News
Raymond Saunders, Who Made the Color Black His Own, Dies at 90
The Bay Area artist integrated chalk notation and assemblage on his idiosyncratic blackboard surfaces, plumbing the depths of lived experience and racial identity.
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Required Reading
This week: a new museum of Chumash history and culture, Sally Ride gets the doc she deserves, the future of fireflies, the beauty of “ugly” Instagram cakes, and much more.
Community
A View From the Easel
“I like renting short-term studios in shared spaces — it makes me feel free.”
Art Review
How the Moomins Showed Us a More Compassionate World
At the Brooklyn Public Library, an exhibition on queer Finnish artist Tove Jansson's beloved characters reminds visitors of all ages that justice and joy are within our grasp.
Guide
10 Shows to See in Upstate New York This August
Daniel Giordano’s eccentric installations, Lynne Tobin’s indomitable linework, Brandon Thomas Brown’s masterful humanity, and more.
News
Man Dies in Whitney Museum Fall
The 34-year-old was found on the sidewalk outside the museum after "falling from an elevated position," according to police.
Opinion
How My Museum’s Celebration of America’s 250th Birthday Got Complicated
At the New York Historical, our virtual wish wall for the nation’s anniversary faced unexpected political challenges.
Art Review
The Berlin Biennale's Complicit Silence
It fails to directly address the German state’s repression of pro-Palestine expression, even as many of its works model “safer” forms of resistance.
News
Anti-Gentrification Protest Targets Mexico City Contemporary Art Museum
A number of cultural figures decried the actions of the demonstrators, who graffitied and smashed the glass facade of the Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo.
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No Other Land Contributor Killed by Israeli Settler
Activist and teacher Awdah Hathaleen assisted with filming the Oscar-winning documentary, which chronicled the displacement of Palestinians from the Occupied West Bank.
Book Review
Ruth Asawa Proved That Mothering Is Inherently Artistic
Jordan Troeller’s book about the Bay Area sculptor and her artist-mother community shows us how reciprocity and caretaking become the work itself, not just the subject or the conditions.
Guide
New York City and Upstate Shows to See Right Now
Histories are at the heart of some of our favorite shows, from queer video art to the cultural and familial traditions invoked by Candida Alvarez and Thomas Holton.