The unseen masterpieces of Frida Kahlo
BBC - Lost or little-known works by the Mexican artist provide fresh insights on her life and work. Holly Williams explores the rarely seen art included in a new book of the complete paintings. - read more ...
The Olympic cauldron by Nendo is a flaming volleyball
Domus - Created by Oki Sato’s studio, one of the best-known Japanese design firms famous for its unique and extravagant design of everyday objects, it is a tribute to the sun and its energy, but also to Japanes...
MacKenzie Scott Distributes $2.7B to 286 Arts & Other Organizations
Hyperallergic - El Museo del Barrio, Studio Museum in Harlem, and the Museum of Chinese in America are some of the dozens of art institutions that received grants from MacKenzie Scott, a writer and former spous...
For the Medici, the Last Great Picture Show
NY Times - It’s hard to imagine Florence, cradle of the High Renaissance of early modern Europe, without its avaricious, venal, culture-conscious first family, the Medici. Crowned and uncrowned, during periods ...
The Milk of Dreams will be the theme of the Art Venice Biennale 2022
domus - The body and its possible transformations will be once again at the center of the artistic debate in 59. International Art Exhibition directed by Cecilia Alemani. The title is inspired by a book by the ...
New Collections: Pandemic Oral History Project
Smithsonian Magazine - To document the cascade of public health, social, and financial crises set in motion by COVID-19, the Archives of American Art developed an oral history series that recorded responses to ...
Hockney and Van Gogh: How images of nature bring us joy
BBC - In a new BBC Culture series that explores the ways that nature inspires artists, Cath Pound looks at the paintings of the natural world that can soothe and uplift us in difficult times. - read more ...
The Venice Biennale, Twice Delayed, Takes On New Relevance
NY Times - Hashim Sarkis, curator of this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale, developed its theme — “How Will We Live Together?” — long before Covid-19 had made us deathly afraid of one another, before the mur...
A Rare, Looted Statue of Greek Goddess Has Been Returned to Libya
hyperallergic - A 2,000-year-old statue of a Greek goddess looted in 2011 from Libya has finally been repatriated. Experts believe the sculpture is a likeness of Persephone, goddess queen of the underworld and...
Frieze New York, First Live Art Fair in a Year, Kicks Off at the Shed
NY Times - The colossal white tent on Randalls Island — the one that occasionally threatened to uplift and blow away — is gone, along with the frenetic ferry rides up and down the East River. But Frieze is back...