Art Review
James McNeill Whistler’s Music for the Eyes
A long-awaited Whistler retrospective at Tate Britain makes the case that every brushstroke, color, and omission serves the pursuit of harmony.
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Feature
Keith Haring Mural May Decide the Fate of Public Art in Philly
“We The Youth” (1987), painted on a wall co-owned by a real-estate developer, could become the city’s first outdoor mural on the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places.
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A Twisted Sculpture Lands on Manhattan's High Line
The inflatable cavatappi-shaped artwork, inspired by fashion house Bulgari’s serpent motif, will remain on view through New York Fashion Week.
Art Review
Madelon Vriesendorp’s Subconscious Cities
An exhibition explores the creativity and imagination of an artist whose way of seeing influences architects and artists.
News
Activists Protest Bayeux Tapestry Sponsor’s Ties to Israeli Settlements
Demonstrators at the British Museum decried billionaire Igor Tulchinsky’s financing of a community center in an illegal Israeli settlement in the Occupied West Bank.
Feature
Europe’s Art Theft Problem Is Much Bigger Than the Louvre
A wave of museum thefts is exposing the vulnerabilities of institutions struggling to protect irreplaceable collections after years of underfunding.
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Six Decades of David Hockney on View in Gloucester, MA
“Hockney Reproduction(s)" explores the artist's innovation through reproductive media at the Manship Artists Residency. Opens September 11, 2026
Daily Newsletter
Good Muslim Artist, Bad Muslim Artist
Artist Naeem Mohaiemen reflects on the day of the attacks, Channelle Chevelle Russel reviews Pope.L, and Brooklyn gets a craft supply library.
Weekly Newsletter
The Battle of New York
Artists reflect on 25 years since 9/11, Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch calls it quits, and our list of art books to read this fall.
Opinion
Standing in the Shadow of No Towers
The struggle for immigrant rights and lives after 9/11 defined a generation of South Asian art and activism, even if it felt at times like we were trying to empty the ocean with a teaspoon.
News
Brooklyn, Say Hello to Your First Craft Supply Library
Crochet hooks, thermal laminators, and button makers are among the 31 items now available to rent from the Brooklyn Public Library’s new lending program.
Guide
15 Fall Art -Ennials, From St. Louis to Dakar
A photography show dedicated to NYC in the nighttime, an Indigenous-led arts festival honoring the Mississippi River, the first-ever Bienal de Yucatán, and more biennials and triennials to visit across the world.