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In 1863, as the Civil War was being fought on battlefields across the country, with a nation at war over the its future and the fate of chattel slavery, two free Black men planned an art exhibition that would travel the north, en route to the nation’s capital. Featuring pieces from their own carefully curated … Read More “How Two African American Collectors Celebrated Black Artistry Amid the Civil War” »
April is beginning to look a little brighter in Los Angeles with cherry trees, increased vaccinations, and museums opening their doors across the city. After a year of closures, institutions can finally share exhibitions that have been sitting in their galleries, including the Made in LA biennial and the exhaustive retrospective of Yoshitomo Nara at … Read More “Your Concise Los Angeles Art Guide for April 2021” »
April is shaping up to be a strong month for solo shows, particularly those devoted to women artists (and we love to see it). From Alice Neel’s first New York museum retrospective in decades to a powerhouse Julie Mehretu survey at the Whitney, there’s much to peruse. But alas, we’re still in a panorama (or … Read More “Your Concise New York Art Guide for April 2021” »
Like many Asian-American women, I’m still profoundly shaken by the March 16 murder of eight people in Atlanta — six of them Asian women. The suspect’s reported explanation that spas were “a temptation for him that he wanted to eliminate” continued the work of his gun in robbing these women of individuality and humanity. By … Read More “How Foreign Women Have Been Tokenized Since Ancient Roman Times” »
An anti-racist group known as White Lies Matter has stolen a Confederate monument from the Old Live Oak Cemetery in Selma, Alabama, and says it is holding it for ransom. The price for its return? On April 9, the anniversary of the end of the Civil War, the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) must … Read More “An Anti-Racist Group Is Holding a Confederate Monument for Ransom” »
The history of art is often aligned with the history of technology, and in the 19th century, cliché-verre prints were but one way to share images of prints with friends and colleagues. The Clark Art Institute in western Massachusetts recently acquired a historic portfolio of 44 cliché-verre prints by prominent French artists of the period, … Read More “Learn About Clichés-verre, an Obscure 19th Century Image Reproduction Technique” »
