Art
“It Makes One Speechless”: 350 Sculptures Invoke First Enslaved Africans
Dana King’s sculptures surround a plinth in San Francisco that formerly held a statue of Francis Scott Key, an anti-abolitionist.
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Opinion
An Indigenous Perspective on Frida Kahlo
Kahlo’s aesthetic reflects the vogue of her time: the mythologizing of a homogenized Indigenous past afforded by her proximity to whiteness and wealth.
Performance
A Staggering New Play Creates Space for Black Interiority and Grief
What to Send Up When It Goes Down holds Black people at its center, inviting unique moments of commiseration, anger, and helplessness with no apologies.
Art
Required Reading
This week, the funniest article of the year, online novels, reviewing a new museum building in Houston, hating on Cézanne, defining art, and more.
Art
New Views of the Everyday World
Emily Pettigrew and Aubrey Levinthal are two painters who have much in common, but their differences run deeper and are more telling.
Film
A Coming-of-Age Film That Sidesteps Cliché
Ena Sendijarević’s debut feature, Take Me Somewhere Nice, follows a young Bosnian refugee as she sets off to visit a native country she no longer knows.
Art
JR, Down the Barrel of the Camera
This is a public, political art that invites us to see the world differently, and even encourage the spirit of community.
Interview
Beer With a Painter: Clare Grill
“If a painting doesn’t have the right seasoning, it has to wait.”
Books
An Archaeology of Loss in New York City
Mark Hage's photos of empty storefronts reveal how real-estate development leaves behind sites of civic neglect.
Art
What to Do About the Artists in Your Studio
If Philip Guston wanted everyone, including himself, to leave his studio, Franklin Evans seems to be inviting everyone in.
News
Artists Support Victims of Surfside Condo Collapse
Miami-based artists are stepping in to help the victims and families impacted by the tragedy.
News
Newly Unveiled Princess Diana Sculpture Prompts Criticism
The larger-than-life statue shows the late princess surrounded by three children.