Opinion
In 2026, Democracy Needs Museums
As the United States marks its 250th, institutions must resist the pull to simply commemorate and instead communicate the relevance of history.
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Book Review
David Wojnarowicz’s Lessons in the Age of Surveillance
The artist’s photographs of a masked Arthur Rimbaud touring New York offer timely insights about visibility and resistance.
News
Trump Sells Off Jesus Painting for $2.75M at NYE Party
The fair-skinned, light-eyed figure resembling an AI rendition of the Shroud of Turin was live-painted by a Christian artist in 10 minutes.
Opportunities
Opportunities in January 2026
Residencies, fellowships, grants, and open calls from Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, the John Michael Kohler Arts Center, and more in our monthly list of opportunities for artists, writers, and art workers.
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Announcement
Apply for the John Michael Kohler Arts Center’s 2027 Arts/Industry Residency
A collaboration with the Kohler Co. pottery and foundry, this funded industrial residency enables artists to produce ambitious new works in vitreous china, cast iron, and brass.
Crosswords
The Art Crossword: Art Deco Edition
Start the year with a bit of glamour as we continue celebrating the centennial of this pivotal 20th-century movement.
Community
Required Reading
A meditation on light, hedonistic dance-floor photos, a filthy history of public bathrooms, and more reading to ring in a new year.
Community
A View From the Easel
“In retrospect, what I created in that basement astonishes me.”
Daily Newsletter
Art, Truth, and the Work Ahead
This moment marks new beginnings — grounded in the past and prepared for a world we can imagine and build anew.
News
Celebrate Public Domain Day with Betty Boop and Piet Mondrian
"The Little Engine That Could," a Salvador Dalí and Luis Buñuel collaboration, and many other works are now free to use and reuse.
Art Review
Fred Wilson Reflects Our World in Black and White
The artist confronts us with a colonial shadow of real and manufactured images that reflect our current existence and its distortions.