Guide
Your Concise Guide to Armory Week 2019
Your useful guide to the fairs and exhibitions of interest this week.
Latest
Film
The Origins of the Colombian Drug Trade Told Through an Indigenous Family's Eyes
The female-forward characters and the matrilineal Wayúu tribe the movie orbits have gone surprisingly under-explored by film critics.
Books
The Real Life Dilemma of an Artist with Bipolar Disorder
Yet at age 19, Rachel Lindsay was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, and then realized that upon graduating, she had to be shackled to a corporate job that would provide steady income and much coveted health benefits.
Art
The Stunning Images Nominated for the 2019 World Press Photo Contest
There were 78,801 submissions to the annual contest, and judges chose 43 impressive photographs.
Announcement
The Art on Paper Fair Returns to Manhattan's Pier 36 on Thursday, March 7
The fair will feature 100 galleries from around the world with the best in top modern and contemporary paper-based art.
Art
Just Because You’re on Hold, Doesn’t Mean You Shouldn’t Dance
Nina Katchadourian remixes on-hold music for a dance party at the Fridman Gallery.
Film
A New Documentary Unveils Remarkable Footage of the Apollo 11 Mission
The astonishing documentary Apollo 11 cobbles together forgotten footage shot by NASA employees and uncatalogued audio recordings from personnel who worked on the Apollo program.
Books
Can This System Hold the “Keys” to Modern Art?
Simon Morley's new book presents a seven-tiered analytical framework that aims to make even the most inscrutable works of modern art accessible.
Interview
Tschabalala Self’s Avatars of Black Womanhood
Tschabalala Self explores the iconography, interiority, and subject status of Black women in her multimedia portraits.
Art
Paintings that Capture Our Ever-Changing Perceptions of Boyhood
Enrique Martínez Celaya distills how the concept of "the boy" changes with judgement and time, just as painting itself is linked to materials and history.
In Brief
After Diplomatic Squabble, Italy Agrees to Lend France Its Leonardos for Major Exhibition
Italy's rightwing government initially refused France's request for Leonardos because it believed the Louvre exhibition would “put Italy on the margins of a major cultural event.”
Art
Finding Connections Between a 1960s Artist Commune and an Ancient Mayan Community
Beatriz Cortez has created a space that feels both freshly futuristic and profoundly ancient.