

A Brief History of Egg Tempera
Dating back to the 12th century, egg tempera is an ancient technique that consists of blending egg yolk, powdered pigment and distilled wate


Fictions at Studio Museum in Harlem
With an ever-expanding and inclusive strategy, it presents Fictions, a exhibition that celebrates the works of nineteen artists of African.


Required Reading: Widow Basquiat
Jennifer Clement is the author of Widow Basquiat, a compelling biography about Suzanne Mallouk, one of Jean-Michel Basquiat's girlfriend


Med School Takes Art Classes
A curator and a medical school professor at Columbia University sat down to talk about the institution’s implementation of art history cours


Required Reading: But Is It Art
“Why is it art?” It’s a question that people in the art world ere asked often, specially when it comes to contemporary art. It’s easy to...


Required Reading: Seven Days in the Art World
It was easy to follow Thornton's footsteps as she ventured across the globe in an ethnographic study of the art world and it's main


Required Reading: "What are you looking at?"
Will Gompertz is pure genius. He not only managed to squeeze the incredible story of modern art into less than five hundred pages, but he al