Book Review
A Warts-and-All Biography of the Man Behind the Barnes Collection
The Maverick’s Museum examines Albert C. Barnes’s complex legacy, from his support for the Harlem Renaissance to his incongruent interactions with Black art and culture.
Community
Required Reading
This week: how Serbia inspired the Renaissance, an independent magazine sues ICE, Shakespeare’s enigmatic rival, audiobook narrators deserve better, the music of Palestinian tatreez, and more.
Community
A View From the Easel
“Charcoal is my first and most enduring love.”
Features
Our Enduring Fascination With Ancient Roman Baths
From a mosaic of flip-flops in Sicily to Cicero's possible sauna, new discoveries prove that bathing has always been about more than getting clean.
News
Israeli Artists Urge Judy Chicago to Withdraw Tel Aviv Exhibition
"To save Gaza (and Israel from itself), boycott Israel,” said Guy Ben-Ner, who signed a letter calling for the show’s cancellation. “Isolate it.”
Opinion
Remembering the Pigment Shop That Taught Me How to See
Kremer’s New York City location, a painter’s paradise and key resource for conservators, is closing in November. For artists, the loss goes far beyond a storefront.
Art Review
A Caribbean Garden in the Middle of Berlin
An exhibition promotes caring for each other and the Earth in the face of ecological catastrophe.
Art Review
Eric-Paul Riege Reconfigures the Monument
The artist transforms Diné mythology, weaving, and metal work into something unparalleled and playful.
Art Review
The Trailblazing Pueblo Potter Who Forged Her Own Path
Though Jody Folwell has always felt rooted in her culture, she pursued a ceramics practice in the early 1970s with a desire to find a distinctive voice.
Book Review
The Paradoxical Promise of Postwar Liberation
Art history has struggled to address a contradictory artistic output that engaged with Japan’s modernization and occupation, a new book argues.