Art
How John Mitchell Shakes Up Portraiture
Mitchell is conscious of the many profound changes occurring in our society, and the urgent need to challenge old tropes.
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Art
What if Van Gogh Could Paint Your Hometown?
Neither Picasso nor Hilma af Klint ever visited the Faroe Islands, but in a new exhibition, a museum uses AI to imagine how these artists would have painted their archipelago.
Art
A Difficult but Necessary Exhibition About Roadkill
Jeanne Dunning's works attest to widespread human disregard for animal life, and their finished form insists on both their deadness and how it happened.
Books
The Lasting Appeal of Wittgenstein's “Picture Theory”
If Ludwig Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus radically redefines the scope of philosophy, it has proved irresistibly suggestive to literary theorists, poets, and artists.
News
Nine NYC Museum Restaurants to Dine at (or Skip)
From the Whitney to the Guggenheim, we bring you the inside scoop on which museum dining options are worth their salt, and which could stand to add a little more.
Guide
Prepare Yourself for LA's First Keith Haring Museum Show
Art is for Everybody at the Broad Museum will focus on the artist's life and activism.
News
A New Holocaust Museum Is Coming to Arizona
The Center for Hope, Humanity, and Holocaust Education, inspired by artist Robert Sutz’s work, is slated to open in Phoenix in 2025.
Interview
Sandra Payne's Bling Manifesto
The unabashedly feminine oeuvre of the collagist, sculptor, and conceptual artist is a smorgasbord of shimmer and sequin, a bling manifesto for the senses.
News
Anna May Wong Becomes the First Asian American on US Currency
Regarded as Hollywood’s first Chinese American movie star, Wong faced racism and discrimination during her career.
Art
Ken Lum Holds Up a Mirror to the World
With their sophisticated interplay between image, text, materials, color and driving ideas, Lum’s works often have a pronounced emotional impact.
Art
Subverting Our Need for Instant Gratification
A survey exhibition at the New Mexico Museum of Art looks at artists who took a revolutionary and subversive approach to the photographic image.
Opinion
Why Does the Art World Hate Fat People?
Typical reactions to fat bodies in the art world range from pity to fascination.