Art Movements

Penske Gobbles Up Vox Media

In better news: Frankenthaler Foundation climate grants, Meow Wolf on “The Simpsons,” Schomburg Center acquisitions, and more.

Opinion

The Inner Worlds of Black Quilters

I am often reminded of the warmth of a quilt at my great-grandmother’s house, the weight of wool and polyester patchwork that dared you to try to break free.

Film

Animated Nellie Mae Rowe Biopic Coming to YouTube

Streaming of the 2023 film, which lovingly immortalizes the late self-taught Black artist's life and legacy, starts on July 2.

Community

Required Reading

This week: the Obama Center opens in Chicago, painting with Urdu script, glamour as protest, the woman who popularized astrology, an artist’s ode to pigeons, and more.

News

Seattle Art Museum Workers Vote to Unionize in Landslide Election

The new union will represent over 130 full- and part-time employees across the institution’s three locations.

Guide

10 Art Events for Juneteenth Joy in NYC

David Hammons-inspired freedom flag workshops, a community art mosaic, late hours at the Bronx Museum, and more activities to mark the contemplative holiday.

News

Heritage Groups Sue Trump Over “Garden of American Heroes"

The National Mall is “not a personal sandbox for each President to renovate however he likes,” preservationists argue.

Guide

10 Art Shows to See in DC This Summer

As the nation marks 250 years, exhibitions explore artists’ interpretations of the American flag, Joan Miró’s printmaking, collage as critique, Black design, Pueblo pottery, and more.

Feature

Kim Dacres Sculpts Resilience in Rubber

The artist, who uses scavenged auto parts, is concerned not just with materials but with what they reveal about the worlds they inhabit.

Feature

In a Volatile Market, Art Basel Galleries Bet on Our Attention

For most exhibitors at the Swiss art fair this year, the answer is not spectacle, but rather laser focus.

In Memoriam

Remembering David Hockney, Duane Michals, and Danny Simmons

This week, we honor a painter who made the everyday otherworldly, a poet-photographer, and a champion of Black artists.

News

Adorable Duck Family Steals Hearts at Frick Museum

What the Frick? More like what the duck!