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Banksy’s Heartbreaking Christmas Mural
Also: Messy Egyptian gods at The Met, the moral weight of nativity scenes, and the British Museum’s latest “decolonizing” stunt.
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A Letter to Mamdani
An appeal to the mayor-elect from an art worker, a controversial nativity scene in Belgium, and were medieval Psalms elitist?
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Best Art in Worst of Times
Our favorite art shows and films of 2025, figure models fight for their rights, Joan Semmel's body paintings, the rise of Crusadercore, and much more.
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The World's Best Art in 2025
Also: A majority of artists struggle with debt, LACMA workers vote overwhelmingly for a union, and a word about the hilarity of evil.
Best of 2025
The Best Art Shows Around the World in 2025
Nan Goldin’s fearless photos, Noah Davis’s enchantments of ordinary life, Stan Douglas’s historical visions, and Yoko Ono’s musical mind were just some of our favorites.
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The Plight of Art Models
Also: the troubling trend of "Crusadercore," pet monkeys in Ancient Rome, and what's really going on in those Vanity Fair photos of Trump's top advisors?
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The Year in Art Films
Also: Is it ever too late to become an artist, and how do Philadelphians feel about their new Calder Gardens?
Best of 2025
The Best Art Films of 2025
A day in the life of Peter Hujar, a bungled museum heist, and Meredith Monk's six-decade career were the subjects of some of our favorite art films this year.
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Whitney Biennial Artists Revealed
Also: The rise of anti-monarchical art, a First Amendment rally in New York City, a Brutalist icon in Dallas, and more.
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Life According to Sylvia Snowden and Joan Semmel
Also: a graffiti artist's protest against ICE deportations, TIME Magazine's miserable "Person of the Year" cover, and the enduring relevance of W. E. B. Du Bois.
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If I Had a Picasso
The best art and books of 2025, cuts at the New School, and the return of a beloved Hyperallergic column.
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The Year in Memes
Also, a $117 Picasso, Coreen Simpson's monograph, and Jeff Wall's disorienting photography.