Book Review
Unraveling the Imperial Impulses of Chinese Textiles
Like an art history detective, Mei Mei Rado mines textiles and techniques to reveal cross-cultural Chinese-European liaisons driven by nationalism and a keen interest in design.
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Congress Members Demand Investigation Into Trump's Smithsonian Mandate
House Democrats say the president’s executive order targeting “race-centered ideology” jeopardizes the institution’s independence.
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Hitler’s Three-Hour Architectural Tour of Paris
His first and last trip to the city in 1940 was not for military purposes — he left that to his generals — but for his one true love: art.
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New York Area Shows We Love Right Now
From local concerns in the Bronx to global issues in Queens, plus a trip to see Indigenous art in New Jersey, our favorite art is far-reaching right now.
Art Review
One Man’s Trash Is Another’s Art
An exhibition argues that human production — its surplus and waste — is a rising influential force in contemporary art.
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Global Tourism Was Built on Headless Blemmyes
The Book of Marvels is the kind of show that’s hard to avoid at archival art institutions, wherein problematic historical content, aesthetic appeal, and fantasy all intersect.
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Schomburg Center Turns 100 With an Art Historical Library Card
The New York Public Library’s limited-edition design features late artist Houston Conwill’s cosmogram “Rivers,” inspired by a 1921 Langston Hughes poem.
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A.I.R. Gallery Seeks Community’s Help After Losing $30K NEA Grant
The cuts jeopardize the feminist collective’s long-running residency program for women and nonbinary artists.
Art Review
An Exhibition That Looks to the Bronx for Inspiration
“Working Knowledge” is deeply attuned to the Bronx community it emerges from — an attentiveness that greatly enhances its significance.
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Koyo Kouoh, Curator Tapped for 61st Venice Biennale, Dies at 57
The museum director would have been the first African woman to oversee the Biennale.
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A Mystical, Obsessive Encounter With the Ginseng Root
Craig Thompson’s rhizomatic new graphic novel about the root’s farming industry exposes the paradoxes of Trump’s America.
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TEFAF New York Is a Cabinet of Curiosities
From lesser-known Meret Oppenheim works to Anna Weyant’s jewel-box paintings, this over-the-top New York fair is rich with gems waiting to be discovered.