Art
The Impurities of Pure Abstraction
David Diao uses Barnett Newman as a sounding board to explore his own fascination with the artist and the contradictory legacies of modernism.
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Film
Anselm’s Sweeping Vision Obscures the Political
What does it mean for a film addressing overtly political themes to remain apolitical?
News
Artists Display 20,000 Poppies Outside NY Stock Exchange
Each paper flower represented a Palestinian life lost since October 7.
News
Met Museum to Return 16 Looted Khmer Artifacts
The works, linked with infamous antiquities dealer Douglas Latchford, will be repatriated to Cambodia and Thailand.
Opinion
A Cleveland Museum’s Bad Bet on a Looted Roman Statue
The Cleveland Museum of Art took a gamble in 1986 that none of its peers in the museum field had been willing to take. Now payment has come due.
Art
Required Reading
This week, homeschooling’s seedy underbelly, penguins taking “microsleeps,” the history of hats, and why are TikTokers quitting vaping?
Art
Nani Chacon Finds the Essence of Home
Her exhibition +Home+ is a mediation on notions of home through the lens of her ancestors, lived experience, and the legacies we leave.
Art
Talia Chetrit Treads the Line Between Style and Substance
Her photography presents a compelling statement about the fine line between self-investigation and self-objectification.
News
Rediscovered Rembrandt Portraits May Be the Artist’s Smallest Paintings
The tiny pair of oval paintings of an older couple from Rembrandt's family circle will be displayed for the first time in nearly 200 years.
News
Zara Stores Face Protests Over Ads Evoking Palestinian Suffering
The fast-fashion brand’s since-withdrawn campaign featured images of white-cloth bundles resembling the bodies of Palestinians killed in Gaza.
News
YOU Get a Portrait, Oprah!
A new painting of the media mogul by Chicago artist Shawn Michael Warren is joining the collection of the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC.
Art
The Memes That Carried Us Through 2023
From orcas to Barbie to Girl Dinner, here’s to the viral moments that brought a smile to our faces — or a flash of karmic justice.