Sargent, Whistler & Venetian Glass at SAAM
Ari Post • February 9, 2022
John Singer Sargent and James McNeill Whistler, two fiercely independent late 19th-century American expatriate painters who spent most of their lives in Europe and dabbled in Impressionism without ever capitulating […]
Winter Arts Preview
Ari Post • December 9, 2021
National Building Museum The Wall/El Muro: What Is A Border Wall? Through November 2022 This exhibition examines the U.S./Mexico border wall from the perspective of architecture and design. By focusing on the built environment, […]
VISUAL ARTS
THE PHILLIPS COLLECTION ‘SEEING DIFFERENTLY: THE PHILLIPS COLLECTS FOR A NEW CENTURY’ The Phillips Collection, America’s first museum of modern art, opened its doors 100 years ago this year. Its […]
The Phillips Collection: 100 Years as a Home for Art
Ari Post • March 13, 2021
The Phillips Collection’s centennial anniversary exhibition should be serious news. Not just “Arts & Culture” news, but a mainstream feature story. America’s first museum of modern art, which houses an […]
Coming in 2021: Works by Women Photographers
Ari Post • December 11, 2020
“Mary Ellen Mark: Girlhood” is due to open at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in January, and “The New Woman Behind the Camera” at the National Gallery of Art in February.
Beautiful Things at the Phillips Collection
Ari Post • November 12, 2020
There is only so much you can see through a screen. Going to a museum right now and engaging with the depth and dimensionality of real-life art is a vital escape into beauty.
Visual Arts Preview: Social Distancing Edition
Ari Post • September 17, 2020
This will be a limited and bittersweet season for the arts, but after six months of pure bitterness, this writer will happily take what he can get. The fall arts […]
Museums: Still Closed, for the Most Part, But Not at Risk
Ari Post • August 13, 2020
NPR recently broadcast a story with the alarming headline: “One-Third Of U.S. Museums May Not Survive The Year, Survey Finds.”
Black Lives Matter in the Arts
At this moment, art in America isn’t transcending anything. It is mired in the same oppressive systems that methodically obstruct and destroy African American lives.
The Power of Art, Right Now
I have been dreading this column. I have been scared and slightly nauseated by the prospect of trying to write about art right now. I’ll forgo the tediously crafted litany […]