Public art, private prejudice
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Two pieces of Christian art that predate the Holocaust raise questions about anti-Semitism.
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Two masterpieces by Edvard Munch, which were stolen two years ago, are about to go on public exhibition.
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Maybe Susan B. Anthony and Sacagawea should not take public rejection personally. It's not easy overcoming people's indifference to dollar coins, even those honoring such historic figures.
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Mr. Mallon voiced the longing of all in politics with his suggestion that criticism of public servants is best delivered after walking a mile (or perhaps even just a couple hundred yards) in a public manâs (and presumably womanâs) shoes. The formula is even more problematic applied to a former public manâs efforts to walk [...].
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Foreign collectors want them. Newly minted local millionaires want them. The rise and rise of the country's modern artists
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A show of stitched work at the Museum of Arts and Design moves beyond pure politics.
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BERLIN: A show of modern art belonging to the millionaire grandson of a convicted Nazi industrialist has opened in Berlin to a row over whether the owner had done enough to atone for his family history.
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The new addition to the Akron Museum of Art underscores how hard it can be to strike a balance between daring architecture and enjoyable spaces for viewing art.
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A show at Mitchell-Innes & Nash invites us to reconsider the virtues of this underrated painter.
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Townspeople had a hard time squaring an unsavory past with their wholesome self-image.
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I look at Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas about the same way I might view gorgeous graffiti painted on my front door. No matter how artistic this game might be, I do not welcome it.
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London transport officials have come under fire for banning a poster showing a classic nude painting of Venus on the Underground train system, because it might offend travellers.
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Not everyone is following the lead of the Seattle Art Museum and its evocation of Spain this month with its handsome exhibition "Spain in the Age of Exploration," but some are, including the Seattle Baroque ...
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A giant plastic toilet bowl on Berlin's swank Unter den Linden boulevard, the work of a French artist, has been raising more than a few eyebrows in recent days.
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Works by sculptor Arno Breker, favored by the Nazis for his monumental, classically inspired figures, has gone on display amid controversy over Breker's links to Adolf Hitler and Breker's flourishing career in the Third Reich.
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Life hardens us and art desensitizes us. Is the culture of violence turning us into creatures without empathy? Commentary by Tony Long.
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Controversy has been the lifeblood of Britain's top award for modern art, and this year is no different: One nominee is too sensitive to display in full.