Art Review
No One Is Accountable in Taryn Simon’s Detective Story
In her ambitious exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum, injustice seems purely systemic, not the result of individuals behaving badly.
Book Review
What “The Book of Genocides” Teaches Us
Dana Mashoian Walrath’s work of graphic nonfiction points to historical patterns across 10 genocides, from Germany and Turkey to Gaza.
News
Liu Wei’s Met Facade Comission Reflects Our Moment
On view through next June, Liu's sculpture series “Speculation” (2026) contemplates the contradictory elements of collapse and civic transformation.
News
Leon Black Plans to Turn Woolworth Mansion Into His Own Museum, Book Reveals
The disgraced financier, whose ties to Jeffrey Epstein are being investigated in Congress, told author William D. Cohan that he wants to turn the Manhattan property into “his version of the Neue Galerie.”
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Announcement
Borusan Contemporary Presents Two New Exhibitions
From “the act of looking” to intelligent technologies, “Olivo Barbieri: Time Space Geometry” and “Haunted” explore how images shape our perception of reality. Opening September 19, 2026.
Community
A View From the Easel
“Piles to start a project, piles during a project, and piles of stuff after it is finished.”
Daily Newsletter
Ed Sheeran Should Stop Thinking Out Loud
Artists skewer the singer for dropping his pro-Palestine openers, tiny hot dogs at Affordable Art Fair, and the bizarre selections of TIME100 Art.
Art Movements
The Best and the Absolute Worst of the TIME 100 List
Amy Sherald shines on the magazine’s uneven list, Artadia names a new director, Johnny Depp's awfulness, and more in Art Movements.
Feature
A Tiny Hot Dog Art Show and Other Treasures at Affordable Art Fair
Dylan Martinez's glass-blown water balloons, Deanna Billy Projects' mini wiener paintings, and Abu Oluwaseyi's abstract portraits all caught my eye at this year’s NYC edition.
News
Artists Fear Displacement as ChaShaMa Forced to Vacate Studios
The organization will lose half of its studio spaces to a tenant who wants to expand their footprint in the Brooklyn Army Terminal building.
Feature
African-American Blacksmiths Forge a Lineage of Sankofa
Blacksmiths in the South have long embedded West African symbolism into gates, rails, and window bars, proof that the craft evolved with every hand that held the hammer.
Art Review
Anish Kapoor Is a One-Trick Illusionist
What does the British artist have to offer beyond monumental scale and costly optical illusions?
Feature
Artists and Illustrators Throw Ed Sheeran for a Loop
Protest artworks and memes scrutinize Sheeran's inability to speak out against the genocide after he axed Macklemore from his Loop Tour over pro-Palestine comments.