News
Ringling Museum Will Stay Under Florida State University, for Now
Florida lawmakers dropped Republican Governor Ron DeSantis's highly contested proposal to transfer control of the institution to the New College of Florida.
News
Climate Activists Splash Paint on a Picasso in Montreal
"There are more than 200 wildfires in Canada at the moment," said a protester as he threw washable pink paint on the glass-protected portrait.
Book Review
Alice Austen’s Pioneering Lesbian Gaze
Her intimate photographs of women include humor and playfulness, and speak to her closeness to her subjects.
Art Review
An LA Show Breathes New Life Into Fire-Damaged Art
Burn Me! at The Box examines how fire has shaped art and life west of the San Bernardino Mountains — in the last six months and far earlier.
Community
Required Reading
This week: when Toni Morrison edited Barbara Chase-Riboud, trans women artists in Mexico, Jane Austen paraphernalia, a pigeon pageant on the High Line, and much more.
Community
A View From the Easel
“I can paint in my pajamas and at any time of day.”
News
Scientists Recreate Ancient Egypt’s Prized Blue Pigment
The researchers shared their surprising findings in a new study that highlights the importance of using science to examine art and antiquity.
Art Review
For Glenn Ligon, Language Is Material
An exhibition of Ligon’s well-known works at the Brant Foundation shows how language fails us and confronts us with silence.
Features
30 NYC Monuments of Black Americans You Should Know
From Harriet Tubman to Duke Ellington, the city boasts a wealth of public art honoring Black individuals, the subject of a timely new book.
Guide
11 Juneteenth Events Around New York City
Workshops inspired by contemporary artists, performances, comedy, food, screenings, and so much more.
Opinion
Juneteenth Is the Story of a Freedom Withheld
In the art world, as in America at large, spectacle is welcomed more readily than structural change.
Features
The Queer History of Central Park’s Bethesda Fountain
Artist Emma Stebbins may have modeled her 1873 bronze angel for the popular landmark after her partner, actor Charlotte Cushman.