Satire
An Artist’s Fourth of July Muppets Parody
The Muppets have always encouraged us to express our feelings, right? Well, this song expresses our feelings about the terrible things happening right now.
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Community
Required Reading
This week: Coney Island’s mermaid parade, medical museums rethink their collections, anthropologists and curvy statues, a baby yak named Burrito, and more.
Community
A View From the Easel
“Gardening keeps me preoccupied as my ideas continue to germinate.”
News
Khaled Sabsabi Reinstated as Australia’s Venice Biennale Artist
An independent review found “a series of missteps” related to the initial decision to drop the Lebanese-born artist as well as curator Michael Dagostino.
Guide
Five Art Books for Your July Reading List
A new translation of a beloved Argentine comic, artists over 50 tell their stories, diasporic Puerto Rican art history, and more to enjoy by the seaside (or your A/C).
Guide
10 Shows to See in Los Angeles This July
Mungo Thomson examines the mundane, Esiri Erheriene-Essi reflects on Black life, Llyn Foulkes satirizes Americana, and more.
News
Trump Seeks to Defund Institute of American Indian Arts
“Nearly 63 years of progress in Indigenous higher education and artistic expression is at risk," said IAIA President Robert Martin.
Art Review
Shu Lea Cheang’s Art of Hacking
Cheang is concerned with the ways technology enables commodification and control, from communication to nourishment to sex.
Art Review
A Mother and Daughter’s Lifelong Art Collaboration
Nora Naranjo Morse’s colorful sculptures watch over the events and characters in her daughter Eliza’s paintings from their own unique perspectives.
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.