Art
Betye Saar’s Never-Before-Seen Sketchbooks Offer Deep Insights
The sketchbooks reveal how Saar's practice has evolved over time, and how time itself is a major thread in her work.
Latest
News
Hundreds of Art Workers Join Global Climate Strike in London
On Friday, September 20, around 200 art workers, many of whom have been staunchly urging UK institutions to divest from oil sponsorship, left work and took to the streets to take part in the world’s largest-ever climate protest.
News
600,000 Images Removed from AI Database After Art Project Exposes Racist Bias
The image tagging system that went viral on social media was part of artist Trevor Paglen and AI researcher Kate Crawford's attempts to publicize how prejudiced technology can be.
Announcement
Elias Sime: Tightrope Now on View at the Wellin Museum of Art
Featuring over 25 works from the past decade, Tightrope explores the full breadth of Elias Sime’s practice.
Interview
Feminist Icon Judy Chicago on Resisting the Cycle of Erasure
With three new solo shows opening this fall, Chicago doesn’t plan on slowing down anytime soon.
Performance
Performing the Legacy of Caribbean Junkanoo
Through “Junkanooacome” (“Junkanoo is coming” in Jamaican patois), Jodie Lyn-Kee-Chow offers an adaptation of a pan-Caribbean festival with a parade of masked dancers.
News
A Bronx Event Organized by New Museum Shut Down After Protest by Local Activists
IdeasCity Bronx, which was intended to feature a series of discussion panels and activities on climate change, was disrupted by activists and shut down.
Art
Required Reading
This week, museums as agents of generational equity, duck gifs, sequel to Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, a chilling commercial against gun violence in schools, and a prosperous African in colonial Virginia.
Music
The Pranksters of Pop
1000 gecs by 100 gecs should leave you feeling vaguely targeted and mocked.
Books
The Aesthetics of Ugliness
At what point does an image become objectionable?
Art
Sol LeWitt's Conceptual Book Art
LeWitt’s bookmaking fits squarely within his commitment to order and seriality, revealing his overall practice as a total work of art.
Books
A Memoir of Art, Love, and Jamaica
The artist Judy Ann MacMillan examines changes in her understanding of herself, the world, and painting against the backdrop of Jamaica’s challenging emergence as a modern, independent nation.