Books
Esther Pressoir Is the Coolest Artist You’ve Never Heard Of
In 1927, Pressoir carried 30 pounds of art-making supplies on a bike ride from France to Italy. It was just the beginning of an inimitable artistic journey.
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News
Art History Darling Florine Stettheimer to Get Digital Catalogue Raisonné
The artist is celebrated not only for her compositions exploring the opulence and culture of NYC, but also for proudly breaking down social barriers.
Art
These Kamala Harris Memes Didn’t Just Fall Out of a Coconut Tree
The meme has quickly gone from ironic to iconic, and the Harris campaign is riding that wave like its life depends on it.
Art
You Can’t Finish This Brian Eno Doc in a Single Lifetime
An algorithm organizes a unique ordering of scenes for each screening, meaning there are millions of versions of the film.
Art
A Fiber-Forward Vision of Modern Art
An exhibition at the National Gallery of Art makes the case that textiles are an integral part of modernist art history.
Opinion
Why Native Artists Are Reclaiming the Whirling Log
The Diné symbol was suppressed for decades by a settler-dominated art market that conflated it with the Nazi insignia.
News
Dancers Call for Fair Wages During Joan Jonas Performance at Getty
Performers say they received a $1,000 flat rate for a week of work including rehearsals and performances in 80-degree weather.
Art
The Geometry in Motion of Nancy Holt
A survey at Gropius Bau frames Holt as an artist committed to the human body’s actions and dimensions, and its perceptual and cognitive boundaries.
News
Brazilian Conceptual Artist Steals Historic Coin From the British Museum
Ilê Sartuzi replaced a silver coin with a replica and deposited the original in a museum donation box in a commentary on cultural theft.
News
Shahzia Sikander Says No to Repairing Her Beheaded Sculpture
Her public artwork at the University of Houston was vandalized after anti-abortion activists called it "satanic."
Opinion
How Modern-Day Christian Iconoclasts Lost Their Heads
The vandal who beheaded Esther Strauss’