Guide
Toronto Biennial of Art Promises Joy Amid Precarity
The third edition of the free citywide event features artists including Cecilia Vicuña and Pamila Matharu.
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Getty Apologizes After Exhibition Kick-off Event Injures Spectators
The event to kick off the museum’s PST Art: Art & Science Collide initiative struck guests with falling debris.
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Latinx Art Book Fair Launches at New York University
The inaugural fair, spanning books, zines, posters, and academic publications, is organized by the university’s Latinx Project.
Film
The Slipperiness of COVID-Era Cultural Memory
Director Lou Ye follows a film crew in Wuhan who decides to revive a project abandoned 10 years prior, only to be placed under lockdown during shooting.
Film
The Indie Roots of Confessional Film
In the late 1980s and '90s, a wave of independent directors turned cameras on themselves, utilizing documentary as a mode of confession and self-reflection.
Art
Required Reading
This week, yoga and nationalism, opulent Tibetan mandalas, the environmental costs of ChatGPT, Earth’s temporary “mini-moon,” and much more.
Art
How Lucas Cranach the Elder Went From Making Icons to Agitprop
The artist would develop a distinctly Protestant imagery that replaced sacredness with utility, functioning essentially as propaganda minister for Martin Luther.
News
Isabella Stewart Gardner Room Plundered by Infamous Heist Gets a Facelift
The floor-to-ceiling restoration is set to be completed by early 2027.
Community
A View From the Easel
“The experience of beginning with literally a white cube was actually very cathartic.”
News
Second Man Buried Under Notre Dame Identified as French Poet
Two years after his sarcophagus was discovered, archaeologists identified the remains of a 16th-century aristocratic poet credited with popularizing French-language sonnets.
Art
Is the “Lion of Venice” Actually From China?
A new study traces the winged leonine artwork back to the Yangtze River basin, hypothesizing that it was likely a colossal, reassembled "tomb guardian.”
Art
Kelli Morgan’s Fight to Champion Detroit's Black Artists
The curator and scholar launched the Black Artists Archive to honor overlooked histories and affect change in the present.