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National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

A 'milestone' moment—US National Gallery of Art acquires 40 works by Black Southern artists

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Acquisitions

A 'milestone' moment—US National Gallery of Art acquires 40 works by Black Southern artists

Works were purchased from Souls Grown Deep Foundation in a move that could ‘alter the canon of American art'

Gareth Harris

Acquisitions round-up: European museums co-purchase El Anatsui sculpture from collector Uli Sigg

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Acquisitions

Acquisitions round-up: European museums co-purchase El Anatsui sculpture from collector Uli Sigg

Woodland scene by Jan Brueghel the Elder heads to Washington DC; London’s National Portrait Gallery gets a Gainsborough via acceptance in lieu

Gareth Harris

Smithsonian and National Gallery of Art will shut down again amid spike in coronavirus cases

News
Museums & Heritage

Smithsonian and National Gallery of Art will shut down again amid spike in coronavirus cases

Move by Washington, DC museums comes amid a wave of new US closures

Nancy Kenney

After tumult, museums say that a delayed Philip Guston exhibition will open in 2022

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Philip Guston

After tumult, museums say that a delayed Philip Guston exhibition will open in 2022

Citing “unease and anxiety” about the show, the director of MFA, Boston predicts it will spur “in-depth discussions about great art”

Nancy Kenney

Two Van Gogh fakes in Washington? Strong evidence produced against early drawings at the National Gallery of Art

Blog
Adventures with Van Gogh

Two Van Gogh fakes in Washington? Strong evidence produced against early drawings at the National Gallery of Art

Revelations in new book about an attic discovery throw fresh light on Vincent’s decision to become an artist

a blog by Martin Bailey

Directors of Tate and the National Gallery of Art defend controversial decision to delay Philip Guston show

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Philip Guston

Directors of Tate and the National Gallery of Art defend controversial decision to delay Philip Guston show

“An exhibition with such strong commentary on race cannot be done by all white curators,” says NGA chief Kaywin Feldman

Gareth Harris

Philip Guston’s KKK paintings ‘are not asleep—they’re woke’: catalogue contradicts museum statement controversially halting show

Analysis
Controversies

Philip Guston’s KKK paintings ‘are not asleep—they’re woke’: catalogue contradicts museum statement controversially halting show

Essays from African American artists such as Glenn Ligon and Trenton Doyle Hancock show that issues were being addressed

Ben Luke

Critics, scholars—and even museum’s own curator—condemn decision to postpone Philip Guston show over Ku Klux Klan imagery

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Philip Guston

Critics, scholars—and even museum’s own curator—condemn decision to postpone Philip Guston show over Ku Klux Klan imagery

Move is deemed “cowardly” and “patronising” after joint statement from host museums including National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC and London’s Tate Modern

Gareth Harris

Two US museums plan to investigate their Gauguins after amateur art sleuth says they are fake

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Fakes & copies

Two US museums plan to investigate their Gauguins after amateur art sleuth says they are fake

French-born Gauguin enthusiast Fabrice Fourmanoir correctly identified a fake in the J. Paul Getty Museum’s earlier this year

Martin Bailey

Kaywin Feldman on how America's National Gallery of Art will 'attract the nation and reflect it, too'

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Interview

Kaywin Feldman on how America's National Gallery of Art will 'attract the nation and reflect it, too'

The Washington museum's first female director is breaking down old silos and diversifying the staff, collection and exhibitions

Brian Allen

‘A resting time for the art’: with museums shut, US conservators seize on strategies to safeguard their collections

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Conservation & Preservation

‘A resting time for the art’: with museums shut, US conservators seize on strategies to safeguard their collections

Experts embrace a blend of remote monitoring and on-site tours, while marvelling at diminished levels of dust

Nancy Kenney

Four North American museums cancel exhibition of masterworks from Liechtenstein’s princely collections

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Museums & Heritage

Four North American museums cancel exhibition of masterworks from Liechtenstein’s princely collections

National Gallery of Canada cites use of forced labour on royal estates in wartime

Nancy Kenney

Rembrandt paintings targeted by thieves at Dulwich Picture Gallery belonged to Louvre and National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC

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Art theft

Rembrandt paintings targeted by thieves at Dulwich Picture Gallery belonged to Louvre and National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC

Attempted robbery was thwarted by police

Gareth Harris

Modern art historian, US museum director and clergyman EA Carmean, Jr has died, age 74

News
Obituaries

Modern art historian, US museum director and clergyman EA Carmean, Jr has died, age 74

He was the National Gallery of Art’s founding curator of 20th-century art and led the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth and Memphis Brooks Museum of Art

Helen Stoilas

The Golden Age of Chinese Archaeology provides a revolution in Chinese history

Archive
Exhibitions

The Golden Age of Chinese Archaeology provides a revolution in Chinese history

265 works discovered by Chinese archaeologists, mostly over the last twenty-five years, are on loan in an exhibition that shows why the textbooks have had to be rewritten.

