Features
Why the Right Can’t Stand the “No Kings” Aesthetic
The growing movement’s visual language includes protest art and costumes that subvert President Trump's patriotic iconography.
Art Review
The Beauty in the IRL
In Marta Lee’s solo show, I found a measure for reality that had never occurred to me to try before: painting.
Guide
10 Art Books to Read This Month
Hew Locke’s new monograph, an anthology of the Studio Museum’s collection, Brandon Taylor’s latest novel, and more to dive into this October.
Opinion
What I Wish I Had Known About Germany Earlier
A German newspaper commissioned an article from me but then refused to publish it.
Art Review
Celebrating the Science of Quilts
The eclectic threads of An Ecology of Quilts merge to tell a story that starts outdoors, with seeds sprouting, blooming, and reaching toward the sun.
Art Review
How Takako Yamaguchi Subverts the Seascape
The Los Angeles artist practices what she calls “abstraction in reverse,” starting from basic shapes to construct landscapes.
Features
Jane Lombard Looks Back at 30 Years of Art and Politics
The New York gallerist’s exhibition 30 X 30 reflects the works she has enjoyed the most — and their incisive and sometimes bracing sociopolitical message.
Opinion
The Arch of Trump’s Triumph and Downfall
Triumphal arches have been used for imperialistic ends since Roman antiquity, and the president’s latest proposal is no exception.
News
Louvre Museum Closed After Dramatic Daylight Heist
Thieves made off with “priceless” jewels just half an hour after the Parisian museum opened to the public.
News
Miniature Picasso Painting Goes Missing in Spain
Police are investigating the mysterious disappearance of the artwork, which was slated for an exhibition in Granada.
Art Review
In the Shadow of Ruth Asawa
Shadows aren’t an afterthought in her work, but another dimension of it — another way one thing can contain or serialize into an infinity.