‘Paint Me a Road Out of Here’ Trailer: Faith Ringgold’s Masterpiece and Its 50-Year Journey from Rikers Island to the Brooklyn Museum
Prior to her passing, Ringgold issued a statement about her painting: “The women wanted to be free, they wanted to be out of ...
Francis Bacon: Human Presence – a compelling look at how the artist redefined portraiture
Visitors to Francis Bacon: Human Presence are greeted by his studies of papal figures and men in suits. In these works, Bacon ...
Chicago artist Simone Leigh’s Sharifa earns a place of honor at Art Institute
Among the other sculptures in the museum's North Garden, it is the only one by a living artist, and the only one by a Chicago ...