The Art Newspaper

Verrocchio's first major US survey to delve into his role in shaping the High Renaissance

Preview
Exhibitions

Verrocchio's first major US survey to delve into his role in shaping the High Renaissance

The artist is best known as Leonardo’s teacher, but an exhibition at the National Gallery of Art in Washington aims to highlight his own technical accomplishment and inventiveness

Alison Cole

Lunar landing anniversary inspires tributes to the Moon across the globe

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Moon

Lunar landing anniversary inspires tributes to the Moon across the globe

Exhibitions and events at museums and galleries worldwide proves we are still looney for the Moon 50 years after setting foot on it

Margaret Carrigan

Civil War references hide in plain sight in American pre-Raphaelite art

Preview
Exhibitions

Civil War references hide in plain sight in American pre-Raphaelite art

Landscapes on view at the National Gallery contain hidden historical clues

Menachem Wecker

Kaywin Feldman shatters the glass ceiling at the National Gallery of Art in Washington

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Museums & Heritage

Kaywin Feldman shatters the glass ceiling at the National Gallery of Art in Washington

During her first week on the job, the new director reveals her aspirations for the museum

Menachem Wecker

Counting the cost of the longest government shutdown in US history

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Shutdown

Counting the cost of the longest government shutdown in US history

The shutdown dealt a blow to federally-funded museums, with disappointed visitors, furloughed staff, disrupted exhibitions and lost revenue that “can never be regained”

Vanessa H Larson

National Gallery of Art in Washington hires its first female director

News

National Gallery of Art in Washington hires its first female director

Kaywin Feldman, to begin in March, currently leads the Minneapolis Institute of Art

Victoria Stapley-Brown

Hands-on research underpins a pioneering chiaroscuro woodcut exhibition

News
Exhibitions

Hands-on research underpins a pioneering chiaroscuro woodcut exhibition

Scientists and artists replicated the Renaissance design, inking and printing process

Menachem Wecker

Rachel Whiteread’s breakthrough work Ghost gets complex conservation treatment

News
Contemporary art

Rachel Whiteread’s breakthrough work Ghost gets complex conservation treatment

Structural engineers and architects were among those restoring the room-sized cast at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC

Emily Sharpe

Humour in the age of Trump—and far before it—explored at Washington, DC's National Gallery

Blog
In the frame

Humour in the age of Trump—and far before it—explored at Washington, DC's National Gallery

Menachem Wecker

Museums too: what should institutions do when artists are accused of abuse?

Analysis

Museums too: what should institutions do when artists are accused of abuse?

As the #MeToo movement grows, US museums find themselves embroiled in ethical dilemmas

Jillian Steinhauer

National Gallery names art historian Wu Hung as 2019 Mellon Lecturer

News
scholarship

National Gallery names art historian Wu Hung as 2019 Mellon Lecturer

The scholar will give six talks surveying more than 2,000 years of Chinese history

Pac Pobric

National Gallery of Art show integrates the outliers

Review
Exhibitions

National Gallery of Art show integrates the outliers

Outliers and American Vanguard Art in Washington, DC, makes clear that schooled and self-taught artists have never been that far apart

Pac Pobric

Washington show aims to clear up muddy ‘Outsider art’ label

Preview
Exhibitions

Washington show aims to clear up muddy ‘Outsider art’ label

From erotic photographs to psychedelic quilts, a reappraisal of autodidacticism features more than 80 eclectic artists

Gabriella Angeleti

Dulwich Picture Gallery puts Warhol in context

Archive
Exhibitions

Dulwich Picture Gallery puts Warhol in context

The decorative qualities of the pop artist put him in a tradition dating back to the 18th century

Javier Pes

MoMA makes a stand by acquiring video removed from display by Washington's NPG

Archive
Museums

MoMA makes a stand by acquiring video removed from display by Washington's NPG

Wojnarowicz’s A Fire in My Belly is already on display at the New York museum

Helen Stoilas

In Madrid,“Goya: images of women” shows current academic preoccupations while in Washington it will be more conventional

