Feature

Artists Honor Immigrants in Monuments Across New Jersey

New public commissions by artists Michelle Angela Ortiz, Chat Travieso, and Immanuel Oni are part of the New Jersey Monuments to Migration and Labor initiative.

News

Fall of Freedom Returns With Hundreds of Anti-Authoritarian Art Actions

Public artworks and zine-making workshops are on this year’s line-up, uniting artists and cultural organizations against an increasingly authoritarian administration.

Opinion

The Overlooked Black Architect Who Shaped a Landmark Smithsonian Museum

Max Bond Jr., who lobbied for and co-designed the National Museum of African American History and Culture in DC, deserves a larger place in history.

Pocket Review

Rebecca Ness Stakes Her Claim to Art History

Reinterpreting canonical works is nothing new, but her work shines when it's most personal.

Opportunities

Opportunities in October 2026

Residencies, fellowships, grants, and open calls from ArtFields, The Image Centre, Millay Arts, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, and more in our monthly list of opportunities for artists, writers, and art workers.

News

Alice Neel’s McCarthy-Era Trial Drawings Go to Auction

The Communist painter depicted the 1949–51 Foley Square trials while on assignment for a Marxist magazine.

Books

New Book Chronicles Studio Museum in Harlem's 58-Year History

Contributors include artists such as Dawoud Bey, who wrote that the venerated institution has "changed the shape of my life."

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Announcement

At IFPDA’s October Prints & Drawings Month, Museums Are Quietly Rethinking Where Works on Paper Belong

Attend print and drawing-focused sessions in person and online with LACMA, The Met, and more throughout the month of October.

Daily Newsletter

The Art Tarot Predicts a Fateful Fall

An eventful season in the art world, Johanna Hedva surrenders to the cosmos, Derriann Pharr’s cycles of history, and other stories.

News

Milwaukee Art Museum Returns Two Jars to David Drake’s Descendants

The Wisconsin museum’s ownership transfer was followed up by a Virginia museum’s announcement of the return of another “Dave the Potter” vessel this week.

Pocket Review

A Vision of Rebirth, Raw and Sumptuous

Derriann Pharr, an artist-in-residence at the Studio Museum, draws from girlhood and womanhood in works that metamorphose before our eyes.

Art Review

Paint Isn’t Just Paint at the New York Studio School

This exhibition of painters Brenda Goodman, Steve DiBenedetto, and Bendix Harms pushed me out of my comfort zone.