How Olana, Frederic Church’s Home, Survived the Bulldozer and Thrived
A Moorish Revival marvel, Olana is a New York State/private partnership with big plans for the future.
A Fine Armory Show Signals a Return to Normal Life
It’s well organized, but blustery, gaudy art doesn’t fit the state of the world.
The 9/11 Memorial & Museum: Lessons of National and Personal Loss
How does a museum tell a story of such breadth, such gravity, such sadness?
The Getty Museum’s Good Citizenship and Groundbreaking L.A. Art
Burned by a scandal over stolen antiquities, the Getty now leads the way in transparency and philanthropy.
Titian’s Six Mythological Paintings: The Show of the Year
At Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, we see that Titian is indeed ‘the wonder of the world who transforms nature into art.’
The Phillips Collection at 100: Heralding the New, Treasuring the Old
The sound of a grinding ax is distracting when looking at art. In Seeing Differently, ignore the wall-label rhetoric and let the good stuff speak for itself.
The Guggenheim’s Off the Record Exhibition Lacks Cohesion and Purpose
There is much good work in the Guggenheim show, but it needed a ruthless dose of focus.
A Visit to the Gamble House, an Arts & Crafts Gem in Pasadena
Historic preservation takes commitment, money, and owners who care.
A First-Rate Weathervane Show at the American Folk Art Museum
American Weathervanes: The Art of the Winds exhibition at the American Folk Art Museum has the wind at its back in quality and fun.
Mesopotamia Show at the Getty Teaches History, with Style
Get Pazuzu on speed dial; Washington needs help with mass exorcisms.