Art Review
Amy Sherald’s Parables of Black American Life
Sherald knits historic, cinematic, and literary references into many of her artworks, embedding their legacies into the distinct visual world she’s created.
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Fresh Sets Examines the Fine Art of Nail Art
Writer Tembe Denton-Hurst argues that this wearable art form isn’t just an extension of our fingertips, but also an extension of ourselves.
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Shahzia Sikander’s Transgressive Femininity
In the artist's works, a woman is at once a social subject pushing back against marginalization and a disruptive energy, a flow that transcends barriers.
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Parsons Fine Arts MFA Students Help Us Navigate 2025
Artists like Hannah Bang, Andrew Samuel Harrison, Sumaiya Saiyed, and Yeabsera Tabb share ways to relate to major changes beyond our control.
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“God’s Architect” Antoni Gaudí Could Be Made a Saint
Pope Francis declared venerable the giant of Catalan Modernisme, who infused motifs from nature and Christianity into his Sagrada Família and other landmarks.
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Elon Musk Statue Defaced in Texas
The apparent vandalism coincided with nationwide protests against the Trump administration and DOGE’s federal job cuts.
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Jennie C. Jones Transforms The Met Into an Instrument
The artist’s rooftop commission extends her translations between music and the physical world across sculptural forms inspired by the museum’s collection.
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Five New York City Art Shows to See Right Now
From Aaron Gilbert’s take on capitalism to Weegee’s distortions of celebrity culture, these exhibitions all critique or reflect the world around us.
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Is the New Frick Collection Just the Same Old Thing?
The newly renovated Fifth Avenue institution, which houses a treasure trove by any calculation, is a time capsule with a lot to teach us about our own historical moment.
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Katy Perry’s Supernatural, Extraterrestrial, Very Memeable Trip to Space
As the internet reminds us, Perry’s comically brief journey on Jeff Bezos’s rocket flopped in the public eye as hard as her seventh studio album.
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Peek Inside Three Frank Lloyd Wright Homes Up for Grabs in Michigan
The residences, priced between $850K and $2M, were designed in the 1940s within just a short distance of each other.
Book Review
The Story of Surrealism Isn’t Whole Without Gala Dalí
In Surreal, Michèle Gerber Klein asks us to confront the unjust eclipse of Gala’s legacy by that of her husband, Salvador, whose career she brought to fruition.