At Large
Los Angeles has long lived in the shadow of New York’s art world dominance, but with the opening of three major institutions this year, the city is strategically repositioning itself to become an…
I grew up in New York with parents who were early collectors of modern and contemporary art. In the 1970s, I would accompany them to SoHo to visit galleries like Pace, Mary Boone, and Castelli. We…
This constellation of artists was all occupied with the problem of how to best represent an experience or a three-dimensional subject and all the weight and movement it carried. All these artists…
Dib Bangkok Provides a Home for Contemporary Art in Thailand
As the final stretch to the Winter Olympics comes into view, the world’s eyes turn once more to the city of Milan. Just weeks after the city closed out its annual Fashion Week, runways are being…
From New York and Detroit to London and Basel, leading museums are staging major exhibitions devoted to canonical modernist masters at a moment when our world is as uncertain and tension-wrought as…
Imagine that you have just purchased the most eye-catching painting you’ve ever seen. It’s a beauty, a canvas glittering with color and that special je ne sais quoi. To art collectors, there…
Before ringing in 2026, the US Senate unanimously approved the Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery (HEAR) Act of 2025, which extends and expands the original 2016 legislation allowing claims for…
While activism and art have long been intertwined, environmental activism and art have a more recent history. Artists have been using their work to call attention to environmental issues since the…
More than a century after they were founded, the Vienna Secession and Wiener Werkstätte movements have shot back into the interior-design limelight. With their geometric patterning, deeply saturated…
The last few months have seen a flurry of gallery space relocations and consolidations as owners seek more affordable locations to reduce overhead. Rising commercial rents, stiff competition…
A fascinating exhibition at the Tate Modern in London reflected on the history of art and electronics before the advent of the internet. Electric Dreams not only showcases multimedia works…
It seems curious that artists’ books are often regarded as a separate species in the art world, considered merely illustrated texts. When in reality, they can be so much more.
Born in Paris in 1840, Claude Monet became a master painter whose works have become synonymous with the Impressionist movement he helped found. Here are ten little-known facts about the life of…
In the largest inscription round to date, UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage added 68 new elements to its international lists during…
