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Phillip K. Smith III Shows His True Colors
The artist’s site-specific museum exhibition Three Parallels glows with choreographed colored light.

Museums Leaders Voice Support for Former Director of Reina Sofia
In an open letter, European institutional leaders defend Manuel Borja-Villel, who has faced right-wing attacks for his progressive programming.

Onsite Gallery Presents more-than-human
The media artworks in this show at Toronto’s OCAD University tell a tale of symbiosis, intersections, and more-than-human relationality.

Did Air Pollution Inspire Impressionism?
A new study posits that rising smog levels in 19th-century London and Paris likely played a role in blurring the lines of realism.

Traditional Korean Painting for Modern Times
In Seongmin Ahn’s paintings, it is not our past we are looking at but our possible future.

Human/Nature: Pathways from Art to Environment
Join the New-York Historical Society on February 10 for a virtual conversation about our changing relationship to the natural world with Julie Decker, John Grade, and LaMont Hamilton.

Soheila Sokhanvari Honors Iran’s Feminist Rebels
Born in Shiraz, Sokhanvari fled Iran as a child a year before the Revolution and has devoted her artistic practice to the country she left behind.

Photographer Captures His Journey With Terminal Cancer
Stephen L. Starkman’s moving book about his encounter with mortality leaves a place for perseverance and hope.

RISD Continuing Education Offers 170+ Online Courses for Adults and Teens
Spring programming includes certificates for adult learners, RISD’s pre-collegiate online certificate, and new teen courses.

Oops! NYC Train Station Gets Georgia O’Keeffe’s Name Wrong
“We clearly f-ed this one up,” said a Metropolitan Transit Authority rep, adding that the error in the artist’s last name is being fixed.

Move Over, Jeff Koons, Another Awful Artwork Is Heading to the Moon
At least we won’t have to look at it on Earth.

The Heart’s Knowledge: Science and Empathy in the Art of Dario Robleto
Presented by Northwestern’s Block Museum and McCormick School of Engineering, this new exhibition seeks empathy at the boundaries of life. On view in Evanston, Illinois.

Opportunities in February 2023
From residencies, fellowships, and workshops to grants, open calls, and commissions, our monthly list of opportunities for artists, writers, and art workers.

Life-Size Hercules Statue Unearthed From Roman Sewer
The statue could be a likeness of Trajan Decius, emperor of the Roman Empire from 249 to 251 CE.