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.
Daily Newsletter
Queer Arab Art in Manhattan
A Texas university shutters a show critiquing ICE, a medievalist’s ode to a 15th-century Black angel, and “Ponyo” arrives in LA.
Weekly Newsletter
When Art Finds Your Inner Child
What children can teach us about art and making, "Benito Bowl" memes, a NYC guide to an offbeat Valentine's Day, and the aesthetics of liminality.
Opinion
All About Love From a Black Medieval Angel
A rare manuscript illustration casts Blackness not as a mirror of sin, but the ground from which love itself might take shape.
News
Defying Trump’s Orders, NYC Re-Raises Pride Flag at Stonewall
Activists and officials returned the rainbow flag to Christopher Park after it was removed at the federal administration’s directive.
Features
Step Into the World of Studio Ghibli's “Ponyo”
A new exhibition at the Academy Museum in Los Angeles conveys the film’s whimsy and wonder through interactive elements.
Features
Queer Arab Artists on Their Own Terms
Across two galleries in Manhattan, eight artists and collectives flout the weaponization of their identities to justify violence, instead presenting a vision of belonging and reclaimed lineages.
News
University of North Texas Shutters Exhibition of Artworks Critical of ICE
Victor “Marka27” Quiñonez, a Mexican-American artist whose work centers immigrant experiences, said the school closed his show without notice.
Daily Newsletter
The Commissioner We Need
Who should lead arts and culture in NYC, Valentine's Day tips, and the sad state of Artforum.
Opinion
NYC Deserves a Culture Commissioner Who Cares
The city is in a deep affordability crisis that is reshaping who can live and work here, and which institutions can survive.
Guide
Your Guide to a Sexy, Artsy, Non-Boring Valentine’s Day in NYC
A Brooklyn zine fair, an exhibition on sex and cults, and other activities to spend the day with your lover, your polycule, or just yourself.
Community
Art Movements: Another Artforum Editor-in-Chief Is Out
Tina Rivers Ryan steps down from the disgraced publication, the Studio Museum names three artists-in-residence, and a deeply unnecessary new Jeff Koons collab.
Community
Required Reading
This week: Gladys Nilsson subverts ageist myths, letters from children in ICE detention, Heathcliff and whiteness, Toñita at the Super Bowl, Japanese incense clocks, and more.