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University of North Texas Students Withdraw Thesis Shows, Citing Censorship
It’s one of multiple actions in solidarity with artist Victor “Marka27” Quiñonez, whose exhibition of works critical of ICE violence was abruptly shuttered.
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Inside Pratt SCPS: Where Practice Meets the Spotlight
Discover what happens when working creatives, career pivoters, and lifelong makers plug into art and design education at Pratt’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies.
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Lunar New Year-Ramadan Resolutions
The British Museum in hot water over using "Canaan" instead of Palestine in labels, Ocean Vuong's photography, Lunar New Year celebrations in NYC, and Seph Rodney on the need for art that gives us an "elsewhere to imagine."
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Did the British Museum Remove Palestine From Its Displays?
The institution acknowledged altering some texts to refer to Canaan, an ancient name for the region, but said the word “Palestine” still appears elsewhere.
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Chinatown Sets the Year of the Fire Horse Aglow
Sarula Bao created a fabric horse in the style of “bu zha,” an embroidery art form, for New York nonprofit Think!Chinatown’s annual Lantern Residency.
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Judge Orders Trump Administration to Reinstate Exhibits on Slavery
The Philadelphia display was dismantled last month after federal directives to remove negative representations of US history on public sites.
New York Newsletter
Queer Arab Art Today
An exhibition by queer artists from the diaspora, what we need from NYC’s culture commissioner, Lunar New Year events around the city, and more.
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Artist Tai Shani Pulls Phaidon Book Deal Over Leon Black Allegations
Black, who owns the art book publisher, has come under increased scrutiny over gruesome accusations detailed in the latest trove of Epstein files.
Art Review
We Must Do More Than Simply Depict Our Lives
The best work in the Bronx Museum’s biennial indicates aspirations beyond this time and place.
Art Review
Ocean Vuong Is a Legitimately Good Photographer
One might assume that his photography is the nepo baby of his writing, but this is genuinely a great show.
Daily Newsletter
Why Wall Labels Matter
Plus, Sarah E. Bond on polychromy in ancient art, a Miami artist’s ode to queerness through water, and a sculptor’s shapeshifting art.
Features
The Sticky Politics of Wall Texts
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.
Reviews
How White Elites Drained Ancient Art of Its Color
The publication of “Chroma” represents an important shift by museums toward recognizing polychromy and its entanglement with white supremacy.