News
Trump Sells Off Jesus Painting for $2.75M at NYE Party
The fair-skinned, light-eyed figure resembling an AI rendition of the Shroud of Turin was live-painted by a Christian artist in 10 minutes.
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Opportunities
Opportunities in January 2026
Residencies, fellowships, grants, and open calls from Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, the John Michael Kohler Arts Center, and more in our monthly list of opportunities for artists, writers, and art workers.
Crossword
The Art Crossword: Art Deco Edition
Start the year with a bit of glamour as we continue celebrating the centennial of this pivotal 20th-century movement.
Community
Required Reading
A meditation on light, hedonistic dance-floor photos, a filthy history of public bathrooms, and more reading to ring in a new year.
Community
A View From the Easel
“In retrospect, what I created in that basement astonishes me.”
News
Celebrate Public Domain Day with Betty Boop and Piet Mondrian
"The Little Engine That Could," a Salvador Dalí and Luis Buñuel collaboration, and many other works are now free to use and reuse.
Art Review
Fred Wilson Reflects Our World in Black and White
The artist confronts us with a colonial shadow of real and manufactured images that reflect our current existence and its distortions.
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How “Heated Rivalry” Sparked Thirst, Hope, and Memes
A Canadian TV show about gay hockey romance unexpectedly became a moment of tender (but sexy) relief in an increasingly unfair world.
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Bad Bunny Scolded for Touching Ancient Art at Mexican Museum
The singer and rapper posted a photo of himself with his hand on a carved stone stele at the National Museum of Anthropology.
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Cecilia Giménez, Whose Botched Restoration Became an Icon, Dies at 94
The Spanish artist delighted the world with her intervention on a church fresco lovingly dubbed “Beast Jesus.”
Best of 2025
15 Landmark Museum Acquisitions in 2025
A rare Jacob Lawrence painting, the Louvre’s first video artwork, a trove of Indigenous art, and a Frank Lloyd Wright house are on this year’s list.
A Year of Elevating LGBTQ+ Artists
This past summer, Participant Inc., a Lower East Side art nonprofit, hosted an exhibition on Chloe Dzubilo, a trans woman who became an AIDS activist after contracting the disease. The show, curated by Alex Fleming and Exx Nottage, was immensely rich and important for both its historical and personal insights