Weekly Newsletter
The Things That Really Matter
Artists respond to ICE's brutality and the attack on Venezuela, Anselm Kiefer’s rustbelt romanticism, and lessons from David Wojnarowicz.
Latest
Features
Here’s Why the LA Art Show Is Worth Your While
A debut Latin American Pavilion, a video art display, and a mini-retrospective of biennials underscore this fair’s cultural and political relevance.
News
South Africa Axes Venice Biennale Proposal Centering Gaza Victims
Right-wing culture minister Gayton McKenzie reportedly called the subject of artist Gabrielle Goliath’s performance “highly divisive in nature.”
News
Trump Withdraws From Major Culture Preservation Groups
Two entities focused on global heritage and arts policy are among dozens the White House deemed “contrary to the interests” of the United States.
Community
Beer With a Painter: Michael Berryhill
“You can’t think your way through a painting,” the artist said during our conversation at his home studio in the Catskills. “You can only act, mark, or feel your way through.”
Art Review
Uncovering the Secrets of Henri Rousseau’s Paintings
A new exhibition freshly contextualizes many artworks in the light of his personal story, while conservators conducted revelatory technical studies.
Book Review
The Women Who Were More Than Just Picasso’s Loves
Sue Roe explores the agency and victories her subjects experienced as women who, we are repeatedly reminded, ardently loved Picasso.
Sponsored
Announcement
“Sandcastles” Tells the Tale of Two Singapores
The new short from documentary filmmaker and multimedia journalist Carin Leong explores the transient nature of humankind’s existence through sand.
Film Review
There’s More to Look at Than Learn in 100 Nights of Hero
The film faithfully translates the feminist commentary of Isabel Greenberg's graphic novel while deemphasizing its more complex narrative techniques.
Daily Newsletter
Art Against ICE
How protestors are memorializing Renee Nicole Good, an homage to NYC’s MetroCard, an exclusive look at Joiri Minaya's artist film, and our weekly community columns.
News
Artists React to the ICE Killing of Renee Nicole Good
Online and on the streets, protesters are expressing their rage and grief through art.
Community
Required Reading
Roxane Gay on the Guerrilla Girls, the uncertain future of the dictionary, Trump’s attacks on Venezuela and manufacturing consent, anti-ICE whistles, Snoopy turns 75, and more.
Community
Art Movements: Knights, Presidents, and Crooks
Christie’s auctions off a painting by Jimmy Carter, Trump sells a painting of Jesus, King Charles hands out honors, and more.
Features
NYC’s Transit Museum Pays Homage to the MetroCard
An exhibition reminisces about the yellow icon’s 32-year reign as the MTA retires the payment method for good.
Sponsored
Announcement
University of Notre Dame Offers Fully-Funded MFA With Generous Stipend
Notre Dame is accepting graduate applications for fall 2026 in Studio Art (Painting/Drawing, Photography, Ceramics, Sculpture) and Design (Industrial Design, Visual Communication Design).
Artist Film
Joiri Minaya: Venus Flytrap
Co-directed by Joiri and Xenia Matthews, the film follows the artist through the creation of a performance series and installation in North America's oldest surviving botanical garden.
Community
A View From the Easel
“The studio is not neutral.”
Opinion
Museum Leaders, Recognize Your Unions Now
Art institutions in the United States continue to force elections and exclude workers from eligibility to join unions, running counter to their own purported values and goals.
In Memoriam
Remembering Lucia Di Luciano, Rosa von Praunheim, and Kathleen Goncharov
This week, we honor an Italian painter, a filmmaker who chronicled queer life, and a beloved museum curator.
Art Review
International Rendezvous at Guatemala’s Paiz Art Biennial
This year’s biennial, The World Tree, was intended to highlight the “archetypal myth central to many ancient cosmogonies.”
News
Seeing Art Is Good for Your Nervous System, Study Finds
The new research posits museums and galleries as “accessible, non-clinical spaces for preventive health promotion,” per the study’s authors.
Art Review
Anselm Kiefer’s Rustbelt Romanticism
In Becoming the Sea, nostalgia for the Rhine River of Kiefer’s childhood flows into homages to the Mississippi as a symbol of both industry and creative freedom.
Sponsored
Announcement
Apply for NXTHVN’s Studio and Curatorial Fellowships
Up to seven artists and two curators will participate in a paid, 10-month intensive residency in New Haven, Connecticut.