Stories By Alix McKenna
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Suburban Gothic: A. Clarke Bedford’s America
February 3, 2024Bedford explains "one begins to wonder if every snapshot of grandparents in a Model A Ford...
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How to Get Your Work in the Louvre? Hang it up Yourself!
February 2, 2024Ironically, while Mr. Guérineau has indicated a desire to infuse France’s museums with fresh blood and...
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Running Fence: Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s Masterpiece Revisited at the Smithsonian American Art Museum
January 31, 2024While one might be tempted to attribute the project's failure to grandiose ambition, the success of...
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Where’s the Love? Robert Indiana Sued by Former Business Partner
January 29, 2024With the possible exception of Milton Glaser's I love New York, no single piece of typography...
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A Match Made in Heaven: Jeff Koons’ BMW Art Car
January 29, 2024Jeff Koons: design sketch for the 17th BMW Art Car 2010 © Jeff Koons, Image Source:...
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The Sacred Made Real: Spanish Painting and Sculpture, 1600-1700
January 28, 2024Saint Serapion (1628) by Francisco de Zurbarán A new show at the National Gallery of Art...
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The Wonderful World of Maira Kalman
January 26, 2024Well, Susan, 2004-05 by Maira Kalman [Image source: How Blog] The intelligent curating at Philadelphia’s Institute...
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Museums: Attracting a Younger Crowd
January 26, 2024Brooklyn Museum iPhone Application Museum-goers today are very different than they were one hundred years ago. ...
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Iran’s Cultural Heritage Under Threat
January 24, 2024In addition to depriving Iranians of their cultural property, a decision to turn over the artifacts...
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The Art of Japanese Internment Camps at the Renwick Gallery
January 23, 2024An exhibition at the Renwick Gallery in Washington DC titled The Art of Gaman: Arts and...