Serra spattered a pot of molten lead against the base of a wall in Jasper Johns’s home. Then he let it harden. The result looked nothing like a traditional sculpture.
Museums and collectors are showing interest in works by developmentally and intellectually challenged artists, many of whom were nurtured in a vibrant Oakland, Calif., center.
Tina Modotti moved in the same circles as Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo but, until now, little was known of the artist and activist whose work was galvanised by her politics
A diverse and kaleidoscopic art exhibition, curated by 17 members of its security staff, spotlights the perspectives of employees typically seen but rarely heard.
Christopher Bedford, the leader and sometimes lightning rod at the Baltimore Museum of Art, will fill the position left by Neal Benezra, who resigned a year ago.
Closed Nearly a Year, Empty Museums in Los Angeles Struggle While many museums around the country have resumed operations, those in Los Angeles remain an exception. They have been shut since March. Los Angeles museum-goers have to make do with the great outdoors, with indoor installations closed since last March. “Levitated Mass” at Resnick North Lawn at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art is by Michael Heizer.Credit.Philip Cheung for The New York Times Feb. 10, 2021 LOS ANGELES Fulton Leroy Washington (known as Mr. Wash), who began to paint while serving time for a nonviolent drug offense, was looking forward to being part of the Hammer Museum’s biennial his first museum show before the pandemic forced the doors closed a few months before the exhibition was to open. “I started having excitement build up,” Washington said. “Then disappointment set in.”