Metropolitan Museum of Art
Exhibitionsarchive
American photography at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Vernacular aesthetics and aesthetic vernacular
The organisers propose an opposition between “vernacular” and “aesthetic” photography but the images do not allow it
Newsarchive
Sarah Raphael wins big art prize
She beat out the highest number of applicants to date for the NatWest prize
R.B. Kitajarchive
Kitaj retrospective finds sanctuary in the US after cyclone of abuse at Tate
University College, Oxford, has commissioned R.B. Kitaj to paint a portrait of President Clinton (a former Rhodes Scholar) for the school’s Great Hall, but the honour hardly compensates for the American expatriate's treatment at Tate
October 1994archive
The smoking dilemma: will Philip Morris's art support outlive its critics?
The tobacco giant remains one of the most important private funders of the arts in the US
Art & Technologyarchive
Dendrochronology and infra-red photography are giving surprising results among Netherlandish paintings at the Metropolitan Museum
Can a human eye beat the latest technology?
Kazimir Malevicharchive
Work of the revolutionary Russian artist Kazimir Malevich (1878-1935) is currently showing in Los Angeles, then coming to New York
The exhibition draws works from galleries and museums across the globe to display a chronological retrospective