Books
The Contrived Rivalry Between Two Pioneering French Women Artists
Whenever French 18th-century artist Adélaïde Labille-Guiard is mentioned, it’s almost always as a counterpoint to her better-known “rival,” Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun.
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Art
The Richard Serra Sculpture That Was Just Too Much for Paris
How did the artist's massive “Clara-Clara” (1983) end up in the backyard of a former water treatment facility on the city’s outskirts?
Art
The Modern Resurrection of the Antichrist
Since antiquity, periods of political uncertainty have generated spurious proclamations of the Antichrist, from Nero to Taylor Swift.
Art
The Temptations of Pieter Bruegel the Elder
His 1559 masterpiece “The Fight Between Carnival and Lent” is an argument in paint for moral and spiritual ambivalence.
Comics
The Life and Times of Patrociño Barela
A new exhibition at the Roswell Museum in New Mexico honors the underrecognized legacy of the self-taught wood carver.
Art
The New York Neon Shop That Became Legendary
Let There Be Neon in Tribeca made a name for itself as an essential resource for artists, from Keith Haring to Laurie Anderson.
Art
Avoid Rome’s Tourist Crowds With These Alternative Art History Gems
If you’re planning a visit to Rome, write down your list of can’t-miss sites. Then, go to these ones instead.
Interview
An Art Thief’s Tale of Love and Seduction
Stéphane Breitwieser stole several billion dollars worth of art from more than 150 museums before he was caught in 2001.
Art
The Complicated Legacy of Barbie in Art
Long before Greta Gerwig’s movie, artists were critiquing Barbie’s influence on women — and Mattel didn't always approve.
Art
What Would a Truly Critical Picasso Exhibition Look Like?
A 21st-century institution cannot center Picasso’s legacy without also foregrounding the global forms, artists, and practices that remain omitted from the Euro-American canon of Cubist and Abstract art.
Art
The Stitch Artist Helping Combat Media Fatigue
Diana Weymar collaborated with the Economic Hardship Reporting Project to center the work of writers tackling economic and racial justice — using embroidery.
Opinion
Affirmative Action and the Art World’s White Elites
The Supreme Court’s ban on affirmative action in college admissions is indicative of a larger problem that also plagues the art world.