Art
A Little-Known Chapter of Ralph Humphrey’s Career
There is something inelegant and unstylish about these paintings.
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Art
Donald Trump’s Book of ABCs
A is for Abominable, B is for Bigoted…
Art
Bringing Milton Resnick Back into the Picture
The Milton Resnick and Pat Passlof Foundation has opened with a must-see exhibition of 50 years of Resnick’s work.
Art
Glimmers of Modernism from a 19th-Century Bordello
A brothel customer’s photographs of 19th-century prostitution, made with sympathy and imagination.
Film
Catherine Sullivan’s X-Ray Dreams
Sullivan’s film, The Startled Faction (a sensitivity training), is a tumbling-together of social satire, utopian feminism, and anarchist agitprop.
Art
"The Carcass and the Canvas" and Other Chaim Soutine Stories
If there is a single point of agreement in the posthumous literature on Chaim Soutine, it is that the Lithuanian-born Jewish artist is surrounded by legend.
Art
Imaginary Homelands, Shahzia Sikander in Lahore
This photo essay tells the story of an artist's view of her experience at a new and important biennale.
Community
A View From the Easel
This week, artist studios in Massachusetts, New Mexico, New York, and Pennsylvania.
Art
The Gospel at Colonus Brings Greek Tragedy to Church
Church parishioners gathered on Thursday evening, not to attend to the teachings of Jesus Christ, but to study the final chapter of the life of that ill-fated king of Thebes, Oedipus.
In Brief
In a Moment of Upheaval, Flag Designs for a Unified Israeli-Palestinian State
As the Israeli government passes a drastic "nation-state" law that denigrates minority populations in the country, artists are trying to imagine a world where there's unity instead of divide.
Announcement
Printed Matter's NY Art Book Fair Returns September 21–23
This year's highlights include a historical exhibition of zine publishing, outdoor projects exploring the immigrant experience in the US, and an immersive interactive reading room!
Art
A Treasure Trove of Oddities and Timely Exhibitions at Oxford's Ethnography Museum
Originally defined as an academic museum of Anthropology and World Archeology, the Pitt Rivers Museum has morphed into something much more extensive and meaningful.