The late consecration of women artists in their 90s
Cecilia Vicuña, gold at the Art Basel Awards, Betye Saar and other creators are tasting success after decades of invisibility
Wifredo Lam, the artist who bridged the Caribbean and Europe, finally gets major retrospective at MoMA
His life, like his work, was complex and difficult to classify, which led him to be treated for a long time as a marginal figure within the history of Western art
Nicholas Cullinan, director of the British Museum: ‘We can’t give things away, but there is nothing preventing us from sharing the collection’
The 48-year-old Briton just completed his first year as head of the institution, and is faced with carrying out its biggest renovations ever
Glenn Lowry, director of the MoMA: ‘I am unabashedly clear that public institutions serve the public’
For 30 years, he has determined the destiny of one of the world’s most important museums — now, he’s making his last reflections before descending from its top position
MoMA welcomes Mexican artist Sandra Blow: ‘I add salsa to the photos. Salsa that’s spicy’
The visual artist speaks with EL PAÍS about the impact of her life on her craft. She hopes that, by joining the New York gallery, appreciation of her photographs will increase in Mexico
Fenix, a new Rotterdam museum that explores immigration through art
The facility stands in front of the former site of the Holland-America Line shipping company, which brought millions of emigrants to the United States and Canada in the 19th and 20th centuries
Adam Pendleton: ‘Nina Simone allows us to think of my country’s culture as a complex and inclusive place, rather than a simple and exclusionary one’
Abstract at a time of a figurative boom, an activist but not overtly political, the American artist is exhibiting his black and white canvases at the Madrid headquarters of the Pedro Cera gallery
‘Deaccession’ against white supremacy in art
Selling artwork from museums and public collections keeps them relevant, connecting them to the contemporary world and society
Closing a chapter of historical mourning: US museums accelerate the return of human remains to Native tribes
An update to a federal law known as NAGPRA requires institutions to obtain the consent of indigenous nations for displays of funerary artifacts and other cultural elements
Museums in Europe and the United States confront their colonial past
Many countries have begun to return pieces that were looted during periods of colonization. Experts are also researching the origins of stolen collections. Some parties, however, have resisted coming to agreements
Decolonizing the museum: beyond victims and villains
Izaskun Álvarez Cuartero|
Debates focused on myths of good and evil have little to do with a practice that has been happening for years in the world’s most prestigious institutions
Must a woman turn 93 before her artistic achievements are recognized?
Even after a remarkable career in art, Faith Ringgold hadn’t been the subject of a retrospective until just shy of her centennial. It will take decades to achieve equal representation of women’s work in museums
Louise Bourgeois in Vienna: The webs of the ‘spider woman’
For the first time in Europe — at the Belvedere Museum in Vienna — a major retrospective dedicated to the pictorial work of the French-American sculptor is now on display
On the road with Ed Ruscha, chronicler of the decline of the American empire
The retrospective that MoMA has dedicated to the pop and conceptual work of the veteran artist is a triumph and one of the cultural events of the fall in New York
How to protect the world’s art treasures from climate change
Many techniques and strategies are being put in place to protect large museums and collections from the hazards of global warming
US Hispanics: Shaping communities through art
Joaquín Badajoz|
A walk through El Espacio 23, Jorge Perez’s most recent art venture
New York’s MoMA takes off the colonial lenses
The ‘Chosen Memories’ exhibition, featuring donations from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros collection, uses the work of 39 Latin American artists to question the way this region’s history has been narrated to date