Joan Altabe
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Sarasota, FL, United States
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New bio of 20th-century female painter is wrongly called out for sexism
If using a female artist’s first name in a bio is gender bias, then “Fierce Poise” author Alexander Nemerov is guilty → Read More
UK National Gallery’s ‘Effects of Intemperance’ makes a woman the fall guy
Jan Steens’ 17th-century painting ‘The Effects of Intemperance’ points accusing fingers at a wife and mother → Read More
Art Institute of Chicago curators solve a Salvador Dali mystery
Curators Caitland Haskell and Jennifer Cohen worried a Dai painting in museum collection was not authentic → Read More
Frick Museum writes the book on art-inspired writing
The Frick asked creative writers to pen tales about an Ingres portrait → Read More
German Expressionism paints a black picture
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art presents ‘Reexamining the Grotesque’ → Read More
Climate scientists rain on Impressionism’s parade
The National Academy of Science has published a study of Impressionism → Read More
Bagdad-born artist paints fear with no one in sight
Artist Mohammed Sami’s ‘Infection II’ recounts life f fear in war-torn Iraq → Read More
Concert hall’s blazing dome is like a ‘sun on the earth’
The walls of MSG Sphere will brighten East London with one million light-emitting diodes → Read More
Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s portrait titled ‘Persister’ falters
Jo Hay’s likenesses of female leaders are headed to Provincetown Art Museum → Read More
Alice Neel aimed to take art history out of its comfort zone
‘Hot off the Griddle’ – 70 works by portrait painter Alice Neel are on view at JJ Barbican, London → Read More
Giorgio Morandi’s subdued still-life paintings still the mind
The early 20th-century artist’s work is currently showing at the Estorick Collection, London → Read More
No bragging right for Musee d’Orsay’s first Rosa Bonheur retro
Celebrating the 19th-century artist’s 200th birthday for the first time is an embarrassment → Read More
British Museum mulish about Parthenon Marbles mirrors William and Harry’s battle royal
The back-and-forth between British and Greeks over the Parthenon Marbles matches the ongoing dustup between Duke of Sussex and Duke of Cambridge → Read More
Facing off Superhero Donald Trump with Amazon princess Diana, a.k.a. Wonder Woman
The ex-president’s NFTs portray him as superheroes best known for honesty, unselfishness, and standing up for what is right → Read More
Glistening gold in Anselm Kiefer’s Holocaust paintings dims the horror
Gold shines out from Kiefer’s mixed media paintings of Nazi terror and unwittingly glorifies it → Read More
Hamburg museum pictures the femme fatale as a male-made myth
Enchantresses like Jezebel, Salome, and Medusa are pictured as Hollywood pin-ups → Read More
Meghan Markle’s accidental tie to Tate Britain’s racist mural
When the whiteness of classical sculpture changed complexion and left the British royals behind → Read More
Jurors with vested interest pick Turner Prize 2022
After 38 years, boundary issues rise at Tate Liverpool Turner Prize 2022 show → Read More
When figure painting mimicking stone comes alive
Andrea Mantegna’s ‘St. Sebastian’ left Italy for first time since 1506 → Read More
Natalie Portman’s reaction to antisemitism is a delayed reaction
The Oscar-winning actress took to Instagram to convey her dismay about bias against Jews. → Read More