Art Review
The Album Art Music Left Behind
Two projects examine the visual art and design that shape our perception of music, from Raymond Pettibon’s Foo Fighters record covers to the ephemera of bygone bands.
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Books Newsletter
A People’s History of Mount Rushmore
Eight art books reframe America 250 and stock photography in the age of AI.
Daily Newsletter
A Convicted Antiquities Dealer’s Web
Phoenix Ancient Art funneled objects of shaky provenance into dozens of museums. Why are many of them still there?
Weekly Newsletter
Magritte, Constable, Trump's Smithsonian Wrath
Decoding the Surrealist motifs of a World Cup jersey, inhabiting the world of Gertrude Abercrombie, and Hyperallergic wins a Society of Professional Journalists award!
News
Legionella Bacteria Found in Cooling Tower at NYC Guggenheim
A spokesperson said there was no present danger to the public at the museum, which is located in one of three zip codes where people have contracted Legionnaires’ disease.
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Artists Memorialize Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, Houston Man Killed by ICE
Portraits, illustrations, cartoons, and signs pay tribute to the Mexican immigrant and father of three who was fatally shot in his car on his way to work.
Book Review
The Story of Printmaking Is the Story of Democracy
Holly EJ Black deftly weaves a narrative that integrates varied geographical and cultural perspectives, centering figures who may not have been artists themselves.
Art Review
The Unruly Ceramic Beings of Kathy Butterly
The artist’s quasi-vessels incorporate folds, indentations, apertures, and coverts, which hint at bodily, biomorphic, and natural forms.
News
Which Artworks Will Grace the High Line’s Plinth Next?
After Iván Argote's iconic pigeon and Tuan Andrew Nguyen’s giant Buddha, the NYC organization is inviting public feedback on 62 proposals.
Community
A View From the Easel
“My batik process is done in stages: from drawing, to waxing, to color staining, to boiling, and finally to oil painting.”
Daily Newsletter
A Sculptor of World Cup History
Lyndon Barrois’s “sportraits,” Noore Yazigi tattoos Arabic calligraphy, and a copyright lawsuit against Mickalene Thomas.
Art Movements
Warhol Foundation Awards $5.1M to 78 Arts Organizations
Raphael breaks records at The Met, the Honolulu Museum of Art gets a new director, and more.