Art Review
Ruth Asawa Showed Us the Way to an Artistic Life
Asawa gracefully wove together many sides — an innovative and singular artist, a tireless advocate for arts education, a community builder, and a loving wife and mother.
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Film Review
The Renaissance, but Make It Game of Thrones
A new documentary emphasizes the political intrigues of Da Vinci, Raphael, and Michelangelo.
Community
Required Reading
This week: preserving Toni Morrison’s childhood home, graffiti artist Michael Stewart’s legacy, Gen Z stare discourse, a mini model of NYC, Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, and more.
Community
A View From the Easel
“In Ghana, my favorite ‘museum’ isn’t a traditional building at all. It’s the local artists and artisans themselves.”
Comics
Art Comes Naturally in Upstate New York
When no cultural divide is as great as urban versus rural, where are the true boundaries located?
News
Yale Art Gallery Withdraws Federal Grant Requests After Trump DEI Ban
The university museum said it will self-fund an exhibition of African art instead of requesting NEA and NEH funding, which is subject to the president’s anti-DEI mandate.
News
Buyer of Maurizio Cattelan Banana Invests $100M in Trump Crypto
Billionaire Justin Sun is the largest holder of the president’s meme coin, which has raised concerns among ethics watchdogs.
Opinion
My Dialogues With a Political Prisoner
“It feels like the world has forgotten about us,” said artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, who recently served four years of his sentence in a maximum-security Cuban prison.
Film Review
Rashaad Newsome’s Futurist Manifesto of Black Joy
His film Assembly is more than just documentation of a performance. It’s a kind of communion.
Features
Black-Owned Film Shop Photodom Gets a New Home in Bushwick
The beloved store’s expanded ground-floor location marks a major milestone for Brooklyn’s analog photography community.
Guide
10 Upstate Art Weekend Destinations Worth the Trip
It’s that time of the year again, so get out of sweltering New York City and head north for a bounty of exhibitions, open studios, workshops, performances, and more.
Art Review
Bas Jan Ader Made Fate Into an Art
So much of what Ader explored was about surrendering to destiny, but also about heeding internal calls — to adventure, open horizons, and the sublime.