NR PLUS Culture A Cat God, Mummy Coffins, and Spells for the Dead, in Texas By Brian T. Allen January 16, 2021 The Kimbell Art Museum, open for business, mounts a captivating show — Queen Nefertari’s Egypt — and leaves good questions.
NR PLUS Art In Raleigh, a Tormented King Saul and Other Treasures By Brian T. Allen January 14, 2021 A great curator works wonders at the North Carolina Museum of Art.
NR PLUS Art Berruguete’s Mystical Wood Sculptures, in Dallas By Brian T. Allen January 9, 2021 On offer: Wiggling angels, an anguished Abraham, and densely adorned altarpieces.
NR PLUS Art Washington’s New Museums Promise to Be a Waste of Space and Money By Brian T. Allen January 2, 2021 Substance is losing out to sparkling, pricey new buildings and lots of ego trips.
NR PLUS Art Classical-Style Architecture Makes a Comeback By Brian T. Allen December 31, 2020 A new Trump order dilutes the role of private-sector architects, critics, and academics in the committee overseeing government building aesthetics.
NR PLUS Art Signs of Life, and Beauty, in a COVID-Afflicted World By Brian T. Allen December 26, 2020 The art-and-museum circuit is struggling, changing, but dare we say evolving in some corners, in response to this terrible year’s circumstances.
NR PLUS Culture Visiting My Local Museums after Months of COVID By Brian T. Allen December 19, 2020 The Bennington Museum looks robust, the Clark looks forlorn.
NR PLUS Art Reynolda House Leads the Way, in Charm and Welcome By Brian T. Allen December 12, 2020 Great American work from living and dead artists, luscious gardens, and a commitment to serve the public, even amid COVID.
NR PLUS Art Lockout-Loving Museums Spiral Downward By Brian T. Allen December 5, 2020 Layoffs, staff chaos, and a public that’s losing the museum-going habit
NR PLUS Art Monumental Misdirection at the Mellon Foundation By Brian T. Allen November 28, 2020 Hundreds of millions for woke public art aimed to stoke victimologies.