Books
The Fascinating Lives of Vincent van Gogh’s Three Sisters
"The Van Gogh Sisters" sheds light on Vincent van Gogh’s place within the family, including a complex relationship with his sisters.
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Art
The Enchanting Visuals of Portuguese Fish Tins
The coastal country is known for its tins of fish, which are exquisitely illustrated with intricate engravings, vibrant hues, and bold fonts.
News
First-ever Exhibition of Israeli Artists in the UAE Faces Calls for Boycott
“Opening the first exhibition of Israeli artists in the region is yet another attempt to popularize normalization.”
News
Activists Convene Near Museum of Modern Art to Envision a “Post-MoMA Future”
Today’s protest kicked off “10 Weeks of Art, Action, and Conversation."
Art
Every Dealer’s Nightmare: The Inevitability of Fakes
The media almost always overlook what is truly interesting about fakes: not who made them, who sold them, or who was in on the scam and who was not, but what they tell us about art and those who produce it.
Art
Marilyn Lerner Shifts Gears, Again
Lerner’s new works evoke an asymmetrical kaleidoscopic hum, as geometric forms and multiple hues dance around each other.
Art
An Artist’s Lifetime of Asking the Hard Questions
Derek Boshier’s commitment to being a witness to the catastrophes and jarring discrepancies of daily living has contributed to his near-invisibility in New York.
Film
In Sound of Metal, There Are No Small Sufferings
Darius Marder’s Oscar-nominated film is less about the Deaf community than about the process of losing a sense inextricably tied to one’s identity.
Books
Joan Mitchell, More Like a Poet
Curators and scholars have increasingly highlighted the importance of poetry to Mitchell's art, though usually with so much circumspection that the link still remains obscure.
In Brief
Required Reading
This week, Mister Rogers's cardigans, the myth of Noblesse Oblige, inequity at a LA museum, digital media's issues, and more.
Art
The Starkly Poignant Prints of William Kentridge
Viewed in 2021, Kentridge’s preference for black and white strikes as an urging to see issues of morality more clearly.
Opinion
How to Build Resilient Black Arts Organizations
For three and a half years, I ran Weeksville Heritage Center in Brooklyn while dealing with issues of precarity.