Art Review
The Worst National Pavilions at the Venice Biennale
And some we're still ambivalent about.
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Books Newsletter
Poems for Alma Thomas
An excerpt from Alexis Pauline Gumbs’s book on the late painter, plus reviews of new titles by Sophie Lewis and Dana Mashoian Walrath.
Interview
Beer With a Painter: Barbara Takenaga
The Japanese-American artist talks about her place as a paint dot in the universe and embracing disruption in her canvases.
Feature
A Bushwick Kid at Bushwick Open Studios
During my first visit to the annual event, I found towering paintings that explore our inner child, diasporic tributes to Filipina culture, and light-filled portraits of an artist's trans community.
Obituary
Photographer Nelson Garrido, Who Embraced an "Aesthetics of the Ugly," Dies at 73
The Venezuelan photographer interrogated power, religion, violence, and eroticism over a six-decade-long practice that faced relentless censorship from church and state authorities.
Art Review
The Book of Alison Knowles
A retrospective traces the language of bookmaking in her expansive work and its radical influence on American art.
News
Naomi Beckwith Says She's "Not Afraid" of Pro-Palestine Protest at Documenta 16
“People have a right to protest and express their opinions,” the curator told Die Zeit, revealing that some artists have declined to participate in the exhibition over “Germany's position on the Gaza war.”
News
German Duo Arrested After Hanging Paintings Next to Mona Lisa
The two men told Paris police the stunt was just "for fun."
Feature
In Chicago, Mexican-American Altars Reimagine Home
As ICE increasingly targets migrant neighborhoods, carefully crafted altars to La Virgen de Guadalupe outside homes transform sidewalks into sites of community and protection.
Daily Newsletter
Taryn Simon’s Evidence as Spectacle
Hrag Vartanian on a play about art, fame, and infatuation; Aruna D’Souza on Taryn Simon at the Guggenheim; the latest in the Leon Black saga; and more.
Weekly Newsletter
The Cathedral of Joy
One-on-one with Alfredo Jaar, Damien Hirst’s secret life, Anish Kapoor's optical trickery, and another BS "most influential" list.
Art Review
No One Is Accountable in Taryn Simon’s Detective Story
In her ambitious exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum, injustice seems purely systemic, not the result of individuals behaving badly.