News
New UK Law Allows Museums to Return Objects For "Moral" Reasons
The law will apply only in "rare cases," one expert says, but nevertheless signals a shift from past legal restrictions.
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Art
Alone in a Dirty, Sacred Space
Whatever else Mire Lee's Carriers is about, it seems to me that has to do with sending you back into yourself, which is not necessarily a soothing place.
Art
The Andy Warhol Lecture That Never Happened
It's been 55 years since Warhol hired a lookalike to prank students at the University of Utah. What lessons on celebrity and capitalist consumption did his hoax reveal?
Books
“Inside the Seed, There Is a Kingdom”
Julia Guez knows that her poetry can make a "real ask" of readers, with its peculiar vocabulary and indeterminate tendencies, and that gives her hope.
Art
Otters Are Art History’s Unsung Muses
From ancient times to the present day, join us as we pay tribute to these otter-ly charismatic creatures in various visual media.
Art
Poeticizing and Politicizing Black and Asian American Abstraction
Columbia University exhibition thwarts the de-politicization of postwar abstract art with a series of provocative questions.
News
Cheeky Ad Campaign Protests Airlines’ Role in Climate Change
Some 500 satirical guerilla billboard ads posted across Europe featured texts such as "#SayYesToTheEndOfTheWorld" and “Low Fares to Plastic island.”
Opinion
Michael Heizer’s Empty Empire
Despite his reportedly encyclopedic knowledge of the region’s geologic and mineral makeup, Heizer has displayed a baffling incuriousness about the larger story of the land he digs, cuts, and plows.
Books
Queer Coming-of-Age Graphic Novel Under the Shadow of Church
Using the pressures of adolescence and indoctrination of the church as a framework, Campbell captures the stress endured by young women and their bodies.
News
Prado Museum Investigates 25 Artworks Seized During Spanish Civil War
The investigation represents the first step of a process to return the works to families and descendants of those who originally owned them.
News
Low Morale Plagues Visitor Services Workers at the Whitney Museum
The menial work, combined $17/hour pay, no benefits, and a lack of support from higher-ups has reportedly led to severe staff shortages.
Art
In Santa Fe, Artists and Retirees Join Hands to Combat Loneliness
Eliza Naranjo Morse and Jamison Chas Banks envisioned Giving Growth as a response to the forced isolation brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.