Art Review
The Worst National Pavilions at the Venice Biennale
And some we're still ambivalent about.
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Books Newsletter
Poems for Alma Thomas
An excerpt from Alexis Pauline Gumbs’s book on the late painter, plus reviews of new titles by Sophie Lewis and Dana Mashoian Walrath.
Interview
Beer With a Painter: Barbara Takenaga
The Japanese-American artist talks about her place as a paint dot in the universe and embracing disruption in her canvases.
Feature
A Bushwick Kid at Bushwick Open Studios
During my first visit to the annual event, I found towering paintings that explore our inner child, diasporic tributes to Filipina culture, and light-filled portraits of an artist's trans community.
Obituary
Photographer Nelson Garrido, Who Embraced an "Aesthetics of the Ugly," Dies at 73
The Venezuelan photographer interrogated power, religion, violence, and eroticism over a six-decade-long practice that faced relentless censorship from church and state authorities.
Art Review
The Book of Alison Knowles
A retrospective traces the language of bookmaking in her expansive work and its radical influence on American art.
News
Naomi Beckwith Says She's "Not Afraid" of Pro-Palestine Protest at Documenta 16
“People have a right to protest and express their opinions,” the curator told Die Zeit, revealing that some artists have declined to participate in the exhibition over “Germany's position on the Gaza war.”
News
German Duo Arrested After Hanging Paintings Next to Mona Lisa
The two men told Paris police the stunt was just "for fun."
Feature
In Chicago, Mexican-American Altars Reimagine Home
As ICE increasingly targets migrant neighborhoods, carefully crafted altars to La Virgen de Guadalupe outside homes transform sidewalks into sites of community and protection.
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Announcement
New Show at Pratt Manhattan Gallery Explores How Human Bodies Exist with Non-Human Objects
The internationally traveling exhibition shows the complexities and interconnectedness of these relationships. On view September 25 - December 19, 2026.
Daily Newsletter
Taryn Simon’s Evidence as Spectacle
Hrag Vartanian on a play about art, fame, and infatuation; Aruna D’Souza on Taryn Simon at the Guggenheim; the latest in the Leon Black saga; and more.
Weekly Newsletter
The Cathedral of Joy
One-on-one with Alfredo Jaar, Damien Hirst’s secret life, Anish Kapoor's optical trickery, and another BS "most influential" list.
News
Buffalo Puppet Procession Traces Native History Through NYC’s Streets
“Return of the Buffalo: Tatanka Owe Akupi” pays homage to 38 Dakota men executed by President Abraham Lincoln in Mankato, Minnesota, in 1862.
Feature
NYC’s Shelter Population Speaks Out in Public Art Project
Alex Strada’s “Public Address” brings handwritten testimonies from over 400 unhoused New Yorkers and shelter staff to a dozen locations across the Bronx.
Performance
The Titillating Tale of Damien Hirst’s Gay Hole
An infectious play by Sleth explores infatuation and fame through an imagined relationship between Hirst and his gay lover, a younger artist whose paintings consist of holes on the ground.
Book Review
What “The Book of Genocides” Teaches Us
Dana Mashoian Walrath’s work of graphic nonfiction points to historical patterns across 10 genocides, from Germany and Turkey to Gaza.
News
Liu Wei’s Met Facade Commission Reflects Our Moment
On view through next June, Liu's sculpture series “Speculation” (2026) contemplates the contradictory elements of collapse and civic transformation.
News
Leon Black Plans to Turn Woolworth Mansion Into His Own Museum, Book Reveals
The disgraced financier, whose ties to Jeffrey Epstein are being investigated in Congress, told author William D. Cohan that he wants to turn the Manhattan property into “his version of the Neue Galerie.”
Community
A View From the Easel
“Piles to start a project, piles during a project, and piles of stuff after it is finished.”
Daily Newsletter
Ed Sheeran Should Stop Thinking Out Loud
Artists skewer the singer for dropping his pro-Palestine openers, tiny hot dogs at Affordable Art Fair, and the bizarre selections of TIME100 Art.
Art Movements
The Best and the Absolute Worst of the TIME 100 List
Amy Sherald shines on the magazine’s uneven list, Artadia names a new director, Johnny Depp's awfulness, and more in Art Movements.
Feature
A Tiny Hot Dog Art Show and Other Treasures at Affordable Art Fair
Dylan Martinez's glass-blown water balloons, Deanna Billy Projects' mini wiener paintings, and Abu Oluwaseyi's abstract portraits all caught my eye at this year’s NYC edition.
News
Artists Fear Displacement as ChaShaMa Forced to Vacate Studios
The organization will lose half of its studio spaces to a tenant who wants to expand their footprint in the Brooklyn Army Terminal building.
Feature
African-American Blacksmiths Forge a Lineage of Sankofa
Blacksmiths in the South have long embedded West African symbolism into gates, rails, and window bars, proof that the craft evolved with every hand that held the hammer.