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Wrightwood 659 Hosts Chryssa & New York
Chryssa’s long unseen neon sculptures shine again in a new groundbreaking exhibition. On view now through July 27 in Chicago.
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Giving Space to Black Women at 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair
The special attention to women artists highlights the importance of intersectional representation in the fight for inclusion.
News
Students Stage Sit-In for Gaza at NYC’s School of Visual Arts
More than 50 protesters including students from the Fashion Institute of Technology and NYU rallied in support outside the school.
Art
Required Reading
This week, new US census categories, a dispatch from an art-framing shop, university crackdowns on student protesters, silly TikTok recipes, and much more.
Opinion
The Miscarriage Collages That Were Too Much for the Art World
In 1974, the San Francisco Art Institute isolated Joanne Leonard’s series Journal of a Miscarriage from the rest of the works in her solo show. Has anything changed since?
Books
This Art Book Is About You!
Much has been written about artists, curators, and art historians. Oskar Bätschmann’s The Art Public: A Short History is dedicated to the spectators on the other side.
Art
The Animal Wonderland of Les Lalanne
Blending zoomorphic elements with a fanciful aesthetic, the artist duo’s functional animal sculptures evoked a sense of wonder and enchantment.
Art
Here’s What’s Worth Seeing at Frieze New York
The East Asian art of paper cutting, drawings inspired by Brazilian woodworking, and cunty ceramics are among the standouts of a mostly uninspiring affair.
Community
A View From the Easel
“I spend some moments quietly observing the work in my studio and try to listen to what the work needs.”
News
Billions in Debt Forgiven for Students of Defunct Art Institutes
The shuttered art school network was accused of defrauding and misleading its students.
Guide
8 Art Shows to See in New York City This May
Vibrant colors and fantastical creatures are in abundance in shows by Sanam Khatibi, Julia Bland, Claude Lawrence, Annette Wehrhahn, and others.
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A March Across Manhattan's Student Encampments
“I think the power of the artist — the student artist — is to envision a new world and actually embody it," said a Parsons sophomore.