venice Church
Artist Maria Kreyn dwells in the eye of the storm. For the past year, she’s spent her days painting monumental…
Museum Of Fine Arts Boston Director Announces Retirement
“Matthew Teitelbaum, … who stewarded the institution through a tumultuous era of social upheaval and change, announced his retirement Thursday…
How Architecture Became One of Ukraine’s Essential Defenses
When the German Army finally broke through in central Ukraine in September 1941, pasting up ordinances around Kyiv to announce…
Federal Judge Dismisses Picasso Restitution Lawsuit
Pablo Picasso’s 1904 painting Woman Ironing, which has been at the center of a restitution lawsuit in Manhattan Supreme Court, will…
Work of the Week: Paul Gauguin’s ‘Clovis Sleeping’
Work of the Week is excerpted from The Back Room, our lively recap funneling only the week’s must-know art industry intel into…