Watching the celebrations for the inauguration of the New York City mayor, my mind suddenly turned back to my intellectual career early in this century. I remembered some writings I had almost ...

There’s no clear path to a successful career in the art world—no matter how you define success. Here are slower, stranger ways to navigate it. Thank You for Your Understanding, An artistic ...

Frida Kahlo, 1933, by Magda Pach, from Smithsonian museum collections; Taj Mahal, completed 1643, Agra, India; Starry Night, ca. 1889, by Vincent Van Gogh; The Calf ...

A whole history of art history writing could profitably be written concerning the changing uses of illustrations. When an art writer does not use illustrations, as happened in Clement Greenberg’s The ...

Overture: Islamic carpets in European paintings -- Works of art and art-historical narratives -- Monocultural art-history narratives -- Why monoculturalism is not the whole story -- What happens when ...

The Japanese-born art historian Reiko Tomii is one of those researchers who is both passionate about her subjects and recognized among her peers for her meticulous mapping of the cultural-intellectual ...