Artcritical Features: Museum Funding Debates, Controversial Exhibitions, and Met Breuer Openings

Dr. David Carrier's essay questions museum reliance on plutocratic support. The Neuberger Museum presents "Proscenium" through June 24. At the Metropolitan Museum of Art, a Rodin centennial exhibition prompts recollection of Leo Steinberg's 1960s essay. Kelley Walker's show at the Saint Louis Contemporary Art Museum sparks controversy over race relations and free speech. The New Museum closes an exhibition during the week of the Presidential Inauguration and Women's March. Met Breuer opens its brutalist walkway to the public with "Unfinished" and "Nasreen Mohamedi" exhibitions. Marie Antoinette and Vigée Le Brun respond to critics. An author explores the neuroscience of figuration and abstraction through family experience. Calls emerge for the art world to renew racial inclusion ideas.