Headline Magazine
November 21, 2024
Opinions
Opinions
From Grit to Glamour: How NYC Gallery Culture Travels and Chelsea’s Rise as a Fine Art Haven

Tracking the migration of NYC’s art galleries as it transforms Chelsea from an industrial zone to the city’s premier art district – revealing how cultural ambition reshapes urban landscapes.

November 21, 2024
Features
Features
“Maybe Culture is the Enemy for Them”: The Race to Save Ukraine’s Cultural Heritage

Ukraine’s cultural heritage is at risk. Two years and $6 million USD later, there’s a task force mobilized to protect it.

November 21, 2024
News
News
Verbalizing the Visual: Exploring the Use of Ekphrasis in Public Arts Initiatives

Acadia Phillips explores what ekphrastic writing is and how museums are using it today to help visitors establish a stronger dialogue with visual art.

November 18, 2024
Interviews
Interviews
Honoring the Lives of Objects: A Follow-Up Conversation with Eiden Spilker

Eiden talks with the Art Review about his recent capstone show, his architecture thesis, and craft in the age of technological innovation.

November 18, 2024
Opinions
Opinions
Curves and Controversy: The Art and Influence of the Whiplash Motif

This article delves into the fluid yet complex "whiplash" motif of Art Nouveau, tracing its aesthetic grace back to unsettling colonial histories. Drawing from Debora L. Silverman’s work, the essay explores how Belgian modernism, particularly the works of Henry van de Velde, is rooted in the brutal exploitation of Congo's rubber industry. It calls for deeper reflection on the role of art in representing, confronting, or even concealing the painful legacies embedded within its fluid lines.

November 18, 2024
Features
Features
The Many Ways to View the Renaissance

Parsa Zaheri considers the evolution of Renaissance art and the differing artistic styles found within the two-hundred years of the Renaissance. He pays particular attention to identifying the key historical moments serving as the birth and death of each Renaissance art movement.