- Arts and EntertainmentPerspective
Red, right to the liberated heart
Martin Puryear’s red sculpture “Big Phrygian,” at Glenstone, is an invitation to reflect on liberty and coercion.
By Sebastian SmeeDecember 22, 2021 Will NFTs transform the art world? Are they even art?
A critic goes to Miami’s Art Basel to answer your questions, and his.
By Sebastian SmeeDecember 18, 2021- Review
In the galleries: Works draw on feeling, seeing and a penchant for jazz
Artist aims for rhythm between influences of music and visual arts on each other.
By Mark JenkinsDecember 17, 2021 - Perspective
How to survive a pandemic? Courage, resiliency and resistance to bad ideas.
A Cooper Hewitt exhibition, “Design and Healing: Creative Responses to Epidemics,” explores the evolving architecture of health care.
By Philip KennicottDecember 16, 2021 - Arts and EntertainmentPerspective
This painting of plums is perfection
It’s easy to see why both Marie Antoinette and Diderot admired Anne Vallayer-Coster, one of the most acclaimed female artists of the 18th century.
By Sebastian SmeeDecember 15, 2021 At the Hirshhorn, Toyin Ojih Odutola’s ‘Countervailing Theory’ will leave you transformed
The Nigerian American artist’s first D.C. exhibition is an otherworldly experience.
By Vanessa LarsonDecember 14, 2021- Review
In the galleries: Expansive exhibit celebrates a beloved late artist
Tribute to Nancy Frankel incorporates a common thread dedicated to her life and artistic outlook.
By Mark JenkinsDecember 10, 2021 The Met removes Sackler name from its galleries
The decision, announced jointly with family members, includes removing the pharma family’s name from the wing that houses the Temple of Dendur.
By Peggy McGloneDecember 9, 2021- Perspective
Best visual art of 2021: Jasper Johns in two venues, Medici portraits and text-based artist Barbara Kruger
The art world began to normalize, with major shows — and smaller crowds — returning.
By Philip KennicottDecember 9, 2021 Millions of Americans can trace their ancestry back to tenements like this one.
A virtual photogrammetry tour of the Tenement Museum in New York and how the lives of immigrants were affected by disease, public health, and housing laws.
By Philip Kennicott and Lo Bénichou and Shikha Subramaniam and Kolin PopeDecember 7, 2021Museums for tragedies like 9/11 face a new challenge: Visitors too young to remember
“How do you understand the situation you are in if you don’t understand where it began?” asks Alice M. Greenwald, president of the National September 11 Memorial Museum.
By Peggy McGloneDecember 4, 2021- Review
In the galleries: Artist’s works criss-cross the paths of U.S. colonialism
Raises questions about who has access to resources, citizenship, and the right to sovereignty.
By Mark JenkinsDecember 3, 2021 Redesigned Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden is finally approved
National Capital Planning Commission votes for a revised design that ends two years of discussion and compromise about the Smithsonian site.
By Peggy McGloneDecember 2, 2021- Arts and EntertainmentPerspective
What happened when Matisse’s model took up painting
Matisse's "The Three O’Clock Sitting” puts his model in the spotlight at the Met
By Sebastian SmeeDecember 1, 2021 - Review
The first major Hans Holbein exhibition in the U.S. shows us the sobering reality of raw power
The Getty surveys the meticulous and chilling vision of Henry VIII’s court painter.
By Philip KennicottNovember 26, 2021 - Review
In the galleries: Delicate works show concern about the footprints we leave on our planet
Intricately constructed sculptures sidestep chaos with a strong and harmonious vision.
By Mark JenkinsNovember 26, 2021 - Arts and EntertainmentPerspective
Saint Francis had a vision. Or was it just a dream?
Jan van Eyck's “Saint Francis of Assisi" painting at the Philadelphia Museum of Art is a miniature masterpiece of visionary thinking.
By Sebastian SmeeNovember 24, 2021 Stephen A. Geppi’s trove of vintage comics and collectibles is on view at the Library of Congress
“Geppi’s Gem’s” will delight superhero buffs and connoisseurs of comic-book history.
By Mark JenkinsNovember 23, 2021Air and Space Museum will close in March for at least six months
The most popular Smithsonian museum needs to shut its doors to complete the first phase of a seven-year renovation.
By Peggy McGloneNovember 23, 2021Baltimore loves Matisse. That’s one more reason to love Baltimore.
The Baltimore Museum of Art credits one of the city’s great daughters, Etta Cone, as it launches a major Henri Matisse love-in.
By Sebastian SmeeNovember 23, 2021