Kathryn Griffith

Leonor Fini: Surrealist Painter and Queen of Costumes

Looking for a Halloween costume: how about one of the women Surrealists?

Notes from the Venice Biennale

Part 2 of a series on Venice.

Venice: The Impossible City

Earlier this year, at the end of April, I was packing and preparing to move to Venice for two months. I’d been hired for an internship with the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, and I was excited to be going back to Italy: in 2013, I’d lived in Rome for a summer and studied in Bologna, but […]Read Post ›

10 Things I Learned Working in an Art Gallery

The Met in Transition

What does it mean, when the Met is in trouble?

Donald Trump vs. The Arts

In a recent graduate school interview – after the inauguration – a professor asked me, “what socio-cultural or political situation are you most concerned about in our time?” Immediately after posing the question, he paused, then quipped, “Oh…this question was written before last Friday. I think I know what we’re all most concerned about.” I […]Read Post ›