Art Feature Articles

Organizing the first retrospective for Michaelina Wautier, a forgotten 17th century Dutch woman artist, offered a unique (and exciting) set of curatorial challenges.

Finding new meanings in the Hortus Conclusus

The gift from the widow of Erhard Göpel, a dealer who worked for Hitler and engaged in the plunder of Jewish collections during World War II, raises ethical questions.

Bill Cunningham’s posthumously published memoir, "Fashion Climbing," reveals a life inspired by beauty and originality.

How artists, collectors, curators and museums value memory.

More than just a party spot, Studio 54 changed the cultural landscape of New York City

A celebrated painter in her own time, Thérèse Schwartze later fell into obscurity. Now she is being rediscovered.

A once-in-a-lifetime experience at Vienna’s Kunsthistorisches Museum

Underneath the veneer of classical beauty and harmony, Antonio Canova was a great innovator who modernized sculpture.

Spitzmaus Mummy in a Coffin and other Treasures ignores traditional curating concepts to show an eclectic mix of the bizarre and beautiful.