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A View From the Easel
“Sometimes, I need to live with a piece to fall in love with it and get rid of any doubt that brews, a struggle many artists know well.”
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How New York City Got Its First Pride March
What started as a response to the 1969 Stonewall Uprising has evolved and expanded, taking on an added urgency amid Trump’s ongoing attacks on LGBTQ+ people.
Opinion
The Met Finally Meets Asian Femininity on Its Own Terms
After an exploitative 2015 show, I was wary about being an academic “beard” for another exhibition in the guise of “revision.” Monstrous Beauty is a different beast.
Book Review
The Brief and Illustrious Life of the Telegraph
Time Machines reveals entanglements between the largely forgotten optical telegraph and artistic movements in 19th-century France.
Art Review
Wayne Thiebaud’s Art Is More Than a Piece of Cake
A lot of the enjoyment of Thiebaud’s retrospective is spotting the Easter eggs of earlier art, whether overt, covert, or something more subtle.
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Mamdani Memes Remind Us Good Things Can Still Happen
New Yorkers are celebrating the mayoral candidate's establishment defeat and using humor to subvert racist commentary.
Opinion
As ICE Raids Stir Fear, My LA Neighborhood Perseveres
In my home in Downtown LA, I see artists and activists continuing to rise up.
News
Remembering Arnaldo Pomodoro, Who Uncovered Worlds Within Sculptures
The artist and my dear friend, who died this week just before his 99th birthday, was always curious, always carving away at a shiny surface.
Opinion
This Is the Story of My Resignation From the Queens Museum
It’s a story about power, leverage, and fear during the first Trump administration, and also about the potential for solidarity and love in the second.
News
Stunning Photos of the Cosmos From the World’s Largest Digital Camera
The Vera Rubin Observatory shared the first images taken with the technology, hailed as a transformative breakthrough in astronomical research.
Feature
The Enduring Legacy of ’80s Harlem Drag Balls
More than three decades since Paris Is Burning put the underground scene on a world stage, ball culture remains a haven for the queer community.
Art Review
Young Joon Kwak’s Luminescent Bodies
The artist’s magnificent, rhinestone-encrusted cast sculptures tell multiple stories that look at contemporary queer and trans existence.