Interview
Harmony Hammond’s Ongoing Revolution
The mainstream art world might finally be catching up with Hammond, who has been breaking barriers for more than six decades.
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Art
Tamiko Nishimura Makes the Invisible Visible
In Nishimura’s devastating photographs of everyday life in Japan, the past is never past, and the people are rendered invisible.
News
A Giant IUD Lands in DC as Senate Blocks Contraception Access Bill
The lavender inflatable is a visual reminder of what's at stake in the US as legislation protecting access to contraceptives is stalled in Congress.
Interview
The Unlikely Story of Brooklyn's Bishop Gallery
Brooklyn residents and best friends Stevenson Dunn Jr. and Erwin John founded the beloved gallery without any background in the arts.
Art
The Unspoken Truths in Jenny Holzer’s Truisms
Gaza is everywhere across the artist’s Guggenheim show, but you wouldn’t know it.
News
Artist Breaks Her Sculpture in Protest at San Francisco Jewish Museum
Anti-Zionist Jewish artists withdrew their work from the Contemporary Jewish Museum earlier this month, demanding divestment from entities affiliated with Israel.
News
UArts Hit With Class Action Lawsuit Over Alleged Labor Violations
Staff are seeking two months of pay, healthcare coverage, and damages after the Philadelphia arts school abruptly announced its closure.
Art
Required Reading
This week, minstrelsy and AI, groundbreaking lesbian athlete Helen Stephens, British pubs are struggling to stay afloat, and more.
Community
A View From the Easel
“One can never have too much natural light.”
Art
Dalit Dreamlands Redraws a Map of the South Asian Diaspora
Curator Manu Kaur rooted the show, on view at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center, in Dalit Guru Ravidas’s vision of a stateless, casteless, and classless society.
Art
LaToya Ruby Frazier’s Monument to Empathy
Though Frazier's photography is often described as “documentary,” it betrays a thorough investment in and interchange with those she photographs.
Interview
Catherine Opie’s Unrelenting Fight for Visibility
From street snapshots to resplendent studio photographs, the artist draws us powerfully into her life-long project of bearing witness to her community.