Art Review
Nicola L.’s Soft Power
The late artist’s playful “functional sculptures” nod to second-wave feminism, but make a broader statement about resistance through collaboration.
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Opinion
On Being a Somali Artist in Minnesota
Violence has a way of turning familiar places into guarded ground. And yet, I ask not what has been taken, but what we will continue to build from what remains.
Community
A View From the Easel
“I use palo santo in my space before working to honor my ancestors.”
News
Minnesota Art Spaces to Close in Solidarity With Anti-ICE Strike
The Walker Art Center and the Minneapolis Institute of Art are among the hundreds of businesses shuttering on January 23 in protest of the ICE killing of Renee Macklin Good.
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Gabrielle Goliath to Seek Legal Action After Axed Venice Biennale Pavilion
The artist alleges that South Africa’s minister of culture acted unconstitutionally in canceling her commission, which included references to Gaza.
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Queens Museum Leader Sally Tallant to Step Down After Seven Years
Under Tallant, the museum secured a $26 million expansion allocation from the city, but also drew controversy and criticism.
In Memoriam
Remembering Harvey Pratt, Roger Allers, and Robert Burleigh
This week, we honor the designer of the Native American Veterans Memorial, a Disney animator, a picture book illustrator, and others.
Comics
Falling in Love With Vintage Gay Films
What it’s like to “rediscover” vintage gay adult films from the 1970s and 1980s in a moment of state repression.
Community
Art Problems: How Do I Get Into the Whitney Biennial?
Conventional wisdom says there isn’t much you can do, but Paddy Johnson knows that’s not the whole story.
Art Review
Fra Angelico Etched the Divine in Stone
The veiled symbolism of the artist's marble and stones has largely flown under the radar, but these mystical depths are too profound to miss out on.
Art Review
Edward Zutrau Was a Chromatic Rebel
He combined the reductive strain of Abstract Expressionism with the principles and style of Japanese ink painting, for something uniquely his own.
News
Shocking New Louvre Heist Footage Released to the Public
The video shows how the thieves made it in and out of the museum's Apollo Gallery almost seamlessly with the nation's crown jewels.