Guide
6 Art Books to Read This August
Before summer ends, we’re reading books on Ruth Asawa’s circle of artist-mothers, water and race in contemporary art, Kent Monkman, Carrie Yamaoka, and more.
Hrag Vartanian
Film Review
Who Are Museums Really For? And Can We Change Our Minds?
The film Binnigula’sa’ (Ancient Zapotec People) asks the questions: Who are the rightful custodians of artifacts, and what is the responsibility of museums to local communities?
Guide
Four New York City Art Shows to See Right Now
From Saya Woolfalk’s hyperrealism to Ben Shahn’s Social Realism, our favorite shows at the moment are all about building and improving worlds.
Art Review
Saya Woolfalk Toys With Future Worlds
The hybridized energy of Woolfalk's art is infectious; it permeates everything we see, while prodding us to question what we imagine the future might look like.
Art Review
Joiri Minaya Upends the Allure of Exoticization
The artist’s performance reflects the evolution of its garden site from starkly colonial origins to a different type of cultural cross-pollination.
Community
Required Reading
This week: plagiarizing indie media, how artist Cory Arcangel saved a digital legacy, NYC's tech boom, AI videos in courts, and more.
Art
New York City Shows to See This Week
Nancy Elizabeth Prophet, Claudia Alarcón, and Nanette Carter are three of the artists whose work we’re enjoying, among many shows that pack a punch.
Art Review
Nanette Carter’s Abstract Balancing Act
In this retrospective, the Montclair-raised artist gives the viewer a look at an artistic language that continues to evolve and shed layers to reveal its essence.
Books
10 Art Books to Bring to the Beach This Summer
The art of Marsha P. Johnson, Yoko Ono reappraised, Jack Whitten’s studio notebook, a fictional curator’s Greece trip goes awry, and more to read this season.
Art
Five New York City Art Shows to See Right Now
From Aaron Gilbert’s take on capitalism to Weegee’s distortions of celebrity culture, these exhibitions all critique or reflect the world around us.
Art Review
Is the New Frick Collection Just the Same Old Thing?
The newly renovated Fifth Avenue institution, which houses a treasure trove by any calculation, is a time capsule with a lot to teach us about our own historical moment.
Art Review
A World at the Edge of Decay and Other Artistic Imaginings
Aaron Gilbert’s sense of time draws us away from the now to a potential future that we are having trouble envisioning.