Art Review
The Whitney’s Surrealism Show Is a Mindfuck
I wish Sixties Surreal focused more on destabilizing the concept of “real” than reifying it.
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News
Artists Nationwide Unite Against the Trump Administration
Fall of Freedom is a new initiative mobilizing the cultural community to lead acts of “creative resistance” against authoritarian forces.
News
Altman Siegel Gallery to Close Next Month
After 16 years in San Francisco, the gallery announced that “it has become too difficult for a gallery this size to scale in this climate.”
News
Ancient Rock Art Rewrites the Arabian Desert’s History
Hundreds of life-sized animal petroglyphs suggest that the notoriously arid region was populated around 12,000 years ago, according to a new study.
Community
Required Reading
This week: Andy Warhol’s autobiography, remembering D’Angelo, unpacking politics and mall architecture in LA, the long history of truffles, the problem with “invasive” species, and more.
Community
A View From the Easel
“New Mexico light saturates my studio, it snakes across the floor, it permeates the air.”
Guide
Five DC Exhibitions You Can See Despite the Government Shutdown
Even as major museums are shuttered, there’s plenty of great art to see in the nation’s capital right now, from Arab Pop Art to the work of McArthur Binion.
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Skirball Cultural Center Presents Draw Them In, Paint Them Out: Trenton Doyle Hancock Confronts Philip Guston
This exhibition shares Guston and Hancock’s work in dialogue for the first time, exploring the role that artists play in the pursuit of social justice.
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Textile Futures: Register for the Virtual Cotsen Textile Traces Global Roundtable
Designers and scholars from around the world will explore pathways toward more responsible fashion practices in this free online program on November 6–7.
Book Review
Sally Mann’s Polarizing Life in Art
The photographer, who has been the subject of controversy at times in her career, discusses her approach to life in her new book, Art Work.
Art Review
Edward Gorey Killed His Darlings
A show at the Society of Illustrators demonstrates his mastery at turning ghastly scenarios deadpan and winkingly absurd.
News
Swifties Are Flocking to this German Museum
The Museum Wiesbaden said it saw a surge in visitors hoping to glimpse the artwork that may have inspired Taylor Swift's latest music video.