New York Newsletter
The New New Museum
The Manhattan institution reopens this week! Plus, the sari in NYC, Gainsborough, Carol Bove, and a tiny haven for experimental art in Brooklyn.
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Art Review
The Canonization of Frida Kahlo
An exhibition blasts apart any crystallized conception of the artist until no easily digestible singular figure emerges.
Feature
Artists Set Islamic Futurism Into Motion
Islamic visual traditions have long made space for realities beyond direct perception, and these artists work in calligraphy, installation, and speculative image-making to carry them forward.
Opinion
When a Palestinian Artist Asserts Her Own Humanity
Basma al-Sharif’s screening at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf was met with threats and a smear campaign, proving the point of her films on separation and displacement.
News
Dozens of Venice Biennale Artists Demand Israel’s Exclusion
Artists Yto Barrada, Carolina Caycedo, Gala Porras-Kim, and Alfredo Jaar are among the nearly 200 signatories of a new missive.
Opinion
I’m an NYU Contract Professor. This Is Why We Plan to Strike.
For years, NYU’s administrators have casualized the school’s teaching force, many of them artists, by creating a second tier of full-time contract faculty.
Daily Newsletter
Gainsborough’s Pride and Prejudice
Meet a pioneer in museum accessibility, NY Academy of Art returns Epstein money, Seurat and the sea, the politics of the sari, and more.
Feature
The Tender Work of Preserving Renee Good’s Memorial
A traveling photographer has decided to stay in Minneapolis to care for the hundreds of artworks, objects, and messages left in memory of the poet and mother.
Feature
The Sartorial Is Political in “The New York Sari”
At the New York Historical, an exhibition reminds us that the sari is a living art form, an heirloom, a document, and a political statement in one.
News
New York Academy of Art Says It Will Donate Epstein Money
The announcement follows new revelations about sex offender's ties to the school in the latest release of Epstein files.
Feature
Meet the Woman Who Made Museums More Accessible
The first head of Accessible Programs at the National Gallery of Art tells us about her path and the future of museum accessibility.
Art Review
Thomas Gainsborough’s Portraits of Pride and Prejudice
The English artist’s paintings work hard to make social hierarchy feel beautiful, even natural.