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Museums Rename Artworks and Artists as Ukrainian, Not Russian
A year into the war, institutions face pressure to note the Ukrainian roots of artworks and artists long described as Russian. It’s not always simple to write a wall label.
Rockwells Long at White House Are Now at the Heart of a Family Dispute
Relatives of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s press secretary are feuding over ownership of illustrations by Norman Rockwell that once hung in a hallway near the Oval Office.
The Female Artisans Honoring, and Reinventing, Japanese Noh Masks
In taking on the male-dominated theatrical craft, contemporary women carvers are changing the face of a centuries-old tradition.
Kehinde Wiley’s New Exhibition Is a Chapel of Mourning
“An Archaeology of Silence” opens in San Francisco, after a string of police killings of Black men. Along with powerful art, it offers a respite room to those needing a break.
Who Was Leonardo’s Mother? A Novelist Has Evidence She Was Enslaved.
An author has a theory that the artist’s mother, Caterina, was kidnapped as a girl in the Caucasus area of Central Asia.
The Lucas Museum Finds Your Lack of Faith Disturbing
George Lucas’s billion-dollar museum, which has faced delays, is finally coming into focus in Los Angeles. Officials say it should be fully operational by 2025.
The F.B.I. Has an Art Crime Team. And These Days, It’s Busy.
A raid of the Orlando Museum of Art, in which 25 works attributed to Jean-Michel Basquiat were seized, has placed renewed spotlight on the unit.
Valparaiso Plans to Sell Georgia O’Keeffe Painting to Fix Dorms
In the face of declining enrollment, Valparaiso University in Indiana wants to raise money to renovate two dormitories by selling treasures from its art museum. Not everyone is on board.
An Artist Returns After a ‘Long Wilderness’
Claudette Johnson emerged in Thatcher-era England as a prominent Black feminist, only to fall into obscurity. Now, she’s having her first solo show in New York.
Ian Falconer, Creator of Olivia, the Energetic Piglet, Dies at 63
He was a stage designer noted for his work in opera when he hit the best-seller list in 2000 with the first in a series of books for children.
Jesse Treviño, Chicano Artist Whose Muse Was San Antonio, Dies at 76
After losing his dominant right hand from a Vietnam War injury, he began chronicling Mexican American culture with his left.
Wangechi Mutu: An Imagined World Made Possible
The multimedia artist transforms the New Museum into a fabulous sphere of creatures where divisions of gender, race and species do not apply.
The Power of Art in a Political Age
Searching for beauty as the world turns ugly.
What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries in March
Want to see new art in the city? Check out Karen Kilimnik whimsical paintings or Ray Materson’s astonishing embroideries.
An Office in Which Screaming Is Encouraged
At the Berlin headquarters of the art magazine Blau International, editor in chief Cornelius Tittel doubles as an instructor of Kundalini yoga classes.
Willie Cole’s Ecological Interventions Turn Trash Into Art
The artist invited the community in Newark to reimagine objects that would otherwise be destined for a landfill — to look at them in a fresh, imaginative way.
How Hard Is It to Paint Like Vermeer? TV Contestants Find Out.
Amateur and professional artists are competing to recreate some of the old master’s lost works in a Dutch reality show that coincides with a blockbuster Vermeer exhibition in Amsterdam.
The Raincoats’ Gina Birch Goes Solo (and Still Makes the Floor Rattle)
At 67, a member of one of post-punk’s most influential bands is releasing “I Play My Bass Loud” and reflecting on decades of work pushing boundaries.
David Hockney Goes High-Tech
The British artist has always embraced new ways of working. With an immersive digital extravaganza, he is taking that to the next level.
Yoko Ono Fans Ring In Her 90th Birthday With a ’60s-Style Happening
There was singing, dancing and bell ringing in Central Park for an artist who has lived long past the days when she was often vilified.
Cambodia Says It Has Recovered Looted Gold Jewelry Once Worn by Royals
The 77 items had been in the collection of Douglas A.J. Latchford, accused of trafficking in looted antiquities, and were returned under an agreement with his estate.
Beauty in the Aftermath
Documenting the recovery of a Chinese spy balloon off South Carolina, a Navy photographer produced some spectacular images with surprising art-historical undercurrents.
Ming Smith’s Poetic Blur Is on Display in MoMA Photographs
This streetlight mystic shows her painterly photography at MoMA in an archive that celebrates long exposures and perceptual improvisation.
The Censoring of an Iranian American Artist
How have we forgotten that art needn’t defer to religion?
L.A. Artist Uses Storied Van to Highlight Social Justice Issues
With his family’s old tortilla delivery van and brightly colored tamale carts, Ruben Ochoa will highlight the economic challenges and harassment endured by Los Angeles street vendors.
This Tool Could Protect Artists From A.I. Image Generators
Artists want to be able to post their work online without the fear “of feeding this monster” that could replace them.
Across Paris, an Invader Unleashes His Art
Mosaics by a street artist, who calls himself “Invader,” have become part of the fabric of the city. They are everywhere — if you look for them.
An Iranian Curator on Art’s Power in an Uprising
Nazy Nazhand shares how generational trauma has affected her and the artists with whom she finds community.
Ronald S. Lauder Reaches Agreement on Klimt Painting With Jewish Heirs
Under the agreement, Mr. Lauder restituted the painting and then repurchased it from the relatives of an art collector who fled Europe in 1941 to avoid Nazi persecution.
