Best of 2025
Our Favorite Art Books of 2025
This year, we read too many incredible books to count — here are a few that stuck with us, including tomes on Marsha P. Johnson, Mary Cassatt in Paris, and Ruth Asawa and mothering.
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In Memoriam
Remembering Frank Gehry, Martin Parr, and Mel Leipzig
This week, we honor a sculptor of buildings, a photographer of the absurd, and the “Chekhov of Trenton.”
Best of 2025
The 10 Best Paris Art Shows of 2025
Olga de Amaral’s sculptural tapestries, Otobong Nkanga’s multi-media oeuvre, Meriem Bennani’s footwear-as-soundscape, and more.
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In Maureen McCabe's Art, the Medium Is the Message
The artist takes a mystical, magical journey through America's supernatural past in a retrospective at the Benton Museum of Art.
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Liz Collins Explodes Cliches About Crafts
In her textile-based practice, she calls attention to what holds a piece together or the ways some works seem ready to come apart.
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NYC Cultural Institutions Group Taps New Leaders
Stephanie Hill Wilchfort of the Museum of the City of New York and Atiba Edwards of the Brooklyn Children's Museum will lead the coalition of city-funded institutions.
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Artist Nnena Kalu Wins 2025 Turner Prize
She is the first artist with a learning disability to earn the coveted distinction.
Best of 2025
The 10 Best London Art Shows of 2025
It was a year of surprising pairings and standout exhibitions by artists including Kerry James Marshall, Jenny Saville, and Leigh Bowery
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Beer With a Painter: Melissa Joseph
Our series on painters and their practices is back, this time for an interview with the New York-based artist who creates “paintings in felt” to explore her Irish and Indian family history.
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Museum Grants Terminated by Trump Reinstated After Court Order
But the ripple effects of the abrupt fund withdrawals are still being felt, organizations say.
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Anti-ICE Nativities Take a Stand Against Trump’s Cruelty
Despite pushback from right-wing leaders, nativity scenes with a humanitarian message are spreading across the country.
Art Review
Wifredo Lam No Longer Waits by the Coatroom
An overdue MoMA show reminds us that Lam pursued his own dialogue with African and Afro-diasporic visual cultures, even as the Parisian avant-garde exoticized his heritage.