Film
Hell Takes the Form of State Repression in 1971’s “The Devils”
Ken Russell’s film designed by Derek Jarman, newly released in a 4K restoration, mirrors the horrors unfolding outside our windows.
Phillip Pyle
Phillip Pyle is an art writer and critic. He holds a Master's in the History of Art and Visual Culture from Oxford University.
Protest Art
The French Student Protesters Subverting Monuments Like It's May 68
Demonstrators are upending the country’s public landmarks to denounce police violence, under-resourced schools, and a worsening cost-of-living crisis.
Feature
Why Pageant Is Suddenly All the Rage
In a world skewed toward artifice, the East Williamsburg performance space’s commitment to confronting, rather than escaping, one’s conditions in art feels like a renaissance.
Interview
Raven Chacon Sounds the History of the Land
The Pulitzer Prize-winning Diné artist talks about his recent performances at the Park Avenue Armory, the freedom of improvisation, and the privilege of “deep listening.”
News
LACMA's Alexander Calder Erewhon Smoothie Is What the Art World Deserves
The artist’s mobile outside the LA museum is the inspiration for a new drink à la Hailey Bieber, but in concrete gray with blobs of Calderesque colors.
Preview
A New Exhibition Explores Edmonia Lewis’s Montana Connection
The two-part show at Bozeman’s Tinworks Art is part of a citywide homage to the late Black and Indigenous sculptor and her ties to the area.
News
The Met to Present First Major Felix Gonzalez-Torres Show in NYC in Decades
Scattered across the museum's permanent collection galleries, "The Spaces Between" brings together more than 40 works from the late conceptual artist.
Guide
15 Fall Art -Ennials, From St. Louis to Dakar
A photography show dedicated to NYC in the nighttime, an Indigenous-led arts festival honoring the Mississippi River, the first-ever Bienal de Yucatán, and more biennials and triennials to visit across the world.
Feature
A Brief History of Testicle Art
Kacey Musgraves's viral disco balls moment points to a lineage of artists whose use of the genital form is camp-as-critique.
Obituary
Artist Lucien Smith, Fixture of NYC’s Downtown Scene, Dies at 37
Following early market success and what he called “the pitfalls of gaining notoriety so early,” Smith shifted his focus to community-centered projects.
Guide
15 Museum Exhibitions to See Across the US This Fall
Tony Cokes’s riffs on the video essay, a Grandma Moses retrospective, and Abbas Akhavan’s US museum debut are among the shows to look forward to this season.
Guide
15 Art Books for Your Fall Reading List
Guadalupe Rosales’s memoir, Christine Sun Kim’s artist book, Fady Joudah’s ode to the people of Gaza, and Elizabeth Alexander’s essay collection are among our most anticipated titles.