Feature
The Divine Powers of “Chicken Linda”
Pioneering performance artist Linda Mary Montano gave me a tour of her home-shrine and a glimpse into her lifelong spiritual quest through art.
News
Who Should Design NYC’s New Billie Holiday Monument?
Thomas J Price, Tavares Strachan, and Tanda Francis are in the running for a sculpture honoring the legendary jazz vocalist at the Jamaica Performing Arts Center.
In Memoriam
Remembering F. John Sierra, Valie Export, and Mary Lovelace O’Neal
This week, we honor a champion of Chicano art, an Austrian feminist artist, and a painter and Civil Rights luminary.
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Tough Stuff: Women in The American Glass Studio
Highlighting works from the 1960s through today, this survey at the Corning Museum of Glass celebrates the legacies of women artists who helped shape the Studio Glass Movement in the US.
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Nicole Kidman's Billion-Dollar Breakfast at Christie's
The Hollywood star helped promote an evening sale that set new auction records for Pollock and Brancusi works.
Feature
A Persian Garden Blooms on Governors Island
Bahar Behbahani convened artists and cultural practitioners for a four-hour event, blending performance and dialogue with rest and community.
News
“Gaza Love” Monument Unveiled in Paterson, NJ
Kyle Goen’s artwork anchors the city’s recently dedicated Gaza Square.
Feature
The Painted Book Cover Is Back
The recent shift toward figuration on book covers may reflect a broader desire for physical presence — proof of the artist’s hand in the digital age.
Art Review
The Black American Artists Who Dazzled Post-War Paris
An exhibition in Chicago celebrates the painters, writers, and performers who sought freedom in the city of light and left an indelible mark on its history.
Feature
A Contemporary Art Haven Just a PATH Ride Away
More than a third of Mana Contemporary’s artists opened their spaces to the public for its spring open studios event, the largest participation number in years.
Art Review
Martin Wong’s Brick Monument to Popeye
He repurposed bygone cartoon characters and gave them new life with a queer, magpie sensibility, which still pops two decades after his death.
News
Seattle Art Museum Workers Move to Unionize
Over 100 employees are urging the museum to voluntarily recognize the union, citing unsustainable wages and subpar benefits.
News
Who’s That Nude Figure on a Washing Machine Outside the New Museum?
Sarah Lucas’s new public sculpture “VENUS VICTORIA,” on view for the next two years, subverts the mostly male history of public monuments.