Museums
REVIEW: A Short History of Tractors, in the UK rain again
Last weekend Gordon Haynes visited Tractor Fest in Nethy Bridge, part of the annual historical Steam Fair at nearby Boat…
Platform 1: Shock and Bore
I’m advised that a column can be personal and opinionated. As some things just get me hot under the collar,…
The heritage mists need to clear on Loch Ness
World Heritage List status guarantees not only protection, but is a money spinner of the best kind, offering publicity and…
Does this man have the best job in the arts world?
As the Manchester International Festival gets set to change the face of the arts with two weeks of world premieres…
The New Greek and Roman Galleries at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art
ARTS HUB US: The new Greek and Roman Galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art are the triumphant result of…
The New Greek and Roman Galleries at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art
The new Greek and Roman Galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art are the triumphant result of 15 years of…
Families are doing it for themselves, in art museums
Annette Welkamp examines the contemporary museum's focus on kids and families as a strategy for its long-term survival, and tells…
Art disaster
"Turner Prize artist's work is dumped in skip" the headline roars. A storage firm face a £350,000 legal bill after…
Global Feminisms: New Directions in Contemporary Art — Part 2
Global Feminisms situates itself within a sequence of art shows that have sought to correct the traditional Western prejudice against…
Trip report: The Future of Electronic Literature Symposium
"Electronic Literature? Is that like e-books?" you ask. Well, yes and no — in a sense, electronic writing has been…