Art

Required Reading

This week, Tulsa’s new $465 million park, an Assyrian relief goes to auction, the rise of Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Sesame Street's Bert and Ernie declaration, and more.

Art

Ellen Berkenblit’s Outcasts, Animals, and Body Parts

Berkenblit’s mastery is the visual equivalent of someone who can write fluently in three different languages.

Art

The Making of an American Original

In the age of 40-character electronic announcements and Instagram, Kathy Butterly has slowed looking down to a snail’s pace.

Art

Paintings Glimpsed from a Taxi

Stephen Westfall seems to be the geometric painter who cannot do variations on a motif, which gives his work an interesting twist.

Art

The Senate’s Sausage Factory

What better ingredients to feed duped constituents?

Music

Mitski's Eclectic Emo

The New York folk-punk singer writes short, scary songs with holes and twists and choruses that never repeat, and unexpected endings.

Art

Looking for Leonardo in Verrocchio's Studio

Leonardo’s hand is fleshed out in this exhibition, but so is that of Lorenzo di Credi, Jacopo del Sellaio, and other workshop assistants to whom no name can be attached.

Art

Instagram Cats

Sharon Butler’s new paintings based on iPad drawings are telling you, quite frankly, that surfaces matter.

News

Los Angeles Gallery Takes Down One of Two Exhibitions After Anti-Gentrification Protest [UPDATED]

After artists featured in a Chimento Contemporary exhibition engaged with protesters outside, their show was pressured to shut down.

Books

The View from the NY Art Book Fair Zine Tent: 8 Zines You Want to Know About

This year's zinesters brought some of the most playful, provocative, and interesting items on display, and here are some notable picks.

Art

Imagining a Photo Archive of the American West When Mexico Ruled the Land

Because images of the West were created after 1848, we have few visual references to the region during its Mexican era. One artist wants to correct that art historical schism.

Interview

Black Feminist Literature at the NY Art Book Fair: An Interview with the Free Black Women's Library

Artist and librarian OlaRonke Akinmowo has collected over 1,000 books written by Black women to assemble the interactive biblio installation.