Guide
Four New York City Art Shows to See Right Now
Some of our favorite exhibitions center performance and pattern, from MoMA PS1’s Vaginal Davis survey to a show on data infographics inspired by W. E. B. Du Bois.
Daniel Larkin
Art Review
Vaginal Davis Is Queercore's Fairy Godmother
For the gender-bending artist, size matters — just not in the way you think, suggests a new survey at MoMA PS1.
Guide
New York Area Shows to See Right Now
From James Bidgood’s homoerotic photographs to Jeremy Frey’s basketry, there’s still plenty of art to see before the fall art season starts up.
Art Review
James Bidgood’s Dreamy Homoerotica
Best known for his cult film, Pink Narcissus, Bidgood’s 1960s photographs of men as mythological figures are equally alluring.
Guide
New York City and Upstate Shows to See Right Now
Histories are at the heart of some of our favorite shows, from queer video art to the cultural and familial traditions invoked by Candida Alvarez and Thomas Holton.
Art Review
Video Art That Chases the Rainbow
Homage: Queer Lineages on Video is worth a visit for anyone to broaden their horizons of what queerness might mean, and to discover histories often left untold.
Art Review
Apocalypse Art Has Never Been More Relevant
A Paris exhibition traces artists’ obsession with the Apocalypse, from rare Medieval illuminated manuscripts to Blake, Kandinsky, and Kiki Smith.
Guide
8 Art Books to Read This Pride Month
Dig into new and upcoming tomes on the long lineage of LGBTQ+ art, from Beauford Delaney’s bond with James Baldwin to iconic lesbian photographer JEB and Alice Austen.
Art Review
Five New York City Shows to See Right Now
From ceramic alligators to Nordic traditions, artists focusing on personal concerns and identity are making some fascinating work.
Art Review
New York University MFA Students Rethink the Body
This year’s class comes up with novel ways to think about the bodies we inhabit, the stresses they carry, and their limits of perception.
Art Review
Will the Real Cimabue Please Stand Up?
The Louvre’s conservation of two Cimabue paintings led its curators to reassess the artist not as a predecessor to the Renaissance masters but on his own merits.
Art Review
Pratt’s MFA Exhibition Mirrors These Disjointive Times
The exhibition ruptures space to unlock novel metaphors for the abject moral environment of 2025.