Comics
So You Want to Hurt an Artist's Feelings
These backhanded compliments should do the trick.
Latest
News
Saved by Shakespeare's Father, a Series of Medieval Murals Is Finally Restored
A group of wall paintings in Stratford-upon-Avon's Guild Chapel should have been destroyed in 1563, but John Shakespeare had them covered in limewash instead, preserving them for centuries.
Art
Kerry James Marshall and the Politics of Visibility
The retrospective of the work of Kerry James Marshall demonstrates a deep knowledge of blackness and a desire to expand the world of art with it.
Art
Decoding Painted Constellations of Tiny, Mysterious Symbols
The centerpiece of Jonathan Saiz's show at Leon Gallery in Denver is a vast grid of 901 tiny paintings, the circles drawn around them and strings stretched between them evoking a conspiracy theorist's obtuse research.
In Brief
Artists Give Away Anti-Trump Designs for Your T-Shirt, Sticker, or Protest Sign
If we're going to protest continuously for four years, we might as well keep it aesthetically interesting.
News
Baltimore Loses a DIY Haven for Marginalized Artists
On December 5, city fire marshals and the housing authority condemned the Bell Foundry, a DIY venue that had become a home for local artists with marginalized identities.
News
Smithsonian American Art Museum Acquires Nearly 100 Works by Self-Taught Artists
The Margaret Z. Robson Collection is the institution's largest acquisition of its kind in two decades.
Art
Re-performing the Histories of African American Public Figures
In Written in Smoke and Fire, Edgar Arceneaux reappropriates blackface and examines the legacy of a quasi-sacral figure in national history, Martin Luther King, Jr.
Art
How Zoning Laws Shaped New York City Over the Last Century
The Museum of the City of New York explores how a century of zoning code in New York City has influenced the built environment of today.
Announcement
Otis College Announces Lineup for First LA Summer Residency
Reviewers and mentors include: Connie Butler, Chief Curator, Hammer Museum; Meg Cranston, artist and Chair of Fine Arts, Otis College; Sam Durant, artist; Jo Lauria, author and curator, LACMA; Jennifer Steinkampe, artist; and others.
Interview
The Linguistic Overlap of Color Theory and Racism
Tomashi Jackson found that the language Josef Albers used to describe color perception mirrored the language of racialized segregation.
Art
A Cuban-American Artist’s Scathing Yet Loving Views of His Homeland
Luis Cruz Azaceta, an artist who fled Cuba at age 18, shortly after Fidel Castro came to power, is a fitting inaugural exhibition for Miami's new American Museum of the Cuban Diaspora.