Archive
Madrid

In Madrid,“Goya: images of women” shows current academic preoccupations while in Washington it will be more conventional

Double duty Goya: the travelling show adapts to its contexts

Jason Edward Kaufman

Zwirner deal with National Gallery of Art

Archive
David Zwirner

Zwirner deal with National Gallery of Art

Cohen photos go to Washington, DC

Charmaine Picard

Jasper Johns: 'I was trying to see something, to see what seeing consisted of'

Archive
January 2007

Jasper Johns: 'I was trying to see something, to see what seeing consisted of'

As a show devoted to his work from the 1950s and 1960s opens at the National Gallery of Art, Johns looks back on the decade

Adrian Dannatt

Jasper Johns: 'I was trying to see something, to see what seeing consisted of'

Archive
January 2007

Jasper Johns: 'I was trying to see something, to see what seeing consisted of'

As the National Gallery of Art opens a show devoted to the artist’s work from the 1950s and 60s, he looks back on the decade and reflects on the process of making

Adrian Dannatt

Dealer who sold Turner masterpiece says it will go on public view in UK

Archive
J.M.W. Turner

Dealer who sold Turner masterpiece says it will go on public view in UK

Both the US National Gallery and Tate wanted to acquire The Dark Rigi but it was sold to a private collector

Martin Bailey

How the US National Gallery and Tate were beaten to Turner masterpiece

Archive
Tate

How the US National Gallery and Tate were beaten to Turner masterpiece

The Dark Rigi has become embroiled in murky legal waters

Martin Bailey

Washington's National Gallery wraps up Vuillard catalogue plagiarism suit with $37,500 payment to Annette Leduc and Brooks Beaulieu

Archive
Law

Washington's National Gallery wraps up Vuillard catalogue plagiarism suit with $37,500 payment to Annette Leduc and Brooks Beaulieu

However, a complaint lodged against Guy Cogeval, Antoine Salomon and Mathias Chivot was met with a counter-suit arguing that evidence had been fabricated

Jason Edward Kaufman

Rothko exhibition for China and South Korea

Archive
Mark Rothko

Rothko exhibition for China and South Korea

The travelling exhibition will be the first major show on the artist in either country

Charmaine Picard

The National Gallery Washington looks to Leonardo and the women of the Renaissance

Archive
Leonardo da Vinci

The National Gallery Washington looks to Leonardo and the women of the Renaissance

Seeing the true face of Florence

Donald Lee

Growing unease over looted Lubomirski Dürers

Archive
Looting

Growing unease over looted Lubomirski Dürers

A sheet of paper found in a second-hand book by The Art Newspaper details valuations of the drawings when sold by Colnaghi

Martin Bailey

Shedding light on Rothko’s light: Abstract Expressionism at the National Gallery of Art

Archive
Mark Rothko

Shedding light on Rothko’s light: Abstract Expressionism at the National Gallery of Art

The biggest show of the artist’s work for over twenty years derails the view that his highly charged colour-field paintings were a reflection of his moods

Kenneth Baker

Calder hangs on at the National Gallery of Art, Washington

Archive
Alexander Calder

Calder hangs on at the National Gallery of Art, Washington

The master of mobiles and his relation to Parisian Modernism reassessed

Kenneth Baker

Books: A catalogue raisonné for Mark Rothko

Archive
Catalogues raisonnés

Books: A catalogue raisonné for Mark Rothko

Only Gorky and Pollock of his peers has so far been catalogued

Roger Bevan

Bellotto’s “Königstein” bought by Washington's National Gallery for $9.6 million

Archive
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Bellotto’s “Königstein” bought by Washington's National Gallery for $9.6 million

It makes it their most expensive purchase since Leonardo’s “Ginevra de’ Benci”

Paul Jeromack

The Rauschenberg Overseas Culture Interchange ends its six year world tour at the National Gallery, Washington

Archive
Rauschenberg Overseas Culture Interchange

The Rauschenberg Overseas Culture Interchange ends its six year world tour at the National Gallery, Washington

“One-to-one contact through art contains potent peaceful powers”, says artist

James Hall

Rauschenberg’s fifteen minutes: an assessment of the artist's impact as he takes over New York

Archive
Robert Rauschenberg

Rauschenberg’s fifteen minutes: an assessment of the artist's impact as he takes over New York

After Warhol and Johns, it’s the turn of the globe-trotting

David D'Arcy

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