A Firing Offense at the Museum of Jewish Heritage
Also: Why is the National Gallery spending money on a show the American public won’t see, and Marilyn’s in the news.
The Incomparable Florine Stettheimer
A review of Florine Stettheimer: A Biography, by Barbara Bloemink.
A Meaty, Tasty Look at Baroque Genoa at Rome’s Scuderie del Quirinale
Expansive and rich, Superbarocco is long overdue.
Hollywood Comes to New Hampshire, with Dartmouth’s Art Acquisition
The school’s Hood Museum buys the definitive collection of golden-age movie-star photographs.
A Profile of Dartmouth’s Nearly Perfect Hood Museum
With an expanded building and great collection, it excels at teaching students and locals alike.
The National Gallery’s Afro-Atlantic Histories Is Too Big and Loses Focus, but the Art Is Great
Curatorial screeds distract from good artists, many from Brazil, unknown to Americans.
The National Portrait Gallery: Ways to Make a Good Museum Better
This unique institution needs to ditch bad portraits, for starters.
The Smithsonian’s Splendid American Art Museum, with a Few Quibbles
Some of its new acquisitions are booorrring and trivial, but its time-tested stars, in one of D.C.’s most beautiful buildings, still shine.
A Visit to Ford’s Theatre, Reopened and Riveting
157 years after Lincoln’s murder, a history museum still stuns and saddens.
The Getty Trust, the World’s Richest Arts Organization, Gets a New Leader
Katherine Fleming needs to focus on education and art, not politics and climate hysteria.