In Memoriam
Paula Kamps, Painter of Rare Sensitivity, Dies at 36
This week, we also honor Tess Jaray, luminary of abstraction, and Ben Morea, counterculture icon.
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News
Engaging With Art Can Slow Aging, Study Claims
A group of researchers at University College London identified a relationship between consuming and creating art and a lower biological age.
Opinion
Fixing the Potholes in NYC’s Cultural Infrastructure
If “pothole politics” is about fixing what people experience in their daily lives, then cultural funding should follow the same logic: steady, predictable, and built to last.
News
The Louvre Heist Is Coming to a Cinema Near You
The brazen theft at the Paris museum is set for a film adaptation amid an ongoing investigation and the stolen jewels still at large.
Art Review
The In-Between Worlds of Larissa Borteh
In the artist's paintings, are we looking at plants in a state of beautiful decay, ghosts, deities, fairylands, or something from a dream?
News
Trump Re-Erects Monument of Enslaver Removed in 2020
The statue of Caesar Rodney, a signer of the Declaration of Independence who enslaved at least 200 people, is now on display in DC's Freedom Plaza.
News
Miami Graffiti Legend Eric Alan Hirt "Eson" Killed in Train Strike
The prolific tagger boldly transformed the city's street infrastructure for decades.
News
Ansel Adams Trust Decries Dealer's Sale of Photo Colorized Using AI
The trust said gallerist James Danziger's AI-altered editions, offered at an art fair, “exploited Ansel’s name, reputation, and his most iconic image."
Feature
The Private Worlds of Charlotte Brontë and Octavia E. Butler
Behind The Huntington Library’s glass cases, the layers of motherhood, career, friendship, family, and loss are revealed in personal objects.
Art Review
Haegue Yang’s Constellations for a Divided Korea
The artist’s play on light and shadow transforms Venetian blinds into haunting reflections on exile, borders, and the longing for reunification.
Art Review
The Invincible Spirit of Edmonia Lewis
A first-of-its-kind exhibition honors the pathbreaking artist's Black and Indigenous ancestries.
Art Review
For Ceija Stojka, Memory Is Survival
She rejected fascism not only by depicting what she endured in the Holocaust but also the tenderness of everyday Romani life.