With Pebbles and Soap, Jesse Krimes Takes on the Prison System
The artist’s works are the subject of two New York shows, at the Metropolitan Museum and the Jack Shainman Gallery.
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN18h
A Rare ‘Otherworldly’ Sculpture by Surrealist Artist Leonora Carrington Is Going to Auction
The 1951 artwork, "La Grande Dame (The Cat Woman)," stands over six feet tall and features paintings of "hybrid creatures and ...
Smithsonian Magazine23h
The Surprising Artwork That Inspired Netflix’s ‘The Piano Lesson,’ a New Movie Based on August Wilson’s Award-Winning Play
A Romare Bearden print served as a starting point for the American playwright's 1987 drama, which follows a Black family's ...
Indy Week14h
At Historic Stagville, Maya Freelon Uses a Delicate Medium to Draw Out History’s True Colors
"Whippersnappers," Maya Freelon's moving new exhibition at Historic Stagville, reimagines the lives of enslaved children.
UN Women15h
UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous
Ms. Sima Sami Bahous became UN Women’s third Executive Director on 30 September 2021. A champion for women and girls, gender equality, and youth empowerment, as well as a keen advocate for quality ...