The Rodin Museum in Paris is selling sculptures to pay the bills — and that's exactly as the artist intended. When he died in 1917, Rodin left the museum plaster casts for just this purpose. Continue Reading Good Thinking: How Rodin Read More
In a survey of more than 750 museum directors, 33% of them said there was either a "significant risk" of closing permanently by next fall or that they didn't know if their institutions would survive. Continue Reading One-Third Of U.S. Museums May Read More
San Francisco's Asian Art Museum has been asking staffers to highlight favorite objects in the collection. Curator Forrest McGill chose the base of a hookah, made in 17th century India. Continue Reading Need 2 Minutes Of Calm? Inhale, Exhale … And Read More
The "Hearts of Our People" exhibition is devoted entirely to the art of Native American women past and present. "We're still very powerfully here," says Anita Fields, one of the artists in the show. Continue Reading ‘Making Is Read More
The National Portrait Gallery unveiled the official portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama two years ago this month. Now it is sending them on a yearlong tour to five cities. Continue Reading Portraits Of Barack And Michelle Obama Going On Tour Read More
The ordinary becomes extraordinary — and sometimes the offensive every Saturday in Walla Walla when Gerald Matthews opens his curiously creative Museum of Un-Natural History. Continue Reading A Curator As Intriguing As His Museum Of Un-Natural Read More