Opinion

The Fabricated Crisis of Art Criticism

The genre is more alive than ever, so why are many eager to pronounce it dead?

News

Why Is For Freedoms Designing Art for a New Brooklyn Jail? [UPDATED]

The collective proposed a series of works for the controversial Borough-Based Jails project, which has received pushback from artists and organizers.

News

Meet the Recipients of the 2025 Asian Cultural Council Artist Grants

Taiwanese puppeteer Tsai Yi-Wei plans to further develop his practice with the grant, which encourages cross-cultural exchange and collaboration.

Opinion

Manufacturing "Black Fatigue" in the Art World

Behind the declining demand for Black portraiture, and the backlash against Thomas J Price’s Times Square sculpture, lurks a strategic campaign of erasure.

Art Review

New York University MFA Students Rethink the Body

This year’s class comes up with novel ways to think about the bodies we inhabit, the stresses they carry, and their limits of perception.

News

Artists Brace for High Production Costs Amid Tariffs Chaos

From glass to steel to plywood, popular materials for sculptures and installations may be less accessible as Trump’s policies change day by day.

News

Anti-Cuomo Ads Are Popping Up Across Brooklyn

The artist-made posters all drive home the same message: Don't vote for the disgraced former governor, and don’t vote for embattled current Mayor Eric Adams.

Art Review

Fifteen Shows in One at Bard’s Center for Curatorial Studies

This beast of an exhibition includes kinky live performances, site-specific installations, and a prevailing feeling of joyousness.

Book Review

Unraveling the Imperial Impulses of Chinese Textiles

Like an art history detective, Mei Mei Rado mines textiles and techniques to reveal cross-cultural Chinese-European liaisons driven by nationalism and a keen interest in design.

News

Congress Members Demand Investigation Into Trump's Smithsonian Mandate

House Democrats say the president’s executive order targeting “race-centered ideology” jeopardizes the institution’s independence.

Books

Hitler’s Three-Hour Architectural Tour of Paris

His first and last trip to the city in 1940 was not for military purposes — he left that to his generals — but for his one true love: art.

Art

New York Area Shows We Love Right Now

From local concerns in the Bronx to global issues in Queens, plus a trip to see Indigenous art in New Jersey, our favorite art is far-reaching right now.