I never thought I would become an art critic who complains about exhibition didactics. And yet, after a visit to the 36th Bienal de São Paulo, here I am.

The writer Christine Coulson spent much of her 25-year tenure at the Metropolitan Museum of Art composing wall labels for the museum’s galleries. Beneath the standard "tombstone information" — artist ...

Writing’s on the wall? Some museums are beginning to question the value of traditional wall text, instead providing information through different formats Aaron Amat/Alamy Stock Photo A museum always ...

Approaching art can be daunting. I dare you to walk up to a painting and figure out what it means. What is the artist trying to communicate? Why is this piece "good enough" to be in a museum?

Gabfest Reads is a monthly series from the hosts of Slate’s Political Gabfest podcast. Recently, John Dickerson spoke with author Christine Coulson about her process for writing One Woman Show, a ...

Christine Coulson, who spent 25 years working at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, has written a short, clever novel that tells the story of a woman over the course of her life in a series of museum ...