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DHS Appropriates Japanese Artist’s Work in Racist X Post
Hiroshi Nagai, best known for painting leisurely beach and poolside scenes, told Hyperallergic that he is “at a loss” after the agency used his work to promote its agenda.
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Internet Goes Wild for The Met’s Newly Acquired Mannerist Painting
Online reactions to Rosso Fiorentino's recently discovered work might be channeling the very essence of the stylized art movement 500 years on.
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Columbus Statue at the White House
Trump installs a toppled Columbus statue outside the White House, a Paul Klee exhibition in New York opens without its centerpiece, and photos from Morandi’s studio in Bologna.
Books Newsletter
White Girls and the Global South
Happy spring! If you've been stuck in a reading slump like me, look no further.
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Is There an Ethical Path for AI Art?
There is a destabilizing, dreamlike sense of awe in encountering something without knowing the answer to sanity’s most fundamental question: “Is this real?”
Art Review
The Angel of History Is Stuck in Jerusalem
The iconic Paul Klee work is missing from an exhibition about fascism at the Jewish Museum in New York due to "current conditions" in Israel.
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Trump Erects Contentious Columbus Statue Outside White House
The original was among dozens of Columbus monuments toppled in 2020 during nationwide protests against racial violence.
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Joel Meyerowitz on Photographing Giorgio Morandi’s Studio
“He was assembling a force field of geometric objects,” said Meyerowitz, whose book of images exploring the painter's famous still lifes is being rereleased this spring.
Book Review
Before the “Global South,” Indian Modernists Dreamed of Solidarity
Historian Atreyee Gupta unravels the threads of catchall terms like “Global South” to trace the connections between Indian painters and anticolonial figures like Frantz Fanon.
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Whitney Biennial Shies From the Moment
Our editor-in-chief's thoughts about the Whitney Biennial, John Yau remembers Thaddeus Mosley, the fallout from the allegations against Cesar Chávez, and more.
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Iranian Artist Speaks Her Heart
Plus: Impressions from the reopened New Museum, impending strike at NYU, Islamic futurism, the price of Egyptian blue, and much more.
Art Review
The Whitney Biennial Is for the Faint-Hearted
I got the sense that this biennial is hiding from the world today instead of reflecting on it.