Required Reading

‣ Fifty years after its release, Andy Warhol’s autobiography gets a close reading from critic-curator Hilton Als, who probes its commentary on art and money for the Paris Review: By the time The Philosophy was published, Warhol had gone from queer...

A View From the Easel

Welcome to the 307th installment of A View From the Easel, a series in which artists reflect on their workspace. This week, artists sew with human hair and manipulate the translucence of organza. Want to take part? Check out our submission guidelines and...

Five DC Exhibitions You Can See Despite the Government Shutdown

Water With Water, “Save me from What?” (2019), digital prints of silk bomber jacket with neon embroidery, part of the exhibition Arab Pop Art: Between East and West at the Middle East Institute (image courtesy the artists) Amid a federal shutdown, an...

Dive into the Painstaking Process of Restoring an 18th-Century Fan

Armed with tweezers, a porcupine quill, and more patience than most of us could fathom, the senior paper conservator of the Victoria & Albert Museum tackles a finicky restoration project in a new video. Susan Catcher walks us through her impeccably precise process...