Announcement
Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival Celebrates 27th Edition in Toronto
The 2023 festival includes public art by Genesis Báez, Seif Kousmate, and Hélène Amouzou visualizing intersections of land, migration, and imagination.
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Film
MTV’s The Exhibit Was a Ratings Flop
Compared to predecessors like Bravo’s 2012 "Gallery Girls," the art world reality TV show tanked.
Interview
Can You Buy the Time of a Political Prisoner?
Cuban artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, who remains behind bars at the Guanajay maximum security prison, talks to Claudia Genlui Hidalgo about his latest — and unconventional — project.
Film
Internet Perplexed by Netflix’s Black Cleopatra
Critics say producer Jada Pinkett Smith and the streaming platform should center the stories of historical Black women instead of rewriting history.
News
NYPD Arrests Artist Painting Message of Support for Unhoused Man
Helena Münninghoff, a formerly unhoused resident of the East Village, was arrested for painting a call for help for her friend on a construction fence.
Art
Can We Ever Get Closer to Vermeer?
Even when his style is at its most self-effacing, smoothly drawing us into the moment, we remain, inevitably, outside.
Books
The Stories of Art History's Detectives
The provenance researcher must be a detective, figuring out alternative ways to get at information that major participants in the trade are often unwilling to disclose.
News
Vandals Crayon Over 200-Year-Old Statue in UK
The vandalized work is a nude statue by prominent British sculptor John Bacon.
Opinion
Meet the Oligarch Who Wants to Build the World’s Tallest Jesus Statue
Armenia’s Trump-like business tycoon Gagik Tsarukyan is determined to surpass Rio de Janeiro’s Christ the Redeemer.
News
A Fellowship for LA Artists Balances Art and Abolition
Autumn Breon, juice wood, and Oto-Abasi Attah will each receive a $100,000 stipend and healthcare as Crenshaw Dairy Mart fellows.
Art
Chicago’s Miniature Art Fair Is a Big Success
From an Anish Kapoor “Mini-Bean” to teeny immersive installations, Barely Fair is a much-needed break from the art world’s extravagance.
Announcement
The 2023 Columbia MFA Thesis Exhibition Opens in New York City
Curator Jasmine Wahi notes the exhibition “instills a glowing spark of excitement for the future of contemporary art.” On view April 23 through May 21.