Community
Required Reading
This week: an homage to the Young Lords, wool in Armenia, AI is not your friend, remembering Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, whale personhood, cuffing season at Frieze, and more.
Community
A View From the Easel
“I try to only love people. However, I do really, really like the proportions of my studio.”
Announcement
Build a Career in the Arts With the University at Buffalo’s Fully Funded MFA
All students in this interdisciplinary studio art program receive full-tuition scholarships and can gain professional experience as educators through subsidized teaching appointments.
Features
Jewish Museum Reopens With Rare Works by Anish Kapoor
The museum’s building now includes two new floors dedicated to its vast collection of artwork, historical artifacts, and ceremonial items.
Community
Remembering Tony Fitzpatrick, Gilles Larrain, and Gabriel Ramírez Aznar
This week, we honor a Chicago stalwart, a photographer of drag culture, a Yucatán painter, and others.
Art Review
Gideon Bok Goes Political
With Gaza on his mind, he pushes us to reconsider the relationship between the studio artist and activist.
Features
An Exhibition of Silenced Artists Sends a Warning in New York City
Don’t Look Now: A Defense of Free Expression centers art impacted by President Trump’s crackdown on DEI, anti-Palestine sentiment, and other forms of suppression.
Book Review
An Ode to Lois Dodd
A new monograph on the nonagenarian American painter is a well of bliss.
News
NYC Arts Nonprofit Canal Projects Closing After Four Years
The organization said it will shift gears to a grants and funding model after ceasing operations in its physical space next spring.
Art Review
The Minister Who Created Care Through Clay
Joyce McDonald describes herself as a “testimonial artist,” who bears witness and represents the sacred as she and her community experience it.
News
Visit the NYC Street Now Named After Basquiat
The stretch of Great Jones Street where the late artist lived and worked will now be known as Jean-Michel Basquiat Way.
News
French Museum Reports Theft One Day After Louvre Heist
The Maison des Lumières Denis Diderot in Langres said several gold and silver coins were stolen while the institution was closed.