Art

The Bold, Blessed Paintings of a Sharecropper’s Daughter

An exhibition showcases the graphically powerful work of Mary T. Smith — a self-taught artist from Mississippi — in a rare, in-depth survey.

Art

A History of Writing, from Hieroglyphs to Squiggles

An exhibition at the British Library powerfully delves into the personal and political complexities of writing, driving home that it's not only one of humanity’s greatest inventions, but born out of the strongest human motivations.

Art

Probing the Proper Grounds for Criticism in the Wake of the 2019 Whitney Biennial

In the wake of numerous critiques regarding the lack of perceived “radicality” in the Whitney Biennial, a critic analyzes the implications of artist Simone Leigh’s response.

In Brief

Security Guards at Seattle's Frye Art Museum Have Unionized [UPDATED]

Workers have partnered with city officials who are calling on the museum's management to voluntarily recognize their union.

In Brief

Facebook's Possible Skyscraper Inaugurates the "Penn15" Club

New architectural renderings for Facebook's offices at 15 Penn Plaza have an absurd name, but the real joke is that the company has already committed to leasing another building at One Madison Avenue.

Film

How a '70s Anthropological Experiment Turned into the "Sex Raft"

In Marcus Lindeen's documentary The Raft, the subjects of the disastrous study reenact its strange events.

News

Week in Review: Museum Workers Urge Transparency, Trump Baby Returns in the UK

Also, New Jersey named eight members of the Sackler family in its lawsuit against Purdue Pharma, a Turkish video activist chained himself to the culture ministry in Ankara, and more.

Art

Queer Artists in Their Own Words: Savannah Knoop Is an Intimacy Hound

LGBTQ Pride Month is now. Every day in June, we are celebrating the community by featuring one queer artist and letting them speak for themselves.

Opinion

A Woman’s Work is Never Done (Or, Too Often, Is Done and Attributed to a Man)

After Spencer Tunick staged an action outside of Facebook's NYC headquarters to protest social media censorship, many pointed out its similarity to the work of feminist artist Micol Hebron.

News

This Gentileschi Painting Spent Some Time in a Prison, and a Nicolas de Staël Painting Sold for $3.3M

Plus, classic cartoons from The Peanuts change hands, and the mysterious case of an $88.8 million Rauschenberg may be solved.

Art

A Show About Stonewall's Legacy Falters on Inclusion

While impressive in its scope and engagement with the era’s tensions, Art After Stonewall fails to adequately represent the roles of people of color, trans folks, and folks with disabilities.

News

Rutgers University Accused of Unconstitutionally Defunding a Student Newspaper

The Daily Targum, Rutgers's 150-year-old student newspaper, is struggling for financial survival after it lost most of its funding in a recent student referendum.