An Interview with Jill Bokor of Salon Art + Design
The Salon Art + Design fair opens at the Park Avenue Armory today (Nov. 10), marking the event’s 12th edition, which boasts fifty exhibitors and twelve special design exhibitions for …
Visual Art
On View Now: Philip Guston at Tate Modern
In October of 1970, the painter Philip Guston debuted a new show of figurative artworks at the Marlborough Gallery in New York. The exhibition has since lived on in infamy. …
On View: Early Italian Renaissance Bronze at Detroit Institute of Arts
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. …
LVMH Gives the Louvre $16M to Help Acquire a Chardin Masterpiece
For over a year, the Louvre has fought to acquire an 18th-century painting by Jean Siméon Chardin for its national collection. Now, the museum is receiving help in the form …
John Lennon’s Psychedelic Swimming Pool Mosaic Is Heading to Auction
A psychedelic mosaic designed and owned by John Lennon is heading to auction this month. The work, depicting an eyeball surrounded by whimsical designs, was commissioned by the late Beatle …
A New Exhibition at Madrid’s Prado Will Present Paintings Backwards
Things are turning around for Madrid’s Prado Museum. In an exhibition opening today (Nov. 7), the art institution is flipping some of its most renowned masterpieces around to showcase their …
Review: Furong Zhang at Kravets Wehby Gallery
How does a Chinese tale from more than fifteen centuries ago connect with the experience of a first-generation Asian American migrant in the United States? In “Land of the Peach …
The Frick Collection Is Nearing Its $290M Fundraising Goal
More than five years after announcing its renovation plans, the Frick Collection is 83 percent of the way there. The Manhattan-based museum is now entering the public phase of the …
Review: ‘Robert Frank and Todd Webb: Across America, 1955’
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. …
The National Museum of Women in the Arts Reopens
After being closed to the public for nearly two years for a $70 million renovation project, the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) has reopened with improved research …