News
Richmond’s Last Confederate Statue Comes Down
“The work to battle entrenched white supremacy in our communities is far from over,” said artist Sandy Williams IV.
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Art
Modern Menorahs That Break the Mold
From a banana menorah to versions by Dalí and Peter Shire, artists have long remixed the traditional Hanukkah lamp.
News
Vatican to Return Its Parthenon Marbles Fragments to Greece
Pope Francis called the works’ repatriation a “donation.”
Art
Required Reading
This week, a rise in nuclear fusion, the downfall of the "COVID billionaire," holiday string lights with a twist, and how many people would actually return a lost wallet?
Review
Pat Steir Accepts Time's Passage With Grace
Steir’s work of the ’90s was the result of physically demanding processes. What happens when you cannot do what you once did?
Books
Demolishing the Categories of Word and Image
An anthology of poems, fiction, and translated essays combined with images explores the role of memory and the visual.
News
Cézanne Portrait, Hidden for 158 Years, Found Under a Still Life
The painting, discovered by a Cincinnati Art Museum conservator, might be one of the Post-Impressionist painter’s first self-portraits.
News
MASS MoCA Workers Celebrate First Union Contract
Earlier this year, the union held a one-day strike over “lowball” wages and prolonged negotiations.
News
An Unconventional Grant That Lets Artists Pay it Forward
The 15 initial winners of the Art Matters Foundation grant each choose another artist to receive the prize.
Art
The Stirring Political Etchings of Nicolás De Jesús
The Mexican artist’s works reveal the radical possibilities of an indigenous sensibility charged with a keen awareness of politics and art history.
Art
Wildfire Ash as a Medium
Meet the artists who use ash and residue from natural disasters to send an urgent message about the environmental calamity unfolding before us.
News
Only 8% of UK Artists Come From Working-Class Background
A new study making waves in the UK finds that people from low-income backgrounds are less likely to become artists — but that’s always been the case.