Guide
Four New York City Art Shows to See Right Now
From Coco Fusco’s incisive political performance art to Alexander Calder’s whimsical circus, the shows below will grab your attention.
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Art Review
Calder’s Circus Is for Everyone
The Whitney’s 100th anniversary exhibition of Alexander Calder’s sculpted circus shows an artist at play, and creates a fantastical world.
News
New Egypt Museum Takes “Grand Opening” a Bit Too Far
After 20 years and a $1 billion construction project, the museum holding around 100,000 artifacts opened to much fanfare earlier this month.
Art Review
The Anti-Caravaggio of the Baroque Era
Georges de La Tour incorporated chiaroscuro into austere genre compositions, lending them a uniquely intimate and spiritual quality.
News
Thieves Steal Roman-Era Statues From Damascus Museum
A historian speculates it might have been an inside job.
News
Dismissed Philadelphia Art Museum Director Fires Back With a Lawsuit
The museum had commissioned an external investigation that recommended ousting Sasha Suda.
News
Public Artwork by Shellyne Rodriguez Pays Homage to the Bronx
"Phoenix Ladder: Monument to the People of the Bronx" honors the undefeatable spirit of the New York borough.
News
Can’t Make It to The Met? Take a VR Tour Instead
The institution’s first foray into virtual reality offers free digital tours of the Temple of Dendur and its new Oceania galleries.
Book Review
Before Wonder Woman, There Was Fantomah
Fletcher Hanks, a cantankerous cartoonist who was active only from 1939 to ’41, left behind a complex legacy and bizarre body of work. A new book offers clues about his enigmatic life.
Art Review
Who Was Marie Antoinette Beneath All That Silk and Spectacle?
History has never really known her as a person, and that isn’t about to change here.
Opinion
The Algorithmic Presidency
Just as 20th-century fascists deployed radio and film, today’s ideological descendants use memes, social media, and above all, artificial intelligence.
News
Nearly Intact Roman Shipwreck Rests Just Six Feet Beneath Mallorca’s Waters
Discovered in 2019, the 1,700-year-old merchant ship reveals details about early Christian trade.