Art
A Mural Project Remembers Uvalde’s Lost Lives
The murals not only serve as a remembrance of the victims, but bear witness to the people and places impacted by gun violence across the United States.
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Art
Why Are Hiroshige’s Woodblock Prints Still So Moving?
The artist subverts the status system of 19th-century Japan, foreshadowing the impact of modernization and industrialization.
Books
How the Black Meme Turns a Trope Into a Trap
Legacy Russell’s Black Meme argues that owning, replicating, and remediating Black material is a theft rooted in historical frameworks of subordination.
Art
Meet the Women Preserving the Legacies of Their Artist-Relatives
We owe the stories of Louise Nevelson, Tamara de Lempicka, and Anna Walinska to those behind the scenes working to preserve them.
Art
A Tribute to Art and Motherhood
Artists and art workers reflect on the maternal figures in their lives, on being mothers, and on the many layers of a universally beloved and misunderstood figure.
Art
Jean Shin Gifts At-Risk Birds a Safe Perch
At Appleton Farms, a new installation provides endangered bobolinks a secure place to nest, affirming a sense of human agency in the face of ecological loss.
Opinion
The Miscarriage Collages That Were Too Much for the Art World
In 1974, the San Francisco Art Institute isolated Joanne Leonard’s series Journal of a Miscarriage from the rest of the works in her solo show. Has anything changed since?
Art
The Cuban Artists Who Turned Havana's May Day Parade Into a Protest
Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara and Raychel Carrión used state-orchestrated political theater as a backdrop for their critiques of institutional power and mindless consent.
Opinion
Faith Ringgold Paved the Way
The late artist fiercely reckoned with the status quo, leaving the art world better than she found it through a rich legacy of Black feminist activism and artmaking.
Opinion
My Grandma's Doilies Are Not a Joke
When will art institutions finally pay respect to our foremothers’ artistry?
Comics
Arshile Gorky’s Gaze
Across the street from the painter's former studio in Manhattan's Union Square, 20 trees had been planted to honor the 1.5 million victims of the Armenian Genocide.
Art
Caravaggio Made Darkness Visible
In his violent, carnal visions, sparks of divinity may glow even from within the blackest confines of our fallen reality.