New York Newsletter

The Whitney Biennial Is Here

Our first impressions, Chinatown storefront art, and things to do on a glorious spring day.

Book Review

Please, No More Disaffected White Girls

Anika Jade Levy’s “Flat Earth” is navel-gazing, ouroboric, masturbatory — a Dimes Square novel for Dimes Square people.

News

US and Israel Strikes Damage 17th-Century Palace in Isfahan

The Safavid-era Chehel Sotoun palace, known for its richly detailed frescoes, is among several landmarks impacted in the recent attacks.

News

Over 6,000 Sign Letter Opposing Russia’s Venice Biennale Pavilion

The petition, signed by cultural figures such as Pussy Riot's Nadya Tolokonnikova, comes as the European Union threatens to pull Biennale funding over Russia's inclusion.

Opinion

Don't Believe What Art Basel Qatar Is Trying to Sell You

I fled Qatar to live freely as a queer person. A country that criminalizes LGBTQ+ existence should not be celebrated as a global hub of creative freedom.

Guide

7 Art Books for Your March Reading List

Read up on the hidden history of occult influences on modernism, French sign painters, the Finnish painter who bucked convention, incarcerated artists, and more.

News

Epstein and Trump Portrayed as Titanic Lovers in New Anonymous Artwork

The sculpture on the National Mall comes in the wake of the release of previously withheld documents detailing abuse allegations against Trump.

Community

Beer With a Painter: Hilary Harkness

If paint doesn't feel good coming off the brush, you pretty much have nothing,” said the artist, whose canvases depict humanity in all its rollicking riot and contradiction.

Daily Newsletter

Ali Eyal’s Forever War

The Baghdad-born artist speaks about war and art, Amoako Boafo recreates his studio for an exhibition, Thaddeus Mosley passes away at 99, and how a small Texas town became a participatory art project.

News

Lebanon Gallerist Navigates Ongoing Israeli Airstrikes

Joumana Asseily said she temporarily closed her gallery in Beirut amid evacuation orders last week

Feature

How a Texas Town Became an Art Project

With fewer than 700 residents, Kingsbury has become a hub for cultural governance and sovereignty, largely thanks to advocacy led by arts organization Habitable Spaces.

Books Newsletter

Lisette Model’s Silenced Jazz Pictures

The story of Lisette Model and other photographers who shaped the way we historicize social movements today.