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Displaying all articles tagged:
Museums
2024 preview
Jan. 3, 2024
8 Art Shows We Can’t Wait to See in 2024
Haunting images from the Rust Belt, the glories of the Harlem Renaissance, and more.
By
Jerry Saltz
fall preview 2023
Aug. 24, 2023
10 Art Shows We Can’t Wait to See This Fall
A wealth of dazzling shows will renew your faith in art’s capacity to do more than mint money.
By
Jerry Saltz
fall preview
Sept. 2, 2022
10 Art Shows We Can’t Wait to See This Fall
Wolfgang Tillmans at MoMA, Theaster Gates at the New Museum, and a bid for W.E.B. Du Bois as America’s first abstract artist.
By
Jerry Saltz
tomb raiding
June 1, 2022
Five Egyptian Antiquities Seized From Met in Smuggling Ring Investigation
International art thievery? What is this, Paul Blart Mall Cop 3?
By
Bethy Squires
down the back but who cares
Mar. 21, 2022
Hang Simon Rex’s Fake
Dick in the Louvre
No, that wasn’t Rex’s actual junk in
Red Rocket.
By
Rebecca Alter
encounter
Dec. 21, 2021
Gala Porras-Kim and the Afterlife of an Artifact
The artist explores museum collections to make her work, upending ideas about use and ownership along the way.
By
Max Pearl
drama in the air tonight
Oct. 18, 2021
Remember the Phil Collins Alamo Artifacts Battle
Years after his massive donation, plans for the Texas museum are imploding.
By
Devon Ivie
exhibitions
Aug. 25, 2020
Whitney Cancels Exhibition After Criticism of Acquisition of Black Artists’ Work
One artist said the museum bought his work for $100.
By
Justin Curto
the arts
July 6, 2020
United Kingdom Unveils Nearly $2 Billion Government Relief Package for the Arts
The funds will be split between museums, independent theaters, and other arts and cultural organizations.
By
Halle Kiefer
monuments
June 22, 2020
Teddy Roosevelt Statue Coming Down, Says Natural History Museum
The statue has been criticized as racist for years.
By
Justin Curto
rock on
June 11, 2020
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame to Reopen June 15 in True Dad Move
The reopening measures don’t sound so rock and roll.
By
Justin Curto
art du jour
Mar. 30, 2020
The Goldfinch
Is Real! Vincent van Gogh Art Theft Befalls Dutch Museum
The smash and grab was made easy due to the museum’s closure.
By
Devon Ivie
art
Aug. 7, 2019
Ranking New York’s Most Toxic Museum Boards
Who might activists try to take down next?
By
Whitney Mallett
and
Katy Schneider
behind the scenes
May 31, 2019
Whitney Biennial Artists Reveal the Creative Processes Behind Their 2019 Work
Jeffrey Gibson is one of five artists sharing their stories in an upcoming video series.
By
Milan Polk
vulture lists
June 17, 2018
The Simple Art Historian’s Guide to Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s ‘Apeshit’ Video
Sure, there’s the Venus de Milo. But how much do you know about Jacques-Louis David?
By
Devon Ivie
animal cruelty
Sept. 26, 2017
Guggenheim Won’t Show Art Accused of Depicting Animal Cruelty Following Threats
“As an arts institution committed to presenting a multiplicity of voices, we are dismayed that we must withhold works of art.”
By
Dee Lockett
money money money
Apr. 26, 2017
The Met Is Reportedly Considering Charging Tourists an Admission Fee
Alert your visiting grandparents now!
By
Hunter Harris
coming attractions
Jan. 10, 2017
George Lucas Building $1 Billion Museum in L.A.
The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art has found a home in L.A.’s Exposition Park.
By
Tolly Wright
Jan. 6, 2017
What 2017 Needs From the Art World: A Commitment to New Art
As a critic,
I
need to make a commitment to the art of this moment. I want the art world as a whole to do the same.
By
Jerry Saltz
remembering prince
Oct. 25, 2016
Start Getting in Line Now, Prince’s Paisley Park Museum Officially Opens Friday
The Chanhassen City Council vote for rezoning was unanimous.
By
Julia Edelman
the taylor swift experience
Oct. 21, 2016
Taylor Swift’s Museum Exhibit Is Coming to NYC
Curators gonna curate.
By
Kaitlin Fontana
roll clip!
Oct. 5, 2016
See a First Look Inside Prince’s Very Purple Paisley Park Museum
You don’t have to be rich
to visit the complex.
By
Devon Ivie
bathroom talk
Sept. 17, 2016
You Can Now Poop in a Solid-Gold Toilet at the Guggenheim
The toilet costs between $1.5 and $2.5 million.
By
Erica Schwiegershausen
archives
July 4, 2016
Prince Online Museum Now a Thing
Hours of digital Prince awaits you.
By
Tolly Wright
the people vs. george lucas
June 26, 2016
Sadder Than Anakin’s Fall: George Lucas Drops Plans for His Chicago Art Museum
“No one benefits from continuing their seemingly unending litigation to protect a parking lot.”
