Obituary

Pipo Nguyen-duy, Beloved Photography Professor, Murdered at 64

"He took a lot of joy in his everyday life. He sought to make really beautiful photos, and strove to make the world a more beautiful place," said his former student.

News

In South Carolina, Artistic Freedom Is on the Ballot This November

A governor-appointed arts commission has denied funding from two LGBTQ+ organizations and an artist focused on immigration issues.

Trump Administration

Surprise! US Pavilion Needs More Cash to Ship Works Home

Commissioner Jenni Parido sent a letter to donors pleading for "urgent funding" for deinstallation and shipping as the Venice Biennale comes to an end.

Community

A View From the Easel: Anna Pajak

“I wanted it to feel like a chapel, a place for everything I believe in. My painting chapel.”

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Announcement

Otis College of Art and Design in LA Offers a Two-Year MFA Fine Arts Degree Program

Refine your artistic vision and join a diverse community at the first professional school of the arts in Los Angeles.

Daily Newsletter

Are Black Cats Modernity’s Icons?

How Manet transformed the misunderstood feline into an emblem of independent thinking; plus, Gay Halloween memes galore!

Art Movements

Documenta 16 Names Four New Curatorial Team Members

The embattled German exhibition's latest appointments, artist Catherine Opie wins a Yale University award, and Dallas Art Fair partners with … a university?

Feature

How Édouard Manet's Black Cat Became a Symbol of Modernity

Long associated with witchcraft and bad luck, the black feline became an emblem of artistic rebellion and urban life in 19th-century Paris.

Feature

This Year's Gay Halloween Celebrates Women's Rights and Wrongs

From the Kelly Clarkson's mechanical bird fiasco to Carrie Bradshaw's Dior newsprint dress, Gay Halloween speaks to the staying power of women's iconic media moments.

Feature

Why Do Horror Films Have Such a Hold on Our Imaginations?

An exhibition at the Academy Museum explores the transgressive power of scary movies, channeling our deepest fears about life, death, and the unknown.

Film

Hell Takes the Form of State Repression in 1971’s “The Devils”

Ken Russell’s film designed by Derek Jarman, newly released in a 4K restoration, mirrors the horrors unfolding outside our windows.

Pocket Review

Before AI There Was the Octopus

Helsinki-based artist Tuomas Laitinen gives us an intelligence with no central brain, no fixed shape, and no interest in being legible to us.