REVIEW: Manic Modernist: Philippe Vandenberg Wrestled with Aesthetics and Self-Destruction
Hauser & Wirth has wisely and inventively brought back to light an eccentric troubled artist who’d fallen under the radar but proves to
CULTURE: When Museums Sell Their Art, Where Should the Money Go?
Last month, a new row broke out in the art world around the Berkshire Museum’s decision to auction off 40 works by artists such as Norman Ro
NEWS: At the Performa Biennial in New York, African Artists Will Take Center Stage
Performa, the biennial for performance art of myriad kinds in New York, will showcase two new programming platforms within its run this Nove
REVIEW: The Intimate Abstractions of Franklin Williams, an Unsung Master from the ’60s
SANTA ROSA, Calif. — In 1963 Franklin Williams was under the tutelage of John Coplans, the famed art critic and photographer. Both were in t
NEWS: National Endowment for the Humanities Pledges $1 Million to Arts Organizations Hurt by Hurrica
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) announced plans to award $1 million in emergency grants to libraries, museums, colleges, uni
REVIEW: In life and on canvas, the 'tragic explosions' and L.A. dreamscapes of artist Carlos
Enter the downtown L.A. loft of painter Carlos Almaraz in the 1980s, and you’d first notice the artist himself, warm and charismatic, in bla
