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States Pick Up the Slack on Arts Funding After Federal Reductions

State legislatures are moving to soften the blow of shrinking federal cultural support. According to the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA), combined appropriations for the 50 states and…

Berndnaut Smilde : Sculpting Clouds Indoors

by Justin Muñoz

Step inside an abandoned chapel and, for a few heart-stopping seconds, a luminous cloud floats just above the pews, drifting like a dream you could almost reach out and touch. This impossible sight is…

Real Masterpieces, Reel Risk: Inside Wes Anderson's “The Phoenician Scheme”

by Justin Muñoz

As the crate opened on Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s Enfant assis en robe bleue the bedroom set seemed to inhale. Varnish caught the key light and the crew instinctively lowered their voices. Knowing that Greta…

Freud’s 1938 Debut Painting Returns in Peggy Guggenheim Exhibition

In a compelling return to the origins of British modernism, the first painting Lucian Freud ever exhibited will be one of the highlights in a major exhibition celebrating the legacy of Peggy Guggenheim.…

Marlene Dumas Pairs Contemporary Figuration with Ancient Cycladic Art in Athens

by Raquel Cohen

The Museum of Cycladic Art stages a rare encounter between Marlene Dumas’s psychologically charged paintings and the minimalist beauty of Cycladic antiquities. Spanning three decades of work, Cycladic…

Frida’s Disappearing Act? Former Casa Azul Director Raises Questions About Missing Kahlo Works

by Raquel Cohen

A new chapter has opened in the story of Frida Kahlo’s legacy, and it brings with it a wave of unresolved questions about where her works truly belong. Hilda Trujillo Soto, who spent nearly two decades…

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