Interview
10 Questions for an Artist Who Grows Her Own Pigments
Ellie Irons explains how she mindfully harvests plants and transforms them into paints, a labor of love detailed in her how-to guide Feral Hues.
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Open Letter Calls On British Museum to Drop BP Name
A missive signed by 80 artists and activists including Nan Goldin draws parallels between the oil giant and the Sackler family, whose name has been removed from institutions worldwide.
Art
The Many Lives of a Purell Bottle
In Purell Night & Day, Susan Chen focuses on the ubiquitous hand sanitizer, a reminder of the isolation we experienced during the lockdown.
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23 Artists on Making It in San Francisco
Fight and Flight: Crafting a Bay Area Life examines how artists stay — or don’t — in an area with steep rents, scarce studio space, and a high cost of living
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The Candid Visual Storytelling of Deb JJ Lee
Through painstakingly rendered and expressive drawings, the nonbinary comic artist processes some of their life’s darkest moments and hardest truths.
Books
When Does Art Make Monsters of Its Fans?
In her new book, Claire Dederer confronts the art that’s made her who she is and the anger, guilt, and love she feels toward flawed artists (including herself).
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Josh Kline’s Exercise in Poverty Porn
Nothing about the on-the-nose works in Kline’s Whitney exhibition is sublime; instead, they teeter into the perverse.
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The Art World Isn’t Enough
Albuquerque artist sheri crider uses her work to transform people’s lives and create actionable change in criminal justice reform.
News
Play Dress-Up at the Met Museum With New AR App
Using the Replica app, users can track down artworks at the museum and turn them into digitized wearable items, like a Van Gogh straw hat and a Corinthian warrior helmet.
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New York’s JTT Gallery to Shutter After 11 Years
The gallery exhibited the works of Sable Elyse Smith, James Yaya Hough, and Diane Simpson, among other emerging and mid-career artists.
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Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Mosaic of Winged Medusa in Spain
The stunningly preserved Ancient Roman mosaic floor was found at the Huerta de Otero site in the city of Mérida.
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Required Reading
This week, 18th-century paintings shed light on wealth inequality today, TikTok is becoming a publisher, the internet’s favorite grandma rates her exes, and much more.