Comics
Art Comes Naturally in Upstate New York
When no cultural divide is as great as urban versus rural, where are the true boundaries located?
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News
Yale Art Gallery Withdraws Federal Grant Requests After Trump DEI Ban
The university museum said it will self-fund an exhibition of African art instead of requesting NEA and NEH funding, which is subject to the president’s anti-DEI mandate.
News
Buyer of Maurizio Cattelan Banana Invests $100M in Trump Crypto
Billionaire Justin Sun is the largest holder of the president’s meme coin, which has raised concerns among ethics watchdogs.
Opinion
My Dialogues With a Political Prisoner
“It feels like the world has forgotten about us,” said artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, who recently served four years of his sentence in a maximum-security Cuban prison.
Film Review
Rashaad Newsome’s Futurist Manifesto of Black Joy
His film Assembly is more than just documentation of a performance. It’s a kind of communion.
Features
Black-Owned Film Shop Photodom Gets a New Home in Bushwick
The beloved store’s expanded ground-floor location marks a major milestone for Brooklyn’s analog photography community.
Guide
10 Upstate Art Weekend Destinations Worth the Trip
It’s that time of the year again, so get out of sweltering New York City and head north for a bounty of exhibitions, open studios, workshops, performances, and more.
Art Review
Bas Jan Ader Made Fate Into an Art
So much of what Ader explored was about surrendering to destiny, but also about heeding internal calls — to adventure, open horizons, and the sublime.
Features
Stripper Collective’s Life Drawing Merges Sex Work and Art
The East London group sees their life drawing sessions “as a natural progression from the age-old practice of hiring professional harlots and hussies as models for art.”
Guide
10 Exhibitions to See in Chicago This Summer
From Huguette Caland’s bodily abstractions to the city’s history of queer art and activism, these shows leave us refreshed, with a renewed belief in the possibility of change.
Opinion
Can an Artist’s DNA Help Detect Forgeries?
Biological residue on or around an artwork may help tell an original from a fake, but the novel method is not without risks.
Guide
Four New York City Art Shows to See Right Now
From Julia Margaret Cameron to Chloe Dzubilo, to 150 years of the Art Students League of New York, “visionary” is a theme in the shows below.