The Los Angeles County Museum of Art has at last unveiled Scandinavian Design and the United States, 1890–1980.
Current and Coming: Above and beyond at LACMA
Everyone is familiar with mid-century New York’s abstract expressionist scene; less so, perhaps, with the Transcendental Painting Group of the American Southwest…
Openings and Closings: March 31 to April 6
Check out what’s going on this week at museums across the country!
Revelatory prints of the Renaissance at LACMA
It is hard for us now to recapture the sense of miracles that surrounded the woodcut in the waning days of the fifteenth century. The idea that an image could be cheaply and infinitely replicated meant that henceforth, art, and even great art, formerly the exclusive domain of princes and wealthy merchants, might adorn the lives of common men.
When Diego met Pablo, in Los Angeles
In the mature decades of their artistic careers, when Pablo Picasso and Diego Rivera sought to create the new they turned to the ancient.
Talking Antiques
Nine leaders in the field discuss the changing antiques and fine arts market. Jane Nylander, preservationist The past speaks to Jane Nylander. She has been translating its messages for decades as curator at Old Sturbridge Village, director of Strawbery Banke, and former president of Historic New England. Are we currently losing ground in our commitment to preserve and conserve our …
Recommended this week
On August 15 & 16 Northeast Auctions will host its annual Marine, China Trade & Sporting Art auction, including English pottery from the collection of Bob Treitelman. See all 1,152 lots here. Peggy Cooper Cafritz spoke to the New York Times about the loss of her African-American and African art collection after her Washington, DC home was destroyed by fire …