The Absolute Vermeer, in a Show More Precious Than Pearls
This blockbuster at the Rijksmuseum, never to be repeated, pares the sphinx of Dutch art to the essence: 28 gemlike paintings.
Off Panama’s Caribbean Coast, a New Stay Perched Above the Treetops
Plus: a brasserie designed by Luke Edward Hall, a gallery highlighting traditional Indian craftsmanship and more recommendations from T Magazine.
An Artist With Roots in Nairobi and New York Imagines a New Destiny
With sculptures that blend evolutionary history and science fiction, Wangechi Mutu draws on her bicontinental life for an ambitious New Museum survey.
Is Nazi Loot Amid His 6,000 Oils, Some Grenades and Napoleon’s Toothbrush?
The daughter of an eccentric Swiss collector has asked an independent panel to review whether items in his massive collection were stolen from Jews during World War II.
Seeing Myself in the Work of an Artist I Never Met
I never met Kimowan Metchewais, but I feel a kinship with him and his work.
The Fullest View of Vermeer Still Leaves Plenty to the Imagination
A blockbuster exhibition brings together more paintings by the Dutch master than ever before. Yet he remains a mystery, despite efforts by authors, filmmakers and researchers to fill the empty space.
In the Age of A.I., Major in Being Human
How to acquire the skills no machine can have.
Felix Gonzalez-Torres, a Master of Mutability
An ultra-polished survey of the artist’s works at David Zwirner — some not seen before — demonstrate how preservation and change can coexist.
Valentine’s Day 2023 Gift Guide: What T Editors Covet Most Right Now
Essentials for a romantic night at home, sophisticated sweets and more recommendations from T Magazine.
A Guide to Tainan, Taiwan’s Oldest City Turned Food Hub
Grilled beef tongue and black-sesame espresso martinis await in Tainan.
The Forgotten History of Chinese Railroad Workers Rises From the Texas Dust
In a creative departure, the artist Kenneth Tam spent the last year creating sculptures that honor the lives of Chinese laborers in Texas who helped build the country’s railroad system.
Scientists identify rare lead compounds in Rembrandt’s The Night Watch
Enlarge / Scientists and conservators are working together to preserve The Night Watch, by Rembrandt van Rijn (1642), for future generations. (credit: Rijskmuseum Amsterdam)
One of the most famous paintings from the Dutch Golden Age is Rembrandt van Rijn‘s 1642 masterpiece The Night Watch. An interdisciplinary team of researchers has conducted a fresh, in-depth analysis and found rare traces of a compound called lead formate in the painting, according to a recent paper published in the journal Angewandte Chemie. The work was part of the Rijksmuseum’s Operation Night Watch, the largest multidisciplinary research and conservation project yet undertaken for Rembrandt’s famous painting, devoted to its long-term preservation.
“In Operation Night Watch we focus on Rembrandt’s painting technique, the condition of the painting, and how we can best preserve it for future generations,” said Katrien Keune, head of science at Rijksmuseum and professor at the University of Amsterdam (the Netherlands). “The lead formate gives us valuable new clues about the possible use of lead-based oil paint by Rembrandt and the potential impact of oil-based varnishes from past conservation treatments, and the complex chemistry of historic oil paintings.”
Science has become a valuable tool for art conservationists, especially various X-ray imaging methods. For instance, back in 2019, we reported on how many of the oil paintings at the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe, New Mexico, had been developing tiny, pin-sized blisters, almost like acne, for decades. Conservationists and scholars initially assumed the blemishes were grains of sand trapped in the paint. Chemists concluded that the blisters are actually metal carboxylate soaps, the result of a chemical reaction between metal ions in the lead and zinc pigments and fatty acids in the binding medium used in the paint. The soaps start to clump together to form the blisters and migrate through the paint film.
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Party Like It’s 1959
They were crazy, cramped, messy and threatening — but the Happenings of the early 60s just might be the missing link between Dada and today’s immersive art.
Whitney Curator Marcela Guerrero Leads the Way on Latino Art
In her five years at the museum, Marcela Guerrero has helped broaden the scope of artists and audiences as the Hispanic population continues to grow and museums try to reflect more diverse audiences.
Dayanita Singh’s Hands-On Photography
The Indian artist’s physical approach to making and presenting pictures chimes with their intimate content, as the largest exhibition of her work to date shows.
Is That Watch Made of Cardboard?
Using humble materials, Gabe Lau, a Hong Kong artist, makes his own versions of high-end Swiss timepieces to have “a bit more fun.”
Peter Doig Awarded $2.5 Million in Dispute Over Painting He Denied
The owner of a painting and a gallery had sued Peter Doig, insisting he falsely denied creating the work. But a federal judge ordered sanctions after ruling there was no evidence of that.
Brian Walshe Charged With Murder in Ana Walshe Missing Person Case
Brian R. Walshe of Cohasset, Mass., was under house arrest for having sold fake Warhol paintings when he killed his wife and the mother of his three children, Ana Walshe, prosecutors said.
Obsessed by the Present, Who’s Got Time for Old Masters?
Paintings from before 1850, once a bedrock of the market, now account for just a tiny percentage of auction sales. Instead, buyers want works by living artists with a strong Instagram presence.
In Boston, ‘The Embrace’ Honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy
The bronze sculpture, by the artist Hank Willis Thomas, symbolizes the hug Dr. King and Coretta Scott King shared after Dr. King won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize.