Feature
Lula Victory Memes That Make Us All Want to Be Brazilian
Images rooted in queer and pop culture and national pride celebrate a progressive win at the polls and a step back for fascism.
News
Giant Ofrenda Arrives in Manhattan Ahead of Día de Muertos
Designed by artisans from Mestiz Studio in Mexico, the public altar welcomes passersby to make offerings to their loved ones.
News
Mamdani Votes Early at The Met. What Other NYC Museums Are Polling Sites?
"It only took five minutes," said the NYC mayor in a social media video. More museums and cultural institutions across the city serve as early voting sites.
Art Review
John Dilg’s Down-to-Earth Reverence
The tranquility of his views, the closeness of his tones, and the evenness of his light bespeak his continual wonderment at existence.
Art Review
The Artist Who Dined Among Lions
California performance artist Bonnie Ora Sherk was a cultural trickster and proactive spoiler in the business of everyday life.
Daily Newsletter
From Paris, In Solidarity
Surreal scenes from an art week amid protests, lessons from the NEA Four, and Kid Cudi’s Basquiat biopic.
Art Week Paris
Artists Take to the Streets Amid Massive Protests in France
Tens of thousands gathered at Porte d’Italie in Paris for a march led in part by culture-sector coalitions demanding a better life for artists.
Weekly Newsletter
This Is Class War
The latest on the student protests in France, the art world’s AI problem, one-on-one with Rosana Paulino, and Beer With a Painter featuring Melissa Brown.
Art Week Paris
Portrait of a Paris Art Week on Fire
On protest, business as usual, and the surreal experience of attending an art fair while smelling burning plastic.
Feature
How Art Can Deliver Justice for Refugees
In the legal system, art created by refugees and incarcerated people can serve both as a form of therapy and as evidence of mass atrocities.
Book Review
The War on Art Is Repeating Itself
As an artist who lived through the Reagan-era Culture Wars, I recommend Isaac Butler’s “The Perfect Moment” for the stories that parallel our current fight to defend creative expression.
Film
Kid Cudi to Write, Direct, and Star as Basquiat in New Biopic
The rapper called his forthcoming film, "JEAN," a “love letter” to the late artist and ’80s New York in his announcement on October 21.
Art Review
The Center Cannot Hold at the Toronto Biennial
It’s a provocative and discursive exploration of how artists respond to our late-capitalist epoch, but its focus on “rupture” raises questions.