Mexico has a long history in collecting art at least since the 20th Century. Álvar and Carmen Carrillo Gil as well as Rufino Tamayo were wo of the most important art collectors who later donated their private collections to public institutions to give birth to their corresponding museums: the Museo […]
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Sean Decatur to Lead NYC’s American Museum of Natural History
Sean Decatur, the president of Ohio’s Kenyon College, will be the next director of New York’s American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), making him the first Black person to lead the institution. In April, Decatur will take over from Ellen Futter, who has been at the helm of the AMNH […]
Monsters and Death Masks: A Haunting History of Spooky Art
From true crime to haunted houses to the endless dramatization of serial killers, people enjoy feeling scared (at least on their own terms), a creepy fascination that extends to spooky art. And with Halloween right around the corner, the evidence of our collective love for exploring emotional limits abounds. Horror […]
Two New Exhibitions on Monastic History at the Hungarian National Museum
In the middle of June 2021, two exhibitions opened at the Hungarian National Museum in Budapest, each dedicated to the history of a monastic order. The first exhibition is dedicated to the 900 anniversary of the foundation of the Premonstratensian (Norbertine) order. The members of the order have been present in […]
So Much More Than Style: “Chile Estyle” Tells a People’s History at World Premiere in NYC
Making its Environment Premiere in New York at the City Earth Film Festival this month (Oct 26-30), Chile Estyle testifies to the strong role street art, graffiti, and political muralism have experienced on metropolis citizens for a long time. Santiago de Chile has been cited for a long time as […]
Artists’ Collections in the Archives: Digitizing Cleveland’s Artistic History | by Cleveland Museum of Art | CMA Thinker | Sep, 2022
By Sara Kunkemueller, Digitization Intern, Ingalls Library and Museum Archives This summer months, I joined the Ingalls Library and Museum Archives as a digitization intern. My function involved numerous jobs, from updating metadata to scanning publications for the World wide web Archive, but a great deal of my time was […]
Park Dae Sung in Korean Art History
Park Dae Sung in Korean Art History etipton Tue, 10/04/2022 – 13:42 /*–>*/ /*–>*/ /*–>*/ /*–>*/ Offered in conjunction with Park Dae Sung: Virtuous Ink and Up to date Brush, be part of Lee Dongkook, Director of the Seoul Museum of Calligraphy, as he discusses artist Park Dae Sung’s affect […]
Middlesex County celebrates Black History Month and more this February with a spectrum of arts & culture events
(MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ) — The Arts Institute of Middlesex County is presenting, promoting, and supporting a multitude of arts and culture events, exhibitions, and shows throughout the month of February. The month is packed with exciting programming primarily centered around Black History Month. While the pandemic has affected in-person events, […]
Cat Spencer Recalls the History of Downtown Art Space Radix Gallery
^ I Support Local Community Journalism Support the independent voice of Phoenix and help keep the future of New Times free. Cat Spencer still runs into people who want to talk about Radix Gallery, the downtown Phoenix art space she ran more than 30 years ago. “I did a pop-up […]
FKA Twigs’s “Don’t Judge Me” Video Pays Tribute to Black History
David M. BenettGetty Images Yesterday, FKA Twigs dropped the music video for her new song, “Don’t Judge Me,” intimately exploring the dealings of loneliness in love and racial discrimination. Featuring British rapper Headie One and producer Fred Again, the song begs for compassion from a lover and system that refuses […]