News
Vanderbilt University Buys California College of the Arts, Raising Questions
Curator Natasha Boas described the news as “another massive shock in a series of cultural shocks” for San Francisco’s arts community.
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Art Review
Black Artists Create New Universes in “Unbound”
The exhibition at the Museum of the African Diaspora moves between history and futurity without settling on a singular narrative of the universe, instead prompting reflection.
News
Reports of Artists Killed by Iranian Regime Draw Outrage and Grief
Sculptor Mehdi Salahshour and filmmaker Javad Ganji are among the members of Iran’s creative community reportedly killed during anti-government protests.
Art Review
Ana Mendieta’s Injured Earth
Although many of her earthworks have been erased by time, the late Cuban-American artist’s interventions attest to her continued presence, etched into the land.
In Memoriam
Remembering Beatriz González, Arnulf Rainer, and Franco Vaccari
This week, we honor a painter of Colombian national memory, a founder of Art Informel, and an Italian conceptual photographer.
News
United States Artists Awards $50K Grants to 50 Fellows
Visual artists Edra Soto and Eric-Paul Riege are among the recipients of this year’s unrestricted award.
Daily Newsletter
Lessons for Artists From Ursula K. Le Guin
The insidious ubiquity of application fees, a bill to fund the arts advances to the Senate, and a sexual history of the internet.
Opinion
Why Are We Paying for the Privilege of Rejection?
Application fees are one of the least examined but most pervasive forms of class stratification in the arts.
Books
The Internet According to Sex Workers and Cyberfeminists
Mindy Seu’s "A Sexual History of the Internet" is part performance, part artist book, and part financial experiment.
News
House Votes to Fund the Arts, Despite Trump Threats
The Senate must now vote on the bill, which sets annual allocations for the NEA, NEH, Smithsonian, and other cultural programs.
New York Newsletter
RIP MetroCard
The Transit Museum honors a NYC icon, Ayoung Kim goes stargazing at MoMA PS1, a puppy persona performance, and more to plan your week in New York.
Opinion
Curating a Show on My Ineffable Mother, Ursula K. Le Guin
I would never have proposed this exhibition in her lifetime. This is, after all, a writer who said in an interview, “Don’t shove me into your damn pigeonhole, where I don’t fit, because I’m all over.”