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The Art Works in Flannery O’Connor’s Attic

The Art Works in Flannery O’Connor’s Attic

Inside was “a few theses’ worth of stuff,” Gentry noted, picking up a sheaf of paper in a musty parlor room—sheet music for the 1917 song “Joan of Arc, They Are Calling You.” There were books on Catholicism (“Signed Ones in Plastic,” a label read); scholarly works on O’Connor; and, hanging in Louise’s closet, three chiffon evening gowns.


Matisse wanted to buy a Van Gogh portrait—instead, his brother bought a bicycle

Matisse wanted to buy a Van Gogh portrait—instead, his brother bought a bicycle

In the 1941 interview in which Matisse recalled the bicycle anecdote he also revealed that, on the wall of his bedroom, he had two reproductions of paintings: Van Gogh’s Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear and a work by his fellow Fauve, Georges Rouault.


Dealers are facing the tricky challenge of balancing artist and collector priorities

Dealers are facing the tricky challenge of balancing artist and collector priorities

This challenge was one of the subjects covered in a lively panel discussion held in Manhattan on 29 January, as part of Downtown Dealers—a conversation series for New York gallerists established by the collector and adviser Bill Cournoyer.


Trump signs executive order to ‘eliminate’ agency that funds museums and libraries

Trump signs executive order to ‘eliminate’ agency that funds museums and libraries

This decision undermines access to the arts, disproportionately harming marginalised groups and stifling diverse expression,” Julie TrĂ©bault, the executive director of Artists at Risk Connection, said in a statement.


Tate to Cut 40 Roles, or 7 Percent of Staff, in Response to Lingering Covid Deficit

Tate to Cut 40 Roles, or 7 Percent of Staff, in Response to Lingering Covid Deficit

The Guggenheim Museum in New York in late February began dismissing 20 employees across the institution, or 7 percent of its workforce, citing the continued challenge of returning to fiscal stability in the post-pandemic years.


Leigh Bowery at Tate Modern, Ukraine’s art world three years on, Max Beckmann and the Gothic Modern—podcast

Leigh Bowery at Tate Modern, Ukraine’s art world three years on, Max Beckmann and the Gothic Modern—podcast

Tate Modern this week opened a vast exhibition exploring the life and work of the maverick Australian-born performance artist, fashion designer and self-styled “club monster”, Leigh Bowery, as well as the variety of cultural figures in his orbit in London.


Techno-Fascism Comes to America

Techno-Fascism Comes to America

Accelerationism has been popularized in the past decade by the British philosopher Nick Land, who is part of the so-called neo-reactionary or Dark Enlightenment movement populated by figures including Curtis Yarvin, a former programmer and blogger whose proposals for an American monarchy have enjoyed renewed relevance during Trump 2.0.


The New York Drama Critics’ Circle Goes Metal

The New York Drama Critics’ Circle Goes Metal

On one table was a giant human arm, part of a monument of Father Capodanno bound for Staten Island; in back was a plaster mold of the head of Martin Luther King, Jr., for a bust that sits in the Oval Office.


Why was the National Gallery shy of sharing its ‘Wilton Diptych’ report?

Why was the National Gallery shy of sharing its ‘Wilton Diptych’ report?

As we near the National Gallery’s much-anticipated double reveal of its collection rehang and remodelled Sainsbury Wing, here is a curious tale about its instinct to remain closed, at least in spirit.


We’d Never Had a King Until This Week

We’d Never Had a King Until This Week

I would plunk my tricorne hat atop my head and meet the incoming waves of visitors, herding them around the Common and telling them the story of the April morning in 1775 when brave townspeople made their stand against the British and their king in the first fighting of the Revolution.


Artists Protest New Anti-Diversity Policy at National Endowment for the Arts

Artists Protest New Anti-Diversity Policy at National Endowment for the Arts

More than 460 visual artists, dancers, and poets signed a letter in protest of the requirements for grant applications accepted by the NEA this month in compliance with President Trump’s latest executive order, one in a growing list intended to shape what art is made and displayed in America.


Danielle Sassoon’s American Bravery

Danielle Sassoon’s American Bravery

In exchange for Adams’s coöperation with Trump’s immigration crackdown, Bove’s memo said, the Justice Department was prepared to endorse the Mayor’s unsubstantiated theory of the case against him: that it was a politically motivated prosecution provoked by his criticism of former President Joe Biden’s border policies.