Film

Hell Takes the Form of State Repression in 1971’s “The Devils”

Ken Russell’s film designed by Derek Jarman, newly released in a 4K restoration, mirrors the horrors unfolding outside our windows.

Pocket Review

Before AI There Was the Octopus

Helsinki-based artist Tuomas Laitinen gives us an intelligence with no central brain, no fixed shape, and no interest in being legible to us.

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ARTPOWER’s New Platform Helps Artists Build Financial Confidence

Designed to answer one of creative work's toughest questions: "What should I charge?"

Daily Newsletter

An Epstein Survivor’s Message for MoMA

Dani Bensky explains why the museum must drop Leon Black from its board. Also: The Vatican is serious about protecting artists from AI.

Opinion

I’m an Epstein Survivor. MoMA Must Drop Leon Black.

Institutions must reckon with the possibility that their prestige can be used to legitimize people whose conduct warrants serious investigations.

News

Vatican Exhibition Series Centers "Fundamentally Human" Art Over AI

A triennale across seven cities expands on Pope Leo XIV's message that artificial intelligence models “lack the affective, relational and spiritual perspective” necessary to create art.

Book Review

Beverly Buchanan at the Raw Edge of Art

Instead of leaving the South behind, the polymath artist carried it into her writings, zines, paintings, and “shack sculptures” that echo the architecture of her childhood.

Feature

San Francisco’s Galleries Explore Alternative Routes for Survival

Amid a cost-of-living crisis and the closure of local arts organizations, some are turning to different models to foster community, from nonprofit status to retail businesses.

Art Review

Lisa Sanditz’s Seismic Sublime

Her environmental paintings ask: What can we do to change our destiny? What effect can we have on the place we inhabit?

Pocket Review

Cici Wu's Memory Lanterns

Her flickering, hollow, and bandaged forms trace histories embodied across generations.

Art Review

​​Tacita Dean’s Truth in Materials

Instead of the slick stream of internet and AI imagery, the moving pictures projected onto a 31-foot-tall column are insistently material.

News

Philadelphians to Vote on Permanent Arts and Culture Office on Election Day

The proposed ballot measure would ensure that the office is immune from administrative overhauls.