On the Passage. . . .
The exhibition “On the Passage of a Few People through a Rather Brief Period of Time” showcases art with social and political themes. More...
“Six Scenes from Our Future”
“Six Scenes from Our Future” is a disparate response to a historic show on the occasion of the institution’s 75th anniversary. More...
Trees, Fox & Friends
”Trees, Fox & Friends” assembles an impressive survey featuring the centrality of trees in a time of severe climate change. More...
American Art: The Stories We Carry
The re-installation of the American art collection at Seattle Art Museum reflects shifts in art history and curatorial perspectives. More...
Asian Underworlds
"Hell: Arts of Asian Underworlds" ranges across ten centuries of Asian art and cosmology, and almost as many cultural traditions. More...
“Blacklist” and “Oppenheimer”
The exhibition "Blacklist" and the blockbuster movie "Oppenheimer" bookend the dire effects of McCarthyism 70 years ago. More...
Dishing It Out and Taking It: A Critic’s Comeuppance
In Richard Spears 21 years as an art critic, he has attended a lot of exhibition press previews. April 5th was different, this time he attended as co-curator -- on the other side of the press line. More...
Walter Hopps
Walter Hopps was the founding director of Houston’s Menil Collection, but his first love and talent was curating. More...
Evoking Wokeness
Two exhibitions, "Together in Time," and "'afro-Atlantic Histories" tackle a range of public issues while exerting real aesthetic power. More...
Not Such Good Work If You Can Get It
Revelations about Tom Sachs' mistreatment of staff cast light on how artists' assistants experience extreme stress and disillusionment. More...
Retracing the 60-Year History of OCMA
A brief history reminds us that the opening of the new OCMA building is only the latest stip taken by the 60-year old institution. More...
“Drawing Down the Moon”
“Drawing Down the Moon” is an encyclopedic exhibition that examines the universal affection for the moon as represented in both art and scientific writings and diagrams from multiple cultures and time periods. More...
