Open Studios
Sunset Park, Where You Can Still Get an Artist Studio for Under $600
At the Brooklyn neighborhood's Open Studios festival, artists showed off the works they make in converted factories, warehouses, and three-story walk-ups
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Museum Unions
V&A Museum Staff Set to Strike Across All Four London Sites
Allegations of “Amazon-style” working conditions and calls for pay raises prompted unionized workers to authorize yet another strike at the UK museum network.
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The MIT Professors Bedazzling Security Cameras to Highlight Campus Surveillance
The intervention is responding to the university’s recent $3 million investment in more than 500 new AI-integrated campus surveillance cameras.
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Art Basel Paris Undergoes Lockdown Ahead of Opening
Police ordered the Grand Palais to briefly shut down amid the nationwide student protests.
Film Review
To Be Alone With Your Thoughts in '70s New York
Fred Camper's contemplative film "Suicide Note" was born out of grief and a city in collapse.
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Announcement
Applications Open for the MFA in Studio Art at Maine College of Art & Design
Apply by January 17, 2027 to be considered for a full-tuition scholarship.
Daily Newsletter
Paris Students Shut Down the Louvre
Artist Rosana Paulino makes a self-portrait of Brazil, protests in France and Colombia, and this month’s edition of Beer With a Painter.
Books Newsletter
Art Books on Needles and Threads
We recommend titles on fiber art, weaving, and textiles, plus Megan O’Grady on a new John Berger biography.
News
Hundreds Protest in Colombia After Far-Right President Removes Works From National Museum
In a Trumpian move, the government of Abelardo de la Espriella took down works referencing LGBTQ+ and women’s rights and political violence.
Feature
Gowanus Open Studios Turns 30
This year’s iteration of the artistic assembly was a love letter to the neighborhood and its craftsmanship amid an era of remediation, development, and gentrification.
Interview
Beer With a Painter: Melissa Brown
“I want to visualize the fact that, despite our perception, reality is changeable,” the Brooklyn-based artist said of her paintings.
Art Review
David Reed Went Where Lichtenstein Wouldn’t
He brought his optical preoccupations into the 21st century, without losing his love of artists from earlier eras.