Tag: museums
Las Vegas: Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Museums and More
Hot nightlife, bizarre museums, thrill-rides, insane shopping -- and, yes, showgirls.
The Jewish Museum is Just Giving It Away!
"Take Me (I'm Yours)" is a show of artwork visitors can take home for free.
Alma Thomas’ Radiant Abstraction at the Studio Museum
Gloriously beautiful paintings by a pioneering African-American woman artist.
5 Progressive Projects at the Design Triennial
"Beauty," the Cooper Hewitt's survey, includes some socially conscious ideas.
When Political Art Fails to Engage: The Whitney’s “Open Plan”
How important is context to explicitly political art in museums?
McMillian Deconstructs Main Street at the Studio Museum
The sly exhibition examines complexities around race in culture and politics.
Philanthropy and Politics: The David H. Koch Story
Politics should have no place in philanthropy.
Someone to Watch Over Me: Poitras Surveys the Whitney
Poitras makes you distressingly aware of the security state within which you're enmeshed.
Latino-American Artists Meld History, Present
Portraying the Latino experience in America to challenge right-wing scare tactics.
Thelma Golden Is Too Good for the Obama Museum
Presidential museums are corrupt propaganda. Can Golden transcend that?
John Singer Sargent Captures Henry James in Oils
The superb portraitist achieves two versions of his novelist friend in one sitting.
Architecture vs. Art at Gehry’s Fondation Louis Vuitton
What is the real focus at the Frank Gehry-designed Fondation Louis Vuitton?
How to Get Married in Kate Moss’s Galliano
"Wedding Dresses: 1775-2014" is on view at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Henri Matisse: What Cut-Outs, What a Cut-Up!
A last chance to see the master artist's glorious final works.
Vienna Honors a Doyenne, Chides Discrimination
Elisabeth Orth cited for lifetime work, and Vienna burgeons with celebrity.
Robert Gober Gets Uncanny at MoMA
The artist's 40-year retrospective shows the complexity and depth of his work.
Irregular Museums and Questioning Mozart
From the Art House Museum to the Josephinum, Vienna offers enlightening exhibits. And conductor Harnoncourt examines three of Amadeus's symphonies.
The State of Sept. 11 Commemoration in Lower Manhattan
What it feels like at the Memorial, the Museum and the new World Trade Center tower.