Art
The Medieval Dance Between Greed and God
Medieval Money, Merchants and Morality at the Morgan Library proffers example after example of the sad fate of those who hoard money.
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Art
River Garza Shows Us What a True Land Acknowledgment Looks Like
The artist’s “landscape” paintings juxtapose imagery from Tongva culture with the architecture that was built over it, asserting an ongoing Indigenous presence.
News
Ancient Snake-Shaped Artifact Found in Taiwan Was Part of Shamanic Rituals
Carbon dating indicates that the piece of pottery is about 4,000 years old.
News
MASS MoCA Workers Threaten to Strike Again Over Wages
Unionized staffers are asking the museum to increase their pay to “something more livable.”
Books
8 Art Books to Read This March
Meret Oppenheim’s poetry, Pao Houa Her’s first monograph, the journals of Charles Burchfield, subway art around New York City, and more.
Art
A Painter Suspended Between Beauty and Waste
Something about Phillip Allen’s visual preoccupations speaks to the viewer’s mind and eye, the connections and ruptures between physical and visual sensations.
News
Thousands Sign Petition for Flaco Statue in Central Park
The beloved owl who symbolized freedom died last week after colliding with a window on the Upper West Side.
Books
New Book Explores M.C. Escher’s Lesser-Known Works
Previously unpublished pieces from the artist’s oeuvre trace the origins of his unique perspective.
News
Protesters Call Out Art World's Silence on Gaza at Frieze LA Fair
Organizers pointed to Frieze partner Deutsche Bank's financial ties to Israel and urged fairgoers to speak up.
Guide
8 Art Shows to See in New York This March
This month: Huma Bhabha, Paul Cadmus, Kay WalkingStick, Beatrix Potter, and more.
Performance
Glass House Is a Dance of Drama and Domesticity
Performers carried one another the way we shoulder our friends, lovers, and family: sometimes dragging them, sometimes exalting them.
Art
Dispatches From Inside (and Outside) Frieze LA
Take-home bags of dirt and worms, a “Rat Race” on a soccer field, and other surprises broke with the business-as-usual vibe of this year’s fair.