Art Review
The Hunter MFA Show Is One of the Best Shows of the Year
Across painting, sculpture, installation, and video, these five group shows are excellent — no qualifiers about “student work” needed.
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News
Does the Art World Need a New Art Fair in Qatar?
As Art Basel opens its arms to new collectors in Doha, some critics will not look past the nation’s legacy of deadly conditions for migrant laborers.
News
School of Visual Arts Faculty Are Officially Unionized
Nearly 1,200 faculty members at the New York arts and design institution will be represented by the new union after a two-thirds vote in favor.
News
Hit by Federal Grant Losses, NYC Culture Orgs Ask for More City Funding
Arts and culture advocates, from museum workers to school teachers, rallied outside City Hall this week for higher baselines in the 2026 budget.
Art Review
Care and Connection Are at the Heart of the 2025 Hawai‘i Triennial
The triennial has been a reminder to seek creative ways to link tradition and the present moment and to connect across difference.
Community
A View From the Easel
“Central heating would be nice.”
Community
Required Reading
This week: Mona Chalabi on animating hijabis, the history of screensavers, Mexican activists fight big tech, the flip phone revolution, Pedro Pascal cookies, and much more.
News
Two Israeli Embassy Staffers Fatally Shot Outside DC Museum
Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky were attending an event for diplomatic professionals at the Capital Jewish Museum.
News
Columbia Students Honor Mahmoud Khalil in Unofficial Commencement
The recent graduate who was arrested by immigration forces in March was front and center at the “People’s Graduation” in uptown Manhattan.
News
LA’s $1B Lucas Museum Lays Off 22 Employees
The institution co-founded by Star Wars filmmaker George Lucas and his wife Mellody Hobson cut both full- and part-time workers ahead of its 2026 opening.
Opinion
Let It Burn
For Black people, watching the Nottoway plantation go up in flames felt like witnessing a lie collapse under the weight of truth.
Features
The French Lesbian Curator and Spy Who Saved Art From the Nazis
Michelle Young joins Hrag Vartanian to discuss her new book, which uncovers astonishing findings about the World War II hero.