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Met Museum Reveals Artist for 2026 Facade Commission
Chinese artist Liu Wei, known for installations exploring urbanization and modernity, will create a series of sculptures for the museum's Fifth Avenue niches.
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The Goodest Boys of NYC’s Halloween Dog Parade
This year's event was a bit corporate, very chaotic, and incredibly cute.
Film Review
Sharon Lockhart’s Beguiling Tableaus of Children in Nature
Windward pulls us into an almost prelapsarian vision of childhood existence on Newfoundland’s Fogo Island: no phones, no screens, no sense of impending climate crisis.
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Art in Odd Places Resists by Doing “Nothing”
After losing its state funding, the 14th Street festival scrapped its plans for a 20th anniversary celebration and chose a new theme: “nothing.”
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Why the Right Can’t Stand the “No Kings” Aesthetic
The growing movement’s visual language includes protest art and costumes that subvert President Trump's patriotic iconography.
Art Review
The Beauty in the IRL
In Marta Lee’s solo show, I found a measure for reality that had never occurred to me to try before: painting.
Guide
10 Art Books to Read This Month
Hew Locke’s new monograph, an anthology of the Studio Museum’s collection, Brandon Taylor’s latest novel, and more to dive into this October.
Opinion
What I Wish I Had Known About Germany Earlier
A German newspaper commissioned an article from me but then refused to publish it.
Art Review
Celebrating the Science of Quilts
The eclectic threads of An Ecology of Quilts merge to tell a story that starts outdoors, with seeds sprouting, blooming, and reaching toward the sun.
Art Review
How Takako Yamaguchi Subverts the Seascape
The Los Angeles artist practices what she calls “abstraction in reverse,” starting from basic shapes to construct landscapes.
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Jane Lombard Looks Back at 30 Years of Art and Politics
The New York gallerist’s exhibition 30 X 30 reflects the works she has enjoyed the most — and their incisive and sometimes bracing sociopolitical message.
Opinion
The Arch of Trump’s Triumph and Downfall
Triumphal arches have been used for imperialistic ends since Roman antiquity, and the president’s latest proposal is no exception.