Art
Required Reading
This week, soup and art museums, one owl’s escape from Central Park Zoo, the false promise of AI, when film critics hang out, and what is “faerie smut”?
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Art
The Artist Making Masterpieces Out of Bubble Wrap
Bradley Hart injects the packaging material with acrylics to recreate classic art historical paintings, portraits, and more.
Art
For Barrow Parke, Systems Are the Medium
As with the composition of our world, each element is built one strand at a time before being interwoven into a cohesive whole.
Film
Trolley Times Captures a Collective Roar for Food and Truth
Gurvinder Singh’s film artfully chronicles a movement in protest of India’s debilitating farm acts.
News
How African-American Museums Are Navigating Book Bans
Black history and culture institutions are stepping in to fill the gaps with uncensored and community-oriented programming.
News
Rubin Museum to Shutter NYC Location After 20 Years
The institution, which has faced repatriation claims and financial challenges, will lay off 40% of its staff when it closes its Manhattan space.
Community
A View From the Easel
This week, artist studios in Miami, Vermont, Connecticut, and Los Angeles.
Opportunities
Opportunities in February 2024
Residencies, grants, open calls, and jobs from the Brooklyn Museum, Harvard University, Tulsa Artist Fellowship, and more in our monthly list of opportunities for artists, writers, and art workers.
News
These Are the Artists in the 2024 Venice Biennale
The 333 participants include Samia Halaby, Lauren Halsey, and Kay WalkingStick.
News
Lisa Hunt, Who Transformed Gold Leaf in Her Art, Dies at 55
Inspired by the gilded artworks of the African diaspora, the Art Deco movement, and Gustav Klimt, Hunt was known for her intricately precise works.
News
Harriet Tubman Cultural Center Awarded Millions for Preservation
The formerly all-Black high school turned museum and community space honors the abolitionist’s story and legacy.
Guide
5 Shows to See in Upstate New York This February
Tony Cokes's urgent video works, Caitlin MacBride’s Shaker-inspired paintings, Barrow Parke's mytho-mathematical survey, and other shows that’ll warm your winter.