They often boast thousands of great works – but who needs that? I can only really engage with one or two before feeling exhaustedVisiting an art gallery always goes the same way for me. I look at one artwork. I look at the next artwork. And then the n…
Los Angeles’s Getty Center has announced specific plans for its upcoming renovation—most significantly, the museum will be replacing the futuristic tram that’s ferried visitors to the premises since 1997 and updating the system with new tram cars that …
Lonnie G. Bunch III, the Smithsonian secretary under pressure from the White House, organized an exhibit exploring America’s founding ideals.
Four decades of Janette Beckman’s images will be on view until 18 April 2027 at Seattle’s Museum of Pop Culture (MoPOP). The exhibit Rebels + Icons: The Photography of Janette Beckman will feature 700-plus archival and newly taken images. Among many ic…
Museum of Homelessness, LondonThis mostly alfresco exhibition expertly unpicks how homeless and nomadic people have been persecuted over the centuriesA trim caravan sits in an idyllic garden in the grounds of a former gatehouse. Its cosy interior is de…
Jenny Waldman of Art Fund responds to a long read that said instrumentalisation is reducing the value of art as an end in itselfJulian Baggini (The long read, 14 April) is right to remind us that art has intrinsic value and that reducing it to a m…