Books
The 30 Best Art Books of 2024
This expansive genre includes any title with a bearing on the multifaceted art world — from Audrey Flack’s memoir to Caitlin Cass’s Suffrage Song.
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“Why Can’t I Speak, Germany?” Says Nan Goldin in Searing Speech
At the opening of her Neue Nationalgalerie retrospective, the artist expressed solidarity with Palestine and lambasted the German government’s support for Israel.
News
Venice Biennale Sees Second-Highest Turnout in Its History
This year’s edition drew over half a million visitors, still fewer than its 2022 edition.
News
Activists Get Prison Time for Dumping Powder on Constitution Case
Although the historical document was unscathed, the two protesters were charged with “felony destruction of government property.”
Opinion
I’m a Guard at the Seattle Art Museum. This Is Why We Plan to Strike.
After 27 months of union contract delays, we’ve had no choice but to take drastic measures.
Book Review
Jonathan Lethem’s Alternative Life as an Artist
In a new book, the novelist and essayist writes in parallel to, rather than directly about, art.
Book Review
Serenading Entwined Lineages of Black Art and Music
Organized around the five components of a song, Nikki A. Greene dissects a lineage of sonic resonance and visual aesthetics in Grime, Glitter, and Glass.
Performance
An Artist Possessed by Her Alter-Ego
In Give Me Carmelita Tropicana! performance artist Alina Troyano asks: Where does one identity start and the other end? Can they even be separated?
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Above Ground: Art from the Martin Wong Graffiti Collection
Museum of the City of New York’s new exhibition features artists like Keith Haring, Lee Quiñones, Lady Pink, and Futura 2000.
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SUNY New Paltz MFA: Dream Big Without Crushing Debt
Now accepting applications for the MFA in Studio Art degree. The deadline for funding decisions is January 15, 2025.
Art
Danny Moynihan’s Landscapes Look Back at Us
His paintings are invitingly impenetrable, even as they stir up all sorts of associations, from mythological beginnings to rampant lust and greed.
Art
Lynn Hershman Leeson Predicted Our Digital Hellscape
The video art pioneer has been warning us from the start that the more advanced digital tech becomes, the more vigilant we must all be against its lurid seductions.