Art
The Silent Lives of Found Photographs
The mind works desperately to fill the gaps in these lost stories.
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Comics
Art World Subversion Has Its Limits
Depends on who's doing the subverting.
Opinion
A Sculptor Who Helped Us Find Community Among Strangers
As funding organizations prioritize participatory public art processes and creative engagement, we might look George Rhoads’s corpus as an instigator of engagement.
Film
There Are Now Not One But Two Documentaries About the Salvator Mundi Saga
Both The Lost Leonardo and Savior for Sale dig into how museums and galleries are not merely complicit with the unregulated art-industrial complex, but are necessary to it.
News
Strike MoMA “Phase 2” Starts off Small With Activist-led Teach-in
Passersby joined the small gathering of activists and allies, surprised to learn about the connection between MoMA trustees and global politics.
News
Criticism Grows Around Artist Chosen to Replace Mexico City’s Columbus Monument
"[We] find it inadmissible that Pedro Reyes, a male artist who does not identify as Indigenous, was selected to represent 'the Indigenous woman,'" says the group.
Art
How Judy Baca Redefined the Intersection of Art and Activism
Decades of entrenched art-world racism, gender bias, and resistance to overtly political displays in art have delayed a comprehensive treatment of Baca’s career until now.
Interview
Unearthed Interviews Shed New Light on Truman Capote
Ebs Burnough’s documentary The Capote Tapes uses hundreds of hours of newly discovered interviews about the infamous author to take a deeper look at his life.
Art
In Japan, Enormous Straw Sculptures Pop Up After Annual Rice Harvest
The Wara Art Festival was founded as a solution to the Niigata farming community's excess of unused rice straw.
Art
With a Medieval Flair, Spring Break Art Show Celebrates the Eccentric
From bread sculptures to fabric galore, the pent up energy of the pandemic was overflowing at this grassroots art fair that continues to wow.
Art
The Future Is Collaborative: A New Fair Embraces Unlikely Pairings and Profit-Sharing
At Future Fair, collaborative presentations by 34 galleries challenge the traditional fair model.
Art
Seeing the Armory Art Fair as a Chance to Reconnect
Art fairs always seem to privilege and fete consumptive behavior. But they also give me an opportunity to reconnect, to revisit, to see an artist's work, and share the brilliance of my community.