Opinion
We’re Not Your Pride Publicity Stunt
For many Black queer artists, Pride Month doesn't feel like a celebration. It feels like extraction.
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News
A New Frida Kahlo Museum Is Coming to Mexico City
The forthcoming Museo Casa Kahlo will intimately explore the renowned artist’s early life and familial relationships.
Opportunities
Opportunities in June 2025
Residencies, fellowships, grants, and open calls from the Grand Canyon Conservancy, the Dedalus Foundation, and more in our monthly list of opportunities for artists, writers, and art workers.
News
Whitney Museum Suspends Independent Study Program
The museum is pausing the 2025–26 iteration of the program just weeks after it canceled a performance about Palestinian mourning, sparking outrage and censorship accusations.
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Announcement
Ben Shahn, On Nonconformity
The first US retrospective of Shahn's work in nearly 50 years, highlighting the social realist artist and activist's enduring relevance, is on view at the Jewish Museum through October 12.
Guide
8 Art Books to Read This Pride Month
Dig into new and upcoming tomes on the long lineage of LGBTQ+ art, from Beauford Delaney’s bond with James Baldwin to iconic lesbian photographer JEB and Alice Austen.
Art Review
Tony Tasset Exposes the World’s Frayed Canvas
I wanted to hate these artworks, then I wished to poke my finger through their holes, and finally they became a perfect aestheticization of the contemporary moment.
Art Review
The Self-Fashioning of the Black Dandy
The Met’s exhibition expands Black fashion history by centering ordinary individuals and their dress practices.
Features
An Archive of Lesbian History Right in the Heart of Brooklyn
Nestled between brownstones near Prospect Park, the Lesbian Herstory Archives houses the world’s largest selection of materials by and for anyone who identifies with the word.
News
NYC Mayoral Candidate Brad Lander Unveils Arts Platform
The city comptroller’s eight-page culture plan includes a program for doctors to “prescribe” art and the creation of a deputy mayor position for the sector.
News
Trump Says He Fired National Portrait Gallery Director Over DEI Support
Kim Sajet had been in the role since 2013, when she was appointed by President Obama to lead the Smithsonian institution.
Art Review
Joiri Minaya Upends the Allure of Exoticization
The artist’s performance reflects the evolution of its garden site from starkly colonial origins to a different type of cultural cross-pollination.