By
Devon Ivie
prince
June 11, 2016
Prince Wanted Paisley Park to Be a Museum
This needs to happen.
By
Greg Cwik
museums
Apr. 17, 2016
Swiss Museum Honoring Charlie Chaplin Hopes to Keep the Auteur’s Legacy Alive
Chaplin was terrified of being forgotten; this museum wants to make sure that never happens.
By
Greg Cwik
scandals
Mar. 31, 2016
Bill Cosby Scandal Added to Smithsonian Exhibit
As part of the new National Museum of African American History and Culture.
By
Halle Kiefer
Mar. 2, 2016
The MetNey Is a Landscape-Changer. Unfortunately, the First Show Is Not.
The museum’s first show in the old Whitney is exhilarating, heart-sickening.
By
Jerry Saltz
Aug. 5, 2015
The ‘Daily Show with Jon Stewart’ Set Is Headed to the Newseum in DC
Things might get emotional after Jon Stewart leaves The Daily Show tomorrow night, but one thing we don’t have to worry about is the […]
By
Megh Wright
art
May 6, 2015
A-List Artists Against Frick Expansion
They fear the Frick will be destroyed in a bid for bigness — like so many other interesting old things in New York City of late.
By
Kyle Chayka
seen
May 6, 2015
12 Stories of Sex in Museums
“We split a Xanax and a whiff of poppers on our way uptown.”
By
Jerry Saltz
Apr. 19, 2015
Jerry Saltz on the New Whitney Museum
How the museum might just solve the impossible problem of contemporary art.
By
Jerry Saltz
design hunting
Dec. 30, 2014
See 6 Beautiful, Genius Objects From the New Cooper Hewitt
It all starts with the spark of a brain and the art of a hand.
By
Wendy Goodman
architecture
July 13, 2014
Why It’s So Hard to Keep Beaux-Arts Museums Looking Beautiful
The same problem keeps cropping up at the Frick.
By
Justin Davidson
tourist attractions
June 24, 2014
George Lucas Is Opening a Museum in Chicago
Congrats to the Windy City.
By
Anna Silman
art
Jan. 14, 2014
Davidson on How to Adapt the American Folk Art Museum
Davidson: “There is a more attractive alternative.”
By
Justin Davidson
Dec. 11, 2013
British Museum Hires World’s First Comedian-In-Residence
Which job is tougher: comedian or miner? Normally I’d say miner unless the comedian is performing mining-related jokes at a mining museum, and […]
By
Megh Wright
Sept. 25, 2013
A Bunch of Muppets Are Being Inducted Into the Smithsonian
Several of Jim Henson’s Muppets will be displayed in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C., Reuters […]
By
Bradford Evans
national treasures
Sept. 25, 2013
The Muppets Take the Smithsonian
Miss Piggy and the gang are joining Kermit in the museum.
By
Delia Paunescu
Jan. 2, 2013
The Complete Guide to Everything: The Movies of 2012
This week Tim has had enough of Christmas and would like you all to stop even though Christmas ended nearly a week ago. Also Tom becomes a […]
By
Splitsider Editors
arty
July 23, 2010
Animal Collective, Darren Aronofsky Will Judge the Guggenheim’s YouTube Contest
Also: Takashi Murakami, Ryan McGinley, Laurie Anderson …
By
Amos Barshad
art
July 18, 2010
The American Museum of Folk Art’s Two Big Problems
The beleaguered institution now at another one of its many star-crossed turning points.
By
Jerry Saltz
the industry
July 7, 2010
Whitney on the Cusp: The Key to the Museum’s Expansion Downtown
Its current shows are great. But the institution must keep one priority in mind as they plan their second location.
By
Jerry Saltz
artsy
June 15, 2010
YouTube in the Guggenheim? Go for It!
Some folks are up in arms over a proposed show of YouTube videos at the museum.
By
Jerry Saltz
art
Mar. 12, 2010
Saltz: Remembering Dia
The museum closes for good tonight, and there will always be the terrible feeling that it didn’t have to be this way.
By
Jerry Saltz
obit
Dec. 11, 2009
Remembering Thomas Hoving, Visionary (and Wonderfully Vulgar) Met Director
Hoving was a madman, and of a specific type: the utterly fearless, patrician vulgarian.
By
Christopher Bonanos
equal-arty
Dec. 11, 2009
Saltz on Art’s Triumph: Women Win Slim Majority in Next Whitney Biennial
This will prove once and for all that women artists are no better and no worse than their male counterparts.
By
Jerry Saltz
art
Nov. 16, 2009
Saltz on Defending the New Museum
At a certain point, the hatred seems unrelated to the offense.
By
Jerry Saltz
right on
June 30, 2009
Aw, Yeah: New Museum Saves ‘Hell, Yes!’
Exclusive: Originally loaned for a two-year exhibition, the piece was recently purchased for the museum by trustees.
By
Andrew Goldstein
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