News
Dara Birnbaum, Video Art’s “Wonder Woman,” Dies at 78
The feminist artist probed, mimicked, and remixed mass media to explore how information is disseminated, transformed, and assimilated.
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News
Judge Halts Trump’s Cuts to Museum and Library Funding Agency
The temporary ruling comes as Trump moves to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the National Endowments of the Arts and Humanities in a newly released budget proposal.
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The Best Signs and Art of This Year’s Massive May Day Protests
From criticism of mass deportations to hilarious roasts of the president, May 1 was a nationwide show of art-filled resistance against the Trump administration.
Guide
10 Shows to See in Los Angeles This May
Amalia Mesa-Bains’s altars to memory, Akinsanya Kambon’s Pan-Africanist sculptures, colonial wine production, restaging Diane Arbus’s 1972 retrospective, and more.
Guide
What to See in Upstate New York This May
Rich photographs by Wolfgang Tillmans, Steve Mallon’s odes to locomotives, Joanna Grabiarz’s joyful etchings, and so much more.
Art Review
How Can Queer Artists Escape the Trap of Tokenization?
Amid pervasive uncertainty, queerness emerges as a deliberate unraveling of solidity across the diverse works of eight artists.
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Two Arrested at The Encampments Screening at UCLA
Footage shows police storming the campus ahead of an unofficial showing of the documentary, which focuses on pro-Palestine student protests.
Community
Required Reading
This week: surviving as an artist in New York City, nostalgic ’90s ads, Mohsen Madawi walks free, the Northern Lights speak, a seven-year-old’s gallery opening, and more.
Art Review
An Artist’s Alluring Paintings About Consumption and Waste
Interested in how consumer society processes food and images, Lori Larusso depicts an increasingly askew consumer-driven world.
News
After a Decade in Storage, Banksy Mural Goes on View in New York
The public can view "Battle to Survive a Broken Heart," made in 2013 on a Red Hook warehouse wall, before it goes up for auction.
Community
A View From the Easel
“You become part of the studio's rhythm, and in that negotiation, something shifts in the work.”
Opportunities
Opportunities in May 2025
Residencies, fellowships, grants, and open calls from the Vilcek Foundation, the Oak Spring Garden Foundation, and more in our monthly list of opportunities for artists, writers, and art workers.