Protest Art
The French Student Protesters Subverting Monuments Like It's May 68
Demonstrators are upending the country’s public landmarks to denounce police violence, under-resourced schools, and a worsening cost-of-living crisis.
News
Man Killed by Falling Debris at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Arizona Home
Winds reportedly dislodged the piece of roofing material that struck Rogério Renato Mateucci, a Brazilian university rector.
In Memoriam
Peter Nagy, Artist and Gallerist Who Shaped Two Art Scenes, Dies at 66
This week, we honor a fixture of New York and New Delhi art, a painter who folded the world into abstraction, and a champion of Denver’s scene.
Pocket Review
Ilana Savdie and Chaïm Soutine Shed the Skin
An exhibition pairing paintings by the two artists guides us through the chambers of our own minds and bodies.
Art Review
“Costume Art” Is a Bad Look for The Met
The exhibition shapes a fashion canon based less on historical relevance than on the interests of those in charge.
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Announcement
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MassArt’s Graduate Assistantships support students’ interests and professional development beyond graduation.
Daily Newsletter
The Art World Has an AI Problem
A diatribe against AI-generated art writing, MIT professors bedazzle security cameras, and Art Basel Paris goes into lockdown.
New York Newsletter
Live From the Lavender Lake
Dispatches from open studios events across town and the Tompkins Square Dog Halloween Parade.
Opinion
Dear Art World, We Can Tell When You’re Using AI
Institutions, especially well-resourced museums, foundations, and cultural organizations, have no excuse for relying on generative tools instead of paying writers.
Pocket Review
Bathing With the Nymphs
Olivia Zubko combines our favored legends with humankind’s most sacred pillars: beauty and bathrooms.
Open Studios
Sunset Park, Where You Can Still Get an Artist Studio for Under $600
At the Brooklyn neighborhood's Open Studios festival, artists showed off the works they make in converted factories, warehouses, and three-story walk-ups
Museum Unions
V&A Museum Staff Set to Strike Across All Four London Sites
Allegations of “Amazon-style” working conditions and calls for pay raises prompted unionized workers to authorize yet another strike at the UK museum network.
News
The MIT Professors Bedazzling Security Cameras to Highlight Campus Surveillance
The intervention is responding to the university’s recent $3 million investment in more than 500 new AI-integrated campus surveillance cameras.