News
Philip Pearlstein, Whose Paintings “Rescued the Human Figure,” Dies at 98
Pearlstein made a mark on the course of art history by depicting unromanticized views of the human body at a time when such realism was unpopular.
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News
Messi World Cup Photo Deposes Egg as Most-Liked Post on Instagram
The post has accrued more than 64 million likes and counting, meaning Messi’s victory is now twofold.
Art
Philip Taaffe Digs Deeper Into the Rabbit Hole
It seems Taaffe is looking at the present as an extinction event, and that one purpose of painting is to bequeath some record of history and time to the future.
Art
How Nancy Holt Anticipated the Influencer Age
Though Holt's photos come from the mid-20th century, they anticipate 21st-century aesthetics and could be a backdrop in an influencer’s desert pilgrimage.
Art
Behind the Scenes of Remaking a Feminist Milestone
Reflecting on the five-year process of unearthing and restaging Lucy Lippard’s 1971 exhibition Twenty Six Contemporary Women Artists.
News
The New LA Medieval Torture Museum No One Asked For
The museum is the second most elaborate Los Angeles institution devoted to human suffering, after the Hollywood film industry.
Film
Turkey Targets Film Deemed “LGBT Propaganda”
The Turkish Culture Ministry has demanded its funding back on an award-winning independent film after a smear campaign by conservative media.
Announcement
Julianknxx’s In A Dream We Are At Once Beautiful Goes Beneath the Surface of Swiss Cities
Shot in Zürich, Geneva, Basel, and Lausanne, the visual artist and poet’s new film asks: Whose dreams are we attempting to live?
Art
Xylor Jane’s Cosmic Grids
The rules that structure Jane's paintings take her to some place strange and fascinating, beautiful and perplexing, mind-boggling and riveting.
Opinion
How a Landmark Feminist Show Got Erased From Collective Memory
Art critic Lucy Lippard’s first outing as a feminist curator in 1971 has, until recently, been almost entirely absent from history.
Art
The Pleasures and Pain of Carolee Schneemann's Body Politics
Schneemann's art actions laid bare the continuity between the female body, feminist writing, and sociopolitical acts of protest.
Books
In Praise of the Exhibition Catalogue
Shary Boyle’s Outside the Palace of Me exhibition catalogue provides viewers with experiences that an in-person visit cannot.