South Africa Pulls Out of Venice Biennale
Turns out Gaza broke the country's art world, too.
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The US Department of Hate
The Siren is back for a fourth edition. Read, ponder, and rise up before it’s too late.
Guide
10 Art Shows to See in DC This Spring
Nick Cave links landscapes and race, Mary Cassatt in Paris, Joan Danzinger’s sculpted universe, America through the eyes of its artists, and more.
Art Review
A Cold Plunge Into Glenn Ligon’s Blue
New works exemplify a line of inquiry central to the artist’s practice: How might language and color merge to birth figuration?
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How Punch the Monkey Captured the Hearts of Artists
A baby macaque and his ever-present stuffed orangutan at a Japanese zoo have inspired fan art worldwide, from illustration to embroidery to memes.
Art Review
Squeak Carnwath Paints Her Own Path
This artist rejects the notion that paint as a medium inevitably becomes exhausted, incapable of making something, however broken it may be.
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Mitchell Johnson’s Personal Color at Galerie Mercier in Paris
Intimate paintings spanning nearly four decades of the artist’s career are on view at the gallery from February 28 to March 21.
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Art Movements: Marilyn Minter Wins Again
The feminist artist received an international award from Anderson Ranch. Plus, new top staff at university museums, and the V&A goes to the zoo.
Art Review
Marigold Santos Takes Root
She uses epiphytes — plants that grow on other plants without harming them — as a framework for the expansive ways diasporas form.