Opinion

Everything Is Not Fine in the Art World

Auction headlines offer a picture of health that hides a body in crisis.

Features

The Most Jaw-Dropping Costumes of the Miss Universe Competition

The pageant took maximalism to new heights with its “everything but the kitchen sink” approach — or maybe there was a sink, and I missed it?

News

Protest Dance Outside Kennedy Center Targets Trump’s Attack on Culture

Dozens of workers have been terminated since the president took over the institution in February.

News

Philadelphia Art Museum Accuses Former Director of Theft

After Alexandra Suda accused the museum of wrongful termination, the institution said she misappropriated funds to increase her salary. 

Art Review

KAWS Makes Art for the Tech Bro Era

His exhibition at SFMOMA could have examined the collapse of culture at the hands of commodity, but instead it nudges us toward the gift shop.

Art Review

Paying Homage to the Iconoclasts of Abstraction

An exhibition traces the radical advancements in painting by Al Held, Elizabeth Murray, Judy Pfaff, and Frank Stella.

News

Artist Alma Allen to Represent US at 2026 Venice Biennale

The artist alleged that two galleries dropped him from their rosters after he accepted the commission for the United States Pavilion.

Features

Artist Displays 2,000-Pound White House Made of Bullets

Al Farrow, who created the sculptural rendering in 2018, said the work took on a renewed significance under the Trump administration.

Art Review

We Are History’s Ghosts

An exhibition on the Lower East Side turns to collective memory and reenactment to cut through today’s political numbness.

Opinion

Art Market Reporters Are Getting It All Wrong

The worst of the current market decline is not the closure of major galleries. It is the dozens of younger galleries that have gone under in the past three and a half years.

Art Review

R. Crumb Wonders What It All Means

With his new comic book and exhibition, the artist explores his neurosis and mortality, but continues to question authority.

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Announcement

MFA, MA, and PhD Programs to Apply for by Early 2026

A list of arts-related graduate programs to explore and apply to before deadlines close.