South America is flush with Nazi-looted art
Sleuths rediscovered a stolen painting, galvanizing efforts to uncover even more
Art
Tuesday
Rauschenberg is a bore
His new exhibition at the Guggenheim is a sour birthday party
Tuesday
Adam McEwen’s small masterpieces of the uncanny
It’s a strange time, McEwen reflects, to be an artist
Tuesday
Ben Shahn’s work remains as timely as ever
The artist’s unflinching vision of a world gone awry is as powerfully direct as his late-in-life compositions of compassion and hope
Tuesday
Vermeer’s Love Letters is something of a riddle
The paintings become mysteries, enticing and deserving of attention precisely because there are so few
How Esther inspired the imagination of Rembrandt
The enchanting and historically haunting show consists of more than 120 objects
Tuesday
‘Being a mom sometimes sucks’: an interview with Sarah Hoover
The art historian’s memoir is no feminist treatise
How museums can promote diversity without demonizing tradition
We need art that keeps our collective imagination and sense of tradition alive
Friday
On holiday with Goya
Spending a few days with the artist famous for his brooding ‘black paintings’ was not something I was sure I’d enjoy
Tuesday
Who could be Mount Rushmore’s fifth head?
When the aliens land in thousands of years, or sometime around Christmas of this year, we want them to think: these were their gods
Monday
Figures emerge like ghosts from Antonia Showering’s canvases
The hues she’s employed are bodily, yet transcend into a surreal haze
Tuesday
Why does Irish art avoid the Troubles?
There is something truly pathological about the taboo given that Irish art is awash with politics
Wednesday
In ambiguity, Tancredi Di Carcaci finds inspiration
His new body of work – Spoglia – is on display at New York’s Palo Gallery
Tuesday
The sad decline of painting
Pick up a paintbrush in a state-funded art school these days and you’ll be shown the door
Sunday
The weakening case against museum restitution
The case for the return of the Benin bronzes seems to be unraveling
Monday
The genuine faker John Myatt
He once painted fakes to trick art galleries; now he paints them for wealthy customers
Barcelona rising
Graffiti in the old city is disappearing — in comes a host of new art treasures
Friday
Emil Sands’s unique body of work
This exhibition feels like the painting equivalent of a first album or novel — introspective and about his experience so far
Thursday
Guiding young minds through the National Gallery of Art
To my pleased surprise, when I met with my tour group I was confronted with very alert and engaged students
Tokyo drift: Japan’s once-pricey capital is now cost-effective… for Americans
I rarely prioritize spending time in big cities, and megacities have never been my thing, so my expectations were modest