Art Review
The All-Over Art of Hamid Zénati
A new retrospective of Hamid Zénati is also an important record of an interconnected North African modernism.
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Art Review
The Intense Intimacy of Caravaggio
He seems to speak to us directly and clearly, given his love of striking light and shadow. We experience him personally.
Features
When NYC’s Piers Were a Sanctuary for Gay Gathering
In the 1960s, amid the shipping industry's decline, the empty piers became a site for cruising and creativity for gay men in particular.
Opinion
Curtis Yarvin’s Venice Biennale Proposal Proves the Far-Right Can’t Do Art
Not content to help disintegrate democracy here at home, the cheugy shit-poster is seeking to create a new low cultural watermark in a city known for its rising tides.
News
Ringling Museum Will Stay Under Florida State University, for Now
Florida lawmakers dropped Republican Governor Ron DeSantis's highly contested proposal to transfer control of the institution to the New College of Florida.
News
Climate Activists Splash Paint on a Picasso in Montreal
"There are more than 200 wildfires in Canada at the moment," said a protester as he threw washable pink paint on the glass-protected portrait.
Book Review
Alice Austen’s Pioneering Lesbian Gaze
Her intimate photographs of women include humor and playfulness, and speak to her closeness to her subjects.
Art Review
An LA Show Breathes New Life Into Fire-Damaged Art
Burn Me! at The Box examines how fire has shaped art and life west of the San Bernardino Mountains — in the last six months and far earlier.
Community
Required Reading
This week: when Toni Morrison edited Barbara Chase-Riboud, trans women artists in Mexico, Jane Austen paraphernalia, a pigeon pageant on the High Line, and much more.
Community
A View From the Easel
“I can paint in my pajamas and at any time of day.”
News
Scientists Recreate Ancient Egypt’s Prized Blue Pigment
The researchers shared their surprising findings in a new study that highlights the importance of using science to examine art and antiquity.
Art Review
For Glenn Ligon, Language Is Material
An exhibition of Ligon’s well-known works at the Brant Foundation shows how language fails us and confronts us with silence.