Book Review
How Liberty Fabrics Weaves Design and Art History
Kassia St. Clair, who specializes in color, explores its historical connection to artists and art movements in a book timed with the company’s 150th anniversary.
News
Are Art History Majors More In Demand Than Computer Scientists?
Recent data shows dips in unemployment rates for art history college graduates, but it’s worth taking a closer look at why.
News
Collector Sues Christie’s Over Sale of Picasso Owned by Cocaine Kingpin
The buyer claims that the auction house made “misrepresentations” about the artwork’s provenance.
Art Review
Jin Meyerson’s Orbits of Belonging
Across luminous, fragmented paintings in SAFE SPACE, the Korean diasporic artist invites us into an ongoing search for respite amid the dislocation of hybrid identity.
News
Controversy-Ridden Documenta Gets First All-Women Artistic Team
The announcement comes after the exhibition instituted a code of conduct earlier this year, which sparked outcry for conflating antisemitism and criticism of Israel.
Features
Dispatches From the Ever-Evolving Santa Fe Indian Market
In its 103rd edition, the market continues to expand its reach, generating opportunities for artists operating within and outside of SWAIA’s infrastructure.
News
Senator Seeks Probe Into MoMA Trustee Leon Black’s Epstein Ties
Senate Finance Committee ranking member Ron Wyden said Black’s approximately $100 million in payments to the convicted sex offender were not properly audited.
Crosswords
Who’s the Artist Behind Those Giant Bowling Pins?
And other puzzlers on public art in this month’s mini art crossword.
Art Review
James Bidgood’s Dreamy Homoerotica
Best known for his cult film, Pink Narcissus, Bidgood’s 1960s photographs of men as mythological figures are equally alluring.
News
Another Awkward MLK Sculpture Draws Mixed Responses
The 11-foot bronze unveiled in Winter Park, Florida, has been described as a "caricature" of the civil rights leader that “just doesn’t look like him.”
Books
This Is Not the Real Geronimo
Elbridge Ayer Burbank’s haunting paintings of the Apache leader capture a likeness that was only ever real from the vantage point of a White man with a gun, canvas, or camera.