Obituary
Ides Kihlen, Abstract Painter and Argentine Art Legend, Dies at 108
The beloved artist, who got her first solo show at age 85, was known for rhythmic compositions that balanced painterly form and textual matter.
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Required Reading
This week, a museum as a site of motherhood, the amazing and terrible ways writers make their livings, Nara Smith as a performance artist? And more.
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Venice Biennale Awards Jury Won’t Consider Russia and Israel
The women-led jury said it will omit nations whose leaders are charged with crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court.
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Azerbaijan Destroys Armenian Holy Mother of God Church in Artsakh
Satellite imagery confirms that the regime demolished the church in Artsakh’s former capital city of Stepanakert.
Art Review
Tale of a Riderless Horse
When George Stubbs paints a horse, it comes alive.
Book Review
Hans Holbein Painted the Human
He surpassed all of his colleagues in the sheer depth, visceral intimacy, and empathy conveyed in his renderings of nobles, aristocrats, and thinkers.
In Memoriam
Remembering Desmond Morris, James Hayward, and Flo Oy Wong
This week, we honor a surrealist and zoologist, a monochrome abstractionist, and a pillar of Oakland’s Chinatown.
Feature
Can an Artwork Have Personhood?
Many of us yearn for intimate, almost human interactions with art objects. But the risks might outweigh the rewards.
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Historic $116M Gift Endows Lending Program at National Gallery of Art
The initiative reached an estimated 900,000 visitors across 10 institutions in the United States during its pilot year.
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Can the V&A’s New Museum Fulfill Its Democratic Promise?
In contrast with the institution’s behemoth architecture, its recently unveiled East London branches seem built on a human scale.
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What We Loved (And Didn’t) in “Greater New York”
Plus, the works we’re on the fence about in the massive MoMA PS1 survey.
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A Poetic Tribute to Ona Judge Is Coming to Philadelphia
The new work at the ArtPhilly festival will honor Judge, who fled enslavement by the Washington family, and Rem'mie Fells, a Black transgender woman murdered in 2020.