An installation view of “Kelly Kozma: Watch Me Backflip” at Paradigm Gallery + Studio. Courtesy of Paradigm Gallery + Studio The city of brotherly love and sisterly affection is ready to greet art lovers with a heated exhibition season that not only raises questions but answers them, too. How do archaeologists preserve ancient Assyrian artifacts […]
A Major Survey Spotlights Marisol’s Sculptural Explorations of Self and Society
An installation view of “Marisol: A Retrospective.” Photo: Brad Flowers | Courtesy Dallas Museum Of Art “My work is sculpture, figurative, life size, and socially conscious”—that’s how Venezuelan-born American sculptor Marisol Escobar (1930-2016) once described her practice. Though she emerged alongside the pop art movement and shared certain aesthetic and conceptual affinities with both Pop […]
From Storage to Spotlight: How D.C.’s National Gallery Is Redefining Access to Art
Rembrandt’s A Woman Holding a Pink will be on display in Denver until 2027. Courtesy the National Gallery of Art and Denver Art Museum Angelica Daneo, chief curator at the Denver Art Museum, calls Rembrandt “one of the most celebrated artists of the 1600s” and an artist who “played a pivotal role in the development […]
One Fine Show: ‘Gabriel Orozco, Politécnico Nacional’ at Museo Jumex
Gabriel Orozco, La DS (Cornaline), 2013. Courtesy the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery, New York/Paris/Los Angeles Welcome to One Fine Show, where Observer highlights a recently opened exhibition at a museum not in New York City, a place we know and love that already receives plenty of attention. Back in February, much of the art […]
As NEA Cuts Hit Hard, Arts Groups Are Readying Their Fundraising Pitches
Institutions across the U.S., including MASS MoCA, are grappling with sudden NEA grant cancellations that have upended budgets and programming. Courtesy MASS MoCA When Deborah Block, artistic director of Philadelphia’s nonprofit theater company Theatre Exile, received word last November that a $25,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts had been approved for the […]
Henri Matisse’s Daughter Marguerite Takes Center Stage at MAM Paris
Henri Matisse, Marguerite endormie, 1920; Huile sur toile, 46 x 65.5 cm. Collection particulière / © Martin Parsekian Henri Matisse painted many subjects throughout his lifetime, but one he returned to again and again was his daughter, Marguerite. “Matisse and Marguerite Through Her Father’s Eyes” at the Musée d’Art Moderne in Paris brings together more […]