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A View From the Easel
“You become part of the studio's rhythm, and in that negotiation, something shifts in the work.”
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Opportunities
Opportunities in May 2025
Residencies, fellowships, grants, and open calls from the Vilcek Foundation, the Oak Spring Garden Foundation, and more in our monthly list of opportunities for artists, writers, and art workers.
Comics
100 Days of MAGA Broligarchy
The Siren is back for a second issue. Read up and rise up!
Books
10 Art Books to Bring to the Beach This Summer
The art of Marsha P. Johnson, Yoko Ono reappraised, Jack Whitten’s studio notebook, a fictional curator’s Greece trip goes awry, and more to read this season.
Opinion
A Sobering Photograph Captures Detained Migrants’ Cry for Help
The aerial image of 34 men spelling out a distress signal from a Texas detention center stands in defiance of a government that wants to crowd our field of vision.
News
NYC’s American Folk Art Museum Is Closing for Renovations
The bite-sized beacon of self-taught artists is expected to reopen in phases starting this coming fall.
Art Review
Cara Romero Captures the Continuity of Indigenous Culture
Collaborators rather than mere models for the artist, Romero’s subjects actively shape their own representation and convey the power of artistic reclamation.
Opinion
The Case for a Faculty Union at the School of Visual Arts
The overwhelming majority of the Manhattan school's faculty members are unprotected adjuncts.
Features
The True Story of a Rare Eva Hesse Painting Found at a Goodwill Auction
"Landscape Forms," a 1959 artwork whose whereabouts were unknown for decades, is headed to Christie’s after it was spotted online by a sharp-eyed appraiser.
News
Senate Republican Deploys Law Used in McCarthy Era Against Pro-Palestine Nonprofit
The NYC arts and advocacy organization The People’s Forum says claims of ties to the Chinese Communist Party constitute a “classic right-wing strategy” to undermine dissent.
News
A Looted Greco-Roman Statue Goes on Display Before Its Return
After a months-long legal battle, the sculpture is on view at the Cleveland Museum of Art ahead of its repatriation to Turkey, with newly added context about its provenance.
News
Pompeii Aerial Tour Helicopters Seized in Safety Investigation
Italian police claim that the tour company flew over the archaeological ruins without authorization, among other allegations.