On View ‘It Cost Me Two Marriages and a Relationship’: Watch James Turrell Explain the High Price of His Still-Unfinished Masterpiece As part of a collaboration with Art21, hear news-making artists describe their inspirations in their own words. By Caroline Goldstein, Jan 16, 2020
On View Cindy Sherman, Nan Goldin, and Other A-List Artists Are Raising Money for Reproductive Rights With a Provocatively Titled Exhibition The two-part show is a response to a growing number of laws limiting access to reproductive care across the US. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 8, 2020
On View Most Paintings on Princeton’s Campus Are of Dead White Men. But One Artist Is Adding Equally Grand Portraits of Its Cooks and Cleaners Artist Mario Moore's work will find a permanent home at Princeton's art museum. By Taylor Dafoe, Jan 8, 2020
On View The Met Just Received a Gift of 700 Once-Cutting-Edge Images That Bring the World of the 1800s to Vivid Life—See Them Here Many of the works are now on view in the exhibition “2020 Vision: Photographs, 1840s–1860s." By Caroline Goldstein, Jan 6, 2020
On View ‘You Build Things Up Very Slowly’: Watch How Artist Kiki Smith Puts Her Own Unique Twist on Printmaking As part of a collaboration with Art21, hear news-making artists describe their inspirations in their own words. By Caroline Goldstein, Jan 2, 2020
On View Cree Artist Kent Monkman Takes Us on a Tour of the Met to Show How Not to Depict Indigenous People The artist has installed two monumental history paintings in the Met's Great Hall as a way of adding an indigenous voice to Western art history. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 1, 2020
On View ‘The Material Is Alive’: Watch Artist Jes Fan Heat and Sculpt Glass to Build His Ethereal Sculptures As part of a collaboration with Art21, hear news-making artists describe their inspirations in their own words. By Caroline Goldstein, Dec 25, 2019
On View London’s National Gallery Raises $25.5 Million to Buy Its First Painting by Artemisia Gentileschi’s Father, Orazio Gentileschi Funds to buy the painting were raised in part through public donations. By Sarah Cascone, Dec 18, 2019
On View Museums Have Yet to Embrace Augmented Reality. But Microsoft Wants to Help Them Use It as a Tool for Education and Social Justice A new exhibition at the Museum of History and Industry in Seattle offers a window into how the tech giant hopes to fuse art and AR for the public good. By Terence Trouillot, Dec 18, 2019
On View Danish Collector Jens Faurschou Is Opening a Private Museum in Brooklyn—and He Doesn’t Care If You Have Fun There The Faurschou Foundation debuts its new Brooklyn space with an ambitious exhibition showcasing political work by international art stars. By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 16, 2019
On View ‘I Felt This Is the Essence of Life’: Watch Wolfgang Laib Explain How He Makes His Meticulous Art Out of Pollen and Beeswax As part of a collaboration with Art21, hear news-making artists describe their inspirations in their own words. By Caroline Goldstein, Dec 12, 2019
On View A Divine Gathering of Raphael’s Madonnas Is Kicking Off a Year of Shows to Mark the 500th Anniversary of the Renaissance Master’s Death Raphael's quincentenary comes just a year after Leonardo's. By Kate Brown, Dec 12, 2019
On View Protesters Storm a Mexico Museum Over a Painting That Depicts Revolutionary Emiliano Zapata Nude (and Wearing a Pink Sombrero) Zapata's family members have threatened to sue the artist and the museum. By Sarah Cascone, Dec 11, 2019
On View ‘There Hasn’t Been a Lot of Improvement’: Feminist Artist Valie Export on Why She’s Rebooting Her 1980 Venice Biennale Pavilion The provocative installation is now on view at Galerie Thaddeus Ropac in London. By Naomi Rea, Dec 9, 2019
On View ‘There Is No Subject-Object Relationship Anymore’: Watch Katharina Grosse Explain Her Dynamic Painting Process As part of a collaboration with Art21, hear news-making artists describe their inspirations in their own words. By Caroline Goldstein, Dec 5, 2019