In taking on the male-dominated theatrical craft, contemporary women carvers are changing the face of a centuries-old tradition.
Tag: Art
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Kehinde Wiley’s New Exhibition Is a Chapel of Mourning
“An Archaeology of Silence” opens in San Francisco, after a string of police killings of Black men. Along with powerful art, it offers a respite room to those needing a break.
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Who Was Leonardo’s Mother? A Novelist Has Evidence She Was Enslaved.
An author has a theory that the artist’s mother, Caterina, was kidnapped as a girl in the Caucasus area of Central Asia.
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The Lucas Museum Finds Your Lack of Faith Disturbing
George Lucas’s billion-dollar museum, which has faced delays, is finally coming into focus in Los Angeles. Officials say it should be fully operational by 2025.
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The F.B.I. Has an Art Crime Team. And These Days, It’s Busy.
A raid of the Orlando Museum of Art, in which 25 works attributed to Jean-Michel Basquiat were seized, has placed renewed spotlight on the unit.