Art
The Permanence of Toyin Ojih Odutola's Invented World
In Ojih Odutola's conception of the world, its inhabitants never fell — not from divine grace, not from political autonomy, and certainly not from self-regard.
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In Brief
Missing Klimt Drawing Found in the Closet of a Former Museum Secretary
In the 1960s, a museum secretary noticed a discrepancy in the institution's record-keeping of loaned artworks; her boss gave her a Klimt drawing to keep her mouth shut.
Comics
You Have 15 Minutes …
The life of the artist as parent makes you realize how few hours there are in the day.
Opinion
The Symbolism and Bigotry of a Supposedly Satirical Cartoon About 'Dreamers'
A troubling cartoon in the Albuquerque Journal takes the perspective of the surveillance state, when it ought to examine the state itself.
Performance
The Somber Fate of a Manuscript Illuminator
In Written on Skin, currently playing at Opera Philadelphia, an illuminated manuscript artist gets involved with his patron's wife.
Art
How Mondrian Inspired Architecture Around the World
Adding blocks of primary colors can really put the life back into old houses, shops, birdhouses, construction sites, and even parking garages and garbage sheds.
Art
37 Artists Native to the Americas Weave Stories of Migration and Geography
In a time of bald-faced white supremacy and discrimination, the Nebraska exhibition Monarchs feels vitally relevant.
News
Art Movements
This week in art news: the Hirshhorn Museum postponed a projection by Krzysztof Wodiczko in the wake of Douglas High School shooting, President Trump proposed eliminating the NEA and NEH (again), and Robert Indiana's repainted "LOVE" returned to Philadelphia.
Opinion
Who Is Threatened by Women Who Curate Political Art?
Challenging art is essential for sparking difficult conversations, but two museum directors — both women — have recently stepped down after championing politically engaged programming.
Art
How Books Get Banned
Xiaoze Xie’s humble books and photographs are quiet survivors that still hide in the shadows even when they are bathed in museum light.
Art
Finding Kinship with Witchcraft in the Fight Against Patriarchy
An exhibition revisits the life of the last European woman to be executed for witchcraft.
News
FBI Points Finger at Thief of Terracotta Soldier's Thumb
An intruder in a green sweater "appeared to break something off from the Cavalryman’s left hand and put it in his left front pocket.”