In the United States, the art made in Spain’s Latin American colonies used to be considered artistically minor and politically incorrect. Now, as intellectual trends coincide with demographic realities, it’s on the cutting edge of art history—and the wish lists of top museums.

Robin interviewed Metropolitan Museum of Art curator Alisa LaGamma on her new exhibition exploring the ways Kongo artworks responded (sometimes subversively) to political and religious changes.

From a provocative upcoming Metropolitan Museum show to adoption-ready “purr-formers,” the art world is exploring the shock of the mew.

A history of violence resonates in Imran Qureshi's massive rooftop painting at the Metropolitan Museum, and in other shows by Benny Andrews, Nancy Spero, and more.

How Nelson Rockefeller, the original Rockefeller Republican, effected radical change by championing "Primitive" art.