Interview
Beer With a Painter: Keltie Ferris
“I am playing with the building blocks of painting,” the artist told me at his studio in Woodstock, where he experiments with gestural compositions and monumental body prints.
Book Review
The Many Lives of Frederic Edwin Church
Victoria Johnson’s biography is a nuanced portrait of the artist, whose landscapes conveyed the anxieties of a nation struggling over slavery, war, and disunion.
Art Review
For Michael Asher, the Museum Was the Medium
A survey of the conceptual artist reveals his deep engagement with institutional machinations, though it sometimes feels like inside baseball.
Feature
Meet the Doyennes of Ecosexuality
In their latest film, Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens advocate replacing an exploitative relationship with the Earth with one based on intimacy, care, and pleasure.
News
Mural Damaged in Break-In at Harriet Tubman Museum
The recently renovated Maryland museum also said its donation box was taken in last weekend’s burglary.
Feature
Connecticut’s Artists Have Been Hiding in Plain Sight
The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum's inaugural decennial exhibition showcases works by 40 artists in the state, all made in the last decade.
News
Former High Museum Executive Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement
According to court filings, Brady Lum stole more than $600,000 from the Atlanta institution during his nearly seven-year tenure.
Art Review
Contending With Fashion Photography's Artifice
Lillian Bassman spent decades crafting commercial images. After leaving the industry, she was finally free to experiment in the darkroom.
Feature
How the Children’s Art Carnival in Harlem Nurtured Generations
Nearly six decades since its founding, the legacy of the beloved program is explored in an exhibition at Columbia University’s Wallach Art Gallery.
News
"Pam the Bird" Graffiti Stirs Controversy in Melbourne
Days after police arrested the graffiti artist who tagged a prominent bridge tower with a giant bird, some are calling on the city to preserve the work.
Opinion
Where Is Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara?
The Cuban artist's whereabouts remain unknown, as do his fate and that of more than 800 political prisoners on the island.
News
Suspects Shed Light on "Mastermind" Behind Louvre Heist
One of the two men told investigators that the person who allegedly hired them for the job “thought we could have taken more.”
Art Review
Should We See Peter Hujar’s Contact Sheets?
Though not made for public consumption, the darkroom work prints reveal his portraits as excerpts of a conversation, rather than memories snatched from the ether.