News
Lorde Shocks Fans With Nude Vulva Photo by Talia Chetrit
The photographer of intimate images is behind a crotch shot accompanying the singer’s new record, which fans have dubbed “Lordussy.”
Features
Revealing the Secrets Within a Hulking Tony Smith Sculpture
Freshly installed at the new LACMA building ahead of the museum’s spring reopening, the massive artwork resembling an abstract spider offers a link to the past.
Opportunities
Opportunities in July 2025
Residencies, fellowships, grants, and open calls from the Erie Canal Museum, the Paul & Daisy Soros Foundation, and more in our monthly list of opportunities for artists, writers, and art workers.
Guide
Four New York City Art Shows to See Right Now
Spirituality, magic, and transformation are recurring themes in some of our favorite exhibitions on view, from Mestre Didi to Renée Stout.
News
After Pressure, City Saves Jobs at Brooklyn Museum
Union members, workers, and local advocates rallied for months to secure funding to prevent further layoffs at the institution.
Features
Tracing Queer History Through NYC’s Public Parks
The green spaces that served as a refuge for historically oppressed LGBTQ+ groups are at the center of contemporary campaigns to memorialize the movement.
Art Review
The Spiritual Modernism of Mestre Didi
The Brazilian artist and Candomblé priest established an international art practice that foregrounded diasporic African perspectives.
Features
Photographs Capture Two Very Different NYC Pride Celebrations
You can usually find me underground for my Subway Hands project. I ascended to document the NYC Pride and Queer Liberation marches — a study in contrasts.
Features
New York City’s Dyke March Mobilizes Against Fascism
In an organized response to ongoing violence, the 33rd annual event adopted an explicitly anti-war, anti-Trump, and anti-Zionist tone.
Art Review
Renée Stout’s Bewitching Circuitry
The magic of Stout’s artworks does not feel contingent on a viewer’s comprehension — it feels auratic, as if emitting an electrical current of meaning.
Art Review
Behind a Flight Attendant’s Painted-On Smile
Michelle Im’s disconcerting ceramic figures subvert ornamentalized representations of East Asian femininity.