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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Center for the Preservation of Artists’ Legacies Announces 2025 Conference
Join CPAL for their third annual conference on promoting equity in the stewardship of multiple individual artistic legacies. June 2–4, 2025.
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.
Art Review
One Man’s Trash Is Another’s Art
An exhibition argues that human production — its surplus and waste — is a rising influential force in contemporary art.
Art Review
Global Tourism Was Built on Headless Blemmyes
The Book of Marvels is the kind of show that’s hard to avoid at archival art institutions, wherein problematic historical content, aesthetic appeal, and fantasy all intersect.