Nov
03
What does GAGA: Five Foot Two teach us about pain? The documentary challenges viewers to consider how female pain is often perceived or diminished.
Oct
11
The Equal Justice Initiative’s new museum seeks to lead a more “honest conversation about racial and economic justice.”
Sep
30
Artist Glenn Ligon grounds his work in American history, addressing the inextricable link between history of slavery and the black experience in the U.S.
Sep
03
Prior to discussions about appropriation art, artist Hock E Aye Vi (Hachivi) Edgar Heap of Birds honored the 40 executed Dakota men in “Building Minnesota.”
Sep
01
Why did Beyoncé pose as the Virgin Mary in her pregnancy and birth announcements? Learn about her art historical referents and iconic portraiture here.
Aug
21
SFMOMA recently made headlines with its digital campaign to make art go viral with their Send Me SFMOMA project — but what museum exhibits came before this?
Aug
06
Elected as the 266th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church in 2013, Pope Francis has been full of surprises and has redefined the papacy, including the ways in which he considers the role and power of art.
Jun
19
Last month, Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Untitled work from 1982 broke records as the highest selling US-produced artwork. Learn how Basquiat’s work gained its fame.
May
23
Walker analyzes not just how Hartley’s movement and travel around the world influenced his style, but also how the art world changed its perceptions of Marsden Hartley as an innovator, imitator, experimentalist, or influencer. Perhaps Hartley’s life and changing artistic legacy tell us more about history-making and public memory than they do about his work.
May
07
The exhibit’s brochure described the maps in the show as bearing witness and “testifying to the criminal regimes that force people into dangerous journeys and that seek to curtail, control and interrupt their crossings.” Through a variety of maps and media, It is obvious from the map succeeds at challenging viewers to see a multiplicity of realities and that in fact “nothing is obvious” when it comes to how society deals with migration, migrant rights, monitoring migrant vessels, and movements of a people.
