Art
The Fibers That Make Up Our Lives
Textile techniques serve as medium and metaphor in Unravel at the Barbican Centre, conveying possibilities for art and resistance.
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The Bone Magic of Joy Curtis
Curtis’s work is sensitive to matriarchal lineage: the gory miracle of birth, the fecundity of death, generational divide and transmission.
Art
Shanequa Gay Completes a Work Begun a Century Ago
Gateway to the South is cemented firmly in the South and within the artist’s own ancestry.
News
Could the Mona Lisa Get Her Own Gallery at Last?
The Louvre Museum is considering installing the artwork in a separate underground room to improve the painting’s “disappointing” viewing experience.
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Hundreds Take to City College in Art-Filled Gaza Solidarity Encampment
Multicolored tents, protest art, and an enormous display of hand-painted canvas banners express CUNY student and faculty support for Palestine.
Art
NYC’s Longest-Running Photo Fair Is Back, and Packs a Punch
Even the world's most proliferated images appear novel when they're blown up on glossy paper at the Photography Show presented by AIPAD.
Art
Palestine Solidarity Shines at the New York Art Book Fair
This year’s show is an imaginative and openly political space that flies in the face of the commercial book sphere.
Film
At Age 78, Actor John Lithgow Goes Back to Art School
Art Happens Here With John Lithgow, a one-hour PBS special premiering tonight, follows the thespian as he explores various creative forms at four LA art centers.
Art
Required Reading
This week, a new film on Amílcar Cabral, protecting Odesa’s historical buildings, rumors of the first US bullet train, pranking Google Maps, and much more.
Art
Migration Stories From World War II to Now
The fact that more than a fifth of Utica’s residents were born outside the US inspires the group show Between Worlds at the Munson Museum.
Art
When Keith Haring Painted a Mural for an Iowa Elementary School
Kids and parents were "captivated" by the artist's visit. Now, his mural for the public school's library will go on display for the first time.
News
What’s Behind the Recent Wave of New York Gallery Closures?
From pandemic-related economic blows to technological evolutions, dealers share why they’re shuttering their physical spaces.