Art Writer Robin Cembalest
Throughout her career, Robin has covered the people, places, and trends shaping the art world. Following is a non-chronological sampling from Robin’s hundreds of publications.
Losing Their Religion
In the Southwest, Crypto-Judaism is finally coming out of the closet.
Who Was Jack the Dripper?
Hans Namuth’s iconic photos of Pollock painting were deeply influential—and widely misinterpreted.
Dome Improvement—What’s an Art Museum Doing in Rockaway Beach?
MoMA PS1's VW Dome 2 is the latest in a wave of museum outposts that are humble, nimble, and temporary, offering free admission—and much more than art.
Engravings for the E.T. in All of Us
Trevor Paglen’s small silicon disc on a space-bound satellite is a giant leap for public art--whether or not the aliens actually get it.
‘Hope’ Against Hope
As the legal saga around Shepard Fairey's Obama portrait draws to a close, the country has moved on.
The Ghost in the Installation
Kirk Varnedoe talks about his MoMA reinstallation, where Picasso is less prominent and Duchamp is the “recurrent, haunting ghost.”
The Metropolitan Museum’s Global Revolutionary
How Nelson Rockefeller, the original Rockefeller Republican, effected radical change by championing "Primitive" art.
Spain: Learning to Absorb the Shock of the New
Big changes in the Spanish art world are the result of government policies and social transformation in the post-Franco era.
Let My People Go—Back to Poland
"And Europe Will Be Stunned," Yael Bartana's celebrated film trilogy introducing Poland's Jewish Renaissance Movement, arrived at Petzel Gallery for its first New York showing—just as a new museum on Jewish history opens in Poland.
Claims Conflict
Tensions are rising between the restitution community and U.S. museums over the proper way to handle Holocaust art claims.
Tempest in a Peephole
Why a Sol LeWitt piece was removed—and then restored—to a show in the National Museum of American Art.
Much Ado About Doodoo
The “doodoo” comment, from Rep. Robert Dornan about a work by John Miller, focused on just one of the controversies surrounding the beleaguered National Endowment for the Arts amidst conservative efforts to abolish the agency.
Take My Grant, Please
Artists who distributed their grant money to “undocumented taxpayers” sparked yet another controversy over government funding
‘No One is Completely Satisfied’
Acting NEA head Anne-Imelda Radice was criticized by the left and the right as she tried to keep the agency afloat.
A Kinder, Gentler Globalism?
Globalism is still the catchword of the Guggenheim. But under new director Richard Armstrong, look for a shift in the way the museum pursues it.
Art Museum Directors, Unite
The stodgy AAMD votes to reinvent itself with new initiatives on membership, deaccessioning, and other hot-button issues
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- AAMD
- ACLU
- Ad Reinhardt
- Adele Bloch Bauer
- Adrian Piper
- African art
- Agnes Denes
- Alan Sonfist
- Alfred Barr
- Alina Szapocznikow
- Alisa LaGamma
- An-My Lê
- André Leon Talley
- Andrés Sánchez Galque
- Ann Temkin
- Anne-Imelda Radice
- Antoni Tàpies
- Ariel Segal
- Arne Svenson
- Art Basel Miami Beach
- Art Spiegelman
- Arts Censorship Project
- Asia Society
- Association of Art Museum Directors
- Atelier Bow-Wow
- Awol Erizku
- Baku
- Balthus
- Barbie
- Ben Durham
- Ben Rubin
- Benny Andrews
- Beth Campbell
- Bolivia
- Brooklyn Museum
- Caribbean
- Carla Fernandez
- Carolee Schneemann
- Carrie Mae Weems
- Catalonia
- Center for Constitutional Rights
- Chachapoyas
- Chon Noriega
- Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center
- Cindy Sherman
- Cloisters
- Coco Fusco
- Colonial Art
- Corcoran Gallery
- Creative Time