Art April 2020
“Vida Americana” at the Whitney
On “Vida Americana: Mexican Muralists Remake American Art, 1925–1945” at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
Department: “Art”
Art April 2020
Facing Lucian Freud
On The Lives of Lucian Freud: The Restless Years, 1922–1968, by William Feaver & on “Lucian Freud: The Self Portraits” at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Art April 2020
The passion of Donald Judd
On “Judd” at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Art April 2020
Monumental madness
On the neglected Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument in Riverside Park.
Art March 2020
Hope & glory
On the re-imagined British decorative arts galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Art March 2020
True to nature at the National Gallery
On “True to Nature: Open-Air Painting in Europe, 1780–1870” at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Art March 2020
Baroque is back
On “British Baroque: Power and Illusion” at Tate Britain, London.
Art March 2020
Bird-brained at the Frick
On ill-advised renovations to a New York treasure.
Art February 2020
Edith Halpert & the Downtown Gallery
On “Edith Halpert and the Rise of American Art” at the Jewish Museum.
Art February 2020
Sculpture hanging in the balance
On modernist installations in New York City and beyond.