Weekly Newsletter
Christopher Nolan, David Hockney, Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara
A political prisoner is freed, a Homerist reviews Nolan’s “The Odyssey,” and do we have to pretend to like David Hockney’s iPad paintings?
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Joyce Kozloff Reveals Herself as Guerrilla Girls Founding Member
After decades of anonymity, the feminist artist and activist disclosed in an interview that she is the woman behind the mask of “Liubov Popova.”
News
Nvidia CEO Pours $75M Into San Francisco Art Campus
Vanderbilt University's building on the ruins of the California College of the Arts will bear the billionaire's name
Trump Administration
Trump Installs Thomas Jefferson Statue in the Rose Garden
The artist behind the piece is also responsible for a MAGA-friendly Trump statue.
Art Review
Sable Elyse Smith Reveals the Shapes of State Violence
The artist’s critique of the prison-industrial complex simultaneously deepens and skewers the legacies of Minimalism.
Art Review
Emory Douglas’s Lifetime of Revolutionary Art
At age 83, the former Black Panther Party culture minister continues to explore the possibilities of unapologetically political art.
Community
A View From the Easel
“Always in stock: coffee, beer, tequila, and that Swiss chocolate named Ragusa.”
Daily Newsletter
The Biggest American Wiener
A visit to the “Most American Pageant Ever!” and the story of a broken Jefferson statue’s quill.
News
132 New York Artists Receive $903,000 in Grants
The NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship program awards each recipient $8,000 in unrestricted cash.
News
Former V&A Academic Programs Head Accuses Museum of “Racist” Behavior
A recently shared letter from Yuko Kikuchi, who resigned from her post in January, asks the British institution to address its “culture of systemic racism.”
Art Movements
Meet the Curators of the Next “Made in LA”
Michael Wellen and José Luis Blondet get the nod, Tate names a new director, and the Immigrant Artist Biennial is back for another edition.
Opinion
Mayor Mamdani Should Reclaim the City’s Jefferson Statue
The fact that the quill of David d’Angers’s statue of the third US president broke during the nation’s 250th anniversary provides more than an irresistible symbolic trope.
New York Newsletter
Why The Met Returned a Roman Bust
Erin Thompson on the convicted dealer behind many museum artifacts, an artist tattoos Arabic calligraphy, Peter Hujar’s contact sheets, and more.
Daily Newsletter
Peter Hujar’s Darkroom Floor
Also, Coco Fusco asks: Where is Cuban artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara?
Books Newsletter
A People’s History of Mount Rushmore
Eight art books reframe America 250 and stock photography in the age of AI.
Daily Newsletter
A Convicted Antiquities Dealer’s Web
Phoenix Ancient Art funneled objects of shaky provenance into dozens of museums. Why are many of them still there?
Weekly Newsletter
Magritte, Constable, Trump's Smithsonian Wrath
Decoding the Surrealist motifs of a World Cup jersey, inhabiting the world of Gertrude Abercrombie, and Hyperallergic wins a Society of Professional Journalists award!
Daily Newsletter
A Sculptor of World Cup History
Lyndon Barrois’s “sportraits,” Noore Yazigi tattoos Arabic calligraphy, and a copyright lawsuit against Mickalene Thomas.
Daily Newsletter
With a Little Help From My Art Friends
Gertrude Abercrombie’s crew of Magic Realists, the artist selling trash from outside Taylor Swift’s wedding, and the truth about stock photography.
Daily Newsletter
Looking Up at Constable’s Sky
The British painter’s four seasons, the New Museum’s new director, and which Surrealist painter influenced a soccer jersey?
New York Newsletter
The Hudson River School’s Missive
A visit to Akira Ikezoe’s studio, and contemporary artists’ takes on Lady Liberty.
Daily Newsletter
Trump’s Unhinged Attacks on the Smithsonian
The White House accuses the public institution of “extreme activism”; plus, an interview with queer icon Carmelita Tropicana.
Daily Newsletter
Inside Akira Ikezoe’s Studio
The Whitney Biennial artist on humor and climate change, plus an unsung AbEx painter gets his due.
Weekly Newsletter
Art and Resistance on the Nation’s 250th
Our stories this week are a testament to the people’s power, and a love letter to creative communities.