The job of operating art museums has always been a demanding one, but the last few years have seen challenges piling up for those who lead cultural institutions. Not only …
When it comes to fashion, we tend to celebrate male designers. Whether it’s Claudia Schiffer crediting Karl Lagerfeld for her success, Thierry Mugler’s PR-fueled friendship with Kim Kardashian or Naomi …
The art market has its ups and downs, but with high fixed costs including rent, salaries, utilities and insurance at big city galleries, a down month with slow or no …
Nadya Tolokonnikova puts it plainly when I ask her what Judy Chicago means to her: “Judy is the Godmother of feminist art.” Judy Chicago, 2023. Photo: Donald Woodman, © Donald …
Welcome to One Fine Show, where Observer highlights a recently opened exhibition at a museum outside New York City—a place we know and love that already receives plenty of attention. …
Folk art stirs a feeling of ancestral intimacy. It asks us to both imagine and remember. We’re reminded of this injunction as we step into The Ukrainian Museum where more …
Nearly a decade ago, more than 500 culturally significant artifacts, including pieces of Scythian gold from several Crimean museums, were on loan to Amsterdam’s Allard Pierson Museum of Antiquities as …
Singer Alicia Keys and hip-hop producer Swizz Beatz aren’t only a power couple in the world of music. Over the past two decades, the duo has amassed a diverse array …
That’s a lot of ch-ch-ch-ch-change. A handwritten lyric sheet for David Bowie’s “Rock ‘n’ Roll Suicide” and “Suffragette City” has hit the auction block, potentially fetching up to $126,000, the BBC reports. …
Korean art is surprisingly hard to find in New York City. That’s why “Lineages: Korean Art at the Met,” which runs through October 20 of next year, is such an …