Graphic Passion: Matisse and the Book Arts

A new exhibition at The Morgan, NYC explores Matisse's love (and meticulousness) for book design

In contrast to MoMA’s recently concluded exhibition of Henri Matisse’s cut-outs, The Morgan Library & Museum’s new “Graphic Passion: Matisse and the Book Arts” fills just one room and hones in on the French artist’s lesser-known passion for books. He loved the collaborative production between everyone involved (while maintaining that the artist should not be subservient to the author, but express kindred spirit and solidarity), …

Cosmonauts: Birth of the Space Age

The Science Museum's immense collection of Russian artifacts and spacecraft tell a remarkable story of exploration and courage

It’s been nearly 60 years since Laika the dog became the first living creature to orbit the Earth, and 54 years since Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space. Both those milestones were Soviet ones—a result of Russia’s fascination with space, a subject explored in a new exhibition at London’s Science Museum. “Cosmonauts: Birth of the Space Age” features multiple Russian spacecraft and artifacts …

Studio Visit: Conceptual Artist Dove Bradshaw

A look behind some of her stone work currently on show at the Noguchi Museum

by Natasha Tauber In the live/work space artist Dove Bradshaw shares with her partner of 41 years, artist William Anastasi, every sightline is assembled in deference to her eye and the couple’s evolving artistic harmonies. Dense pockets of books and recordings are points of gravity, in an expansive light-filled upper Manhattan apartment made loft-like by the removal of many of its 1913 walls. In art, …