This past January, Lucy Liu reached a milestone in her art career. The world-class actor, director, human rights ambassador and visual artist presented her work in a museum exhibition for the first time.
What will art look like in 20 years?
The future may be uncertain, but some things are undeniable: climate change, shifting demographics, geopolitics. The only guarantee is that there will be changes, both wonderful and terrible. It’s worth considering how artists will respond to these changes, as well as what purpose art serves, now and in the future.
Visiting Artlens Gallery in The Cleveland Museum of Art
Artlens Gallery is a multi-faceted, innovative experience that allows you, your family, and friends to look closer, dive deeper, and have fun discovering the museum’s collection using award-winning digital technology. Create your own digital artwork in ArtLens Studio, engage with masterworks of art and touchscreen-free interactives in ArtLens Exhibition, and connect with the museum’s world-renowned collection at the ArtLens Wall.
Art Collections: The History of Collection
The history of collecting, like that of patronage, reflects the trend of taste and also shows the relation of art to wealth. The earliest collections were associated with religion and the public treasury, as in the Egyptian tombs of the kings and the sanctuaries at Delphi and Olympia.
Landscape Painting
Landscape is the latest to develop of the various branches of painting. It probably cannot mature until a civilisation is sufficiently advanced for Man no longer to feel Nature as a wholly unpredictable, hostile force.
Gauguin’s beautiful and exploitative portraits
Paul Gauguin’s portraits painted in Tahiti ‘expanded the parameters of portraiture’, but they were exoticised for a Western market. Now, modern artists are subverting this legacy.