Sons of the Nation

By María Iñigo Clavo

FEB 2021 | Critics Page

We can think of the nation as akin to a narcissistic father figure that hopes to see his image, feats and aspirations reflected in the citizens

The Museum as Multi-dimensional Compass in Time and Geography

By Gus Casely-Hayford

SEPT 2021 | Critics Page

The creation of the British Museum in the 1750s was never just about building a collection of exceptional objects, constructing beautiful galleries, or gathering brilliant curators. Our national museum project began as our nation took shape, as the constituent nations that came to represent the United Kingdom established an uneasy national modus operandi.

Exhibiting Nature’s Nation

By Alan C. Braddock

JUNE 2019 | Critics Page

Featuring more than 100 works of art from 70 museums, Nature’s Nation explores three centuries of creative activity by diverse makers in a range of media.

68. (60 Hudson Street, Tribeca)

By Raphael Rubinstein

SEPT 2021 | The Miraculous

As the third wave of a deadly pandemic crashes through the nation, a painter sets up a storefront studio in a landmarked Lower Manhattan building that has served as a communications hub for nearly a century. Surrounded by stacks of folded cloth, she is visible through the window to passersby as she works with a pair of scissors and a sewing machine, cutting up and stitching together fragments of curtains, bedsheets, dish towels, women’s suits, embroidered tablecloths, brocade upholstery, scarves, men’s long sleeve shirts, knitted blankets and countless other remnants from the realm of everyday textiles.