New York Newsletter
Snow Day in the Art World
From Helene Schjerfbeck to Glenn Ligon, here’s what to read — and where to go when the snow clears.
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Art Review
The Disappearing Art of Iberian Democracy
The varied, confrontational works on view at Madrid's La Casa Encendida are reminders of the intense labor required to protect liberty.
Daily Newsletter
The Mount Rushmore of Racism
Blizzard shuts down museums in New York, Prince Andrew's arrest photo is hung at the Louvre, a beloved hand-drawn calendar in Los Angeles, and a biography of a mountain.
Books Newsletter
Reading a Biography of a Mountain
Mount Rushmore, originally known as Six Grandfathers, gets its own biography, plus Sarah Bond on museums’ approach to polychromy and whiteness.
Book Review
Chipping Away at the Facade of Mount Rushmore
In “Biography of a Mountain,” author Matthew Davis deftly weaves together interviews and stories that reveal so much more than a linear narrative of the monument’s history.
Feature
How to Tell the Story of Extraction in Appalachia
Fia Backström explores this nexus of environmental degradation, disaster capitalism, and intergenerational poverty through embodied, compassionate, and durational research.
Feature
Artists' Calendar Celebrates LA’s Everyday Landmarks
For 40 years, Nib Geebles and Abira Ali have chronicled the unspoken, day-to-day minutiae of their hometown in their beloved calendar.
News
Activists Hang Prince Andrew's Arrest Photo at the Louvre
The unflattering photo of the disgraced former royalty was taken after his arrest last week for his ties with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
News
Winter Storm Brings Art to a Halt in NYC
Museums across the city and the area will remain closed today.
Daily Newsletter
South Africa's Fiasco in Venice
South Africa withdraws from the Venice Biennale, Glenn Ligon and the color blue, and your guide to art in DC this spring.
Weekly Newsletter
The de Sades Among Us
The seeds of evil that brought us Epstein, blatant censorship at the University of North Texas, the problem with wall labels, and a Black Medieval angel of love.
South Africa Pulls Out of Venice Biennale
Turns out Gaza broke the country's art world, too.