Art Review
The Nightmares Beneath the Surface of "Dreamworld"
The traumas of war and genocide and the fascist leanings of Salvador Dalí are among the subjects that this sprawling exhibition leaves out.
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Books Newsletter
David Wojnarowicz in the Age of Surveillance
Books on the living tradition of Palestinian embroidery, the women artists whose legacies Picasso eclipsed, and more to kick off 2026.
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Mitchell Johnson: Two San Francisco Exhibitions of Large-Scale Paintings
The Bay Area artist opens 2026 with “Large New England Landscapes (Selected Paintings 2008-2025)” and “Giant Abstract and Landscape Works (Selected Paintings 2012-2025).”
Book Review
The Contemporary Relevance of Palestinian Tatreez
“When people wear Palestinian embroidery, it’s not just decorative. It's beautiful, of course, but it is saying something,” says author Joanna Barakat.
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Apply for IDSVA’s Low-Residency PhD in Visual Arts: Philosophy, Aesthetics, and Art Theory
The Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts is accepting applications for September 2026.
Venezuela
Visions of Venezuela and Cuba From Exile
An exhibition near Washington, DC, offers an immersive reclamation of memory and identity in all their fluidity and impermanence.
Daily Newsletter
No One Was “Picasso’s Woman”
South Africa axes a performance about the genocide in Gaza, the real lives of the women who loved Picasso, the imaginative worlds of Rousseau, and Beer With a Painter.
Weekly Newsletter
The Things That Really Matter
Artists respond to ICE's brutality and the attack on Venezuela, Anselm Kiefer’s rustbelt romanticism, and lessons from David Wojnarowicz.
Feature
Here’s Why the LA Art Show Is Worth Your While
A debut Latin American Pavilion, a video art display, and a mini-retrospective of biennials underscore this fair’s cultural and political relevance.
News
South Africa Axes Venice Biennale Proposal Centering Gaza Victims
Right-wing culture minister Gayton McKenzie reportedly called the subject of artist Gabrielle Goliath’s performance “highly divisive in nature.”
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Trump Withdraws From Major Culture Preservation Groups
Two entities focused on global heritage and arts policy are among dozens the White House deemed “contrary to the interests” of the United States.
Interview
Beer With a Painter: Michael Berryhill
“You can’t think your way through a painting,” the artist said during our conversation at his home studio in the Catskills. “You can only act, mark, or feel your way through.”