Brian Allen

1 week ago | theartnewspaper.com | J. S. Marcus |J.S. Marcus |Gareth Harris |Brian Allen |Roberta Bosco

During an unusual spate of rainy weather last month, residents of Madrid were looking for any excuse to stay indoors. But over at the city’s Museo del Prado, Spain’s flagship cultural institution, the crowds waiting to get in stretched as usual right around the Neo-Classical museum building, decorating the beige façade with a steady display of multicoloured umbrellas.

4 weeks ago | theartnewspaper.com | Elena Goukassian |J. Cabelle Ahn |Brian Allen

Almost a century after it first opened its doors on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, the Frick Collection unveils its first-ever education centre. Part of the museum’s renovation—repurposing 60,000 sq. ft of existing space, and adding 27,000 sq. ft of new space—the Ian Wardropper Education Room is an 846-sq.-ft multipurpose space named after the museum’s outgoing director.

2 months ago | theartnewspaper.com | Julia Halperin |Elena Goukassian |Brian Allen |Torey Akers

Shortly after she began as director of the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art inTennessee in 1999, Kaywin Feldman discovered an ancient Chinese burial suit of questionable provenance and authenticity tucked away in storage. The promised gift was lying on a table under a sheet like a murder victim. After she returned the object to its donor, she writes in a new book, he did not speak to her for the rest of her tenure.