Art
Despite Scandals and Slashed Funding, an Art Museum Perseveres in China
CHENGDU, China — Four years after opening, Chengdu MoCA had to radically reorient itself after several prominent officials connected to it were investigated for corruption.
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Art
At Basel’s Liste Fair, a More Eclectic Sampling of Art
BASEL, Switzerland — The Liste art fair is intended to introduce new, fresh names to the fair scene in Basel. And, true, they are fresh — sometimes too fresh, so that the work seems rushed or unfinished.
Art
A Rainbow of Visual Responses to the Orlando Shooting
As I watched the unbelievable events in Orlando transpire on television news networks and social media, I was so numb that all the information jumbled together.
Comics
Remembering My Dad
My favorite memories I have with my dad are playing catch out in the street.
Art
Finding Love and Community in Nicole Eisenman's Paintings
One thing that is immediately apparent in Al-Ugh-Ories, Nicole Eisenman's show at the New Museum, is her streak of resistance.
Books
The Politics of Seeing, Being, and Visibility in Photography
It doesn’t seem right to call the latest issue of Aperture — its first issue dedicated to African American lives as represented by the medium of photography — a magazine. It is a powerhouse book; it does so much heavy lifting.
Opinion
Required Reading
This week, bohemian Paris, a strange satirical Trump video, a floating villa, the disappearance of the rifle emoji, livestreaming death, and more.
Opinion
Weekend Words: Summer
"I know I am but summer to your heart, and not the full four seasons of the year."
Books
Reader’s Diary: Man Ray's ‘Writings on Art’
Jennifer Mundy acknowledges in her Preface to Man Ray’s Writings on Art that, compared to his friends Duchamp and Picabia, he has come to be seen as something of a lightweight.
Opinion
Nicole Eisenman: An Exchange
Editor's Note: This letter to the editor was received this week and is presented here (without editing). It is followed by a response by the author, John Yau.
Art
Joanne Greenbaum’s Amazing Parties
Joanne Greenbaum began making tiny sculptures out of Sculpey in 2003.
Music
Chance the Rapper’s Musical Playground
Not since fellow Chicago icon Kanye West’s The College Dropout in 2004 has a rapper invented a totally new aesthetic so happy, so inspirational, so kind and funny and friendly and committed to making everybody feel welcome.