New Reports Expose the Global Toll of Censorship

When surveillance and censorship abound in the name of security, the arts tend to serve as the proverbial “canary in the coal mine,” signaling the suffocating effects of repression as it takes hold. The latest data, then, should be cause for alarm: 70% of the world’s...

London’s National Gallery to Open New Wing

London’s National Gallery, home of Western masterpieces from the 13th to early 20th centuries, will build a new wing to accommodate an “expanded collection” with an infusion of £375 million (~$500 million) in private donations. The project marks the most...

A Warts-and-All Biography of the Man Behind the Barnes Collection

Albert C. Barnes, c. 1920–25 (image via the George Grantham Bain Collection at the Library of Congress, no known restrictions on publication) The quality and quantity of art at Philadelphia’s Barnes Foundation dazzle. West African masks, Diné jewelry, and decorative...

Required Reading 

‣ Florence has long been regarded as the birthplace of the Renaissance, but what influence did earlier Byzantine and Eastern European art have on the movement? Martin Gayford explains for the Spectator: Like quite a few art-historical questions, it goes back to...

A View From the Easel

Welcome to the 304th installment of A View From the Easel, a series in which artists reflect on their workspace. This week, artists relish their studio as a safe haven and allow the work to dictate its own evolution. Want to take part? Check out our submission...

Pratt Manhattan Gallery Celebrates the Legacy of W.E.B. Du Bois

Pratt Manhattan Gallery’s latest exhibition, In Our Time: Eleven Artists + W.E.B. Du Bois, is a group show that brings together a diverse roster of leading contemporary artists, from Derrick Adams to Carrie Mae Weems to Theaster Gates. The art on view responds to the...