Art Review
Alice Austen’s Sapphic Siren Song
A water-themed, lesbian-centric group exhibition in Staten Island explores the sea’s long association with a feminine force.
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New Reports Expose the Global Toll of Censorship
Two dossiers paint an urgent quantitative picture of the rapidly growing suppression of free expression and artistic freedom.
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London’s National Gallery to Open New Wing
The new space will house an “expanded collection,” suggesting possible shifts in the museum’s longstanding focus on art made before 1900.
Book Review
A Warts-and-All Biography of the Man Behind the Barnes Collection
The Maverick’s Museum examines Albert C. Barnes’s complex legacy, from his support for the Harlem Renaissance to his incongruent interactions with Black art and culture.
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Required Reading
This week: how Serbia inspired the Renaissance, an independent magazine sues ICE, Shakespeare’s enigmatic rival, audiobook narrators deserve better, the music of Palestinian tatreez, and more.
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A View From the Easel
“Charcoal is my first and most enduring love.”
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Pratt Manhattan Gallery Celebrates the Legacy of W.E.B. Du Bois
In Our Time: Eleven Artists + W.E.B. Du Bois brings together a diverse roster of leading contemporary artists who respond to the work of the pioneering sociologist.
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Institut Valencià d’Art Modern Begins New Phase Based on Sustainability, Heritage, and Territory
The season opens with Kara Walker. Burning Village and Inhabiting the Shadows, a group show featuring works by Louise Bourgeois, Cindy Sherman, and more.
Features
Our Enduring Fascination With Ancient Roman Baths
From a mosaic of flip-flops in Sicily to Cicero's possible sauna, new discoveries prove that bathing has always been about more than getting clean.
News
Israeli Artists Urge Judy Chicago to Withdraw Tel Aviv Exhibition
"To save Gaza (and Israel from itself), boycott Israel,” said Guy Ben-Ner, who signed a letter calling for the show’s cancellation. “Isolate it.”
Opinion
Remembering the Pigment Shop That Taught Me How to See
Kremer’s New York City location, a painter’s paradise and key resource for conservators, is closing in November. For artists, the loss goes far beyond a storefront.
Art Review
A Caribbean Garden in the Middle of Berlin
An exhibition promotes caring for each other and the Earth in the face of ecological catastrophe.