Pocket Review
Rebecca Ness Stakes Her Claim to Art History
Reinterpreting canonical works is nothing new, but her work shines when it's most personal.
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Opportunities
Opportunities in October 2026
Residencies, fellowships, grants, and open calls from ArtFields, The Image Centre, Millay Arts, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, and more in our monthly list of opportunities for artists, writers, and art workers.
News
Alice Neel’s McCarthy-Era Trial Drawings Go to Auction
The Communist painter depicted the 1949–51 Foley Square trials while on assignment for a Marxist magazine.
Feature
New Book Chronicles Studio Museum in Harlem's 58-Year History
Contributors include artists such as Dawoud Bey, who wrote that the venerated institution has "changed the shape of my life."
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At IFPDA’s October Prints & Drawings Month, Museums Are Quietly Rethinking Where Works on Paper Belong
Attend print and drawing-focused sessions in person and online with LACMA, The Met, and more throughout the month of October.
Daily Newsletter
The Art Tarot Predicts a Fateful Fall
An eventful season in the art world, Johanna Hedva surrenders to the cosmos, Derriann Pharr’s cycles of history, and other stories.
News
Milwaukee Art Museum Returns Two Jars to David Drake’s Descendants
The Wisconsin museum’s ownership transfer was followed up by a Virginia museum’s announcement of the return of another “Dave the Potter” vessel this week.
Pocket Review
A Vision of Rebirth, Raw and Sumptuous
Derriann Pharr, an artist-in-residence at the Studio Museum, draws from girlhood and womanhood in works that metamorphose before our eyes.
Art Review
Paint Isn’t Just Paint at the New York Studio School
This exhibition of painters Brenda Goodman, Steve DiBenedetto, and Bendix Harms pushed me out of my comfort zone.
Preview
A New Exhibition Explores Edmonia Lewis’s Montana Connection
The two-part show at Bozeman’s Tinworks Art is part of a citywide homage to the late Black and Indigenous sculptor and her ties to the area.
In Memoriam
Remembering Rafael Ferrer, Aracy Amaral, and Liang Shaoji
This week, we honor an arist and musician, one of Brazil’s first women museum directors, and a Chinese conceptualist.
Pocket Review
Manuel Álvarez Bravo's Solitary Gaze
The Mexican photographer's most recognizable work echoes a dreamy vision of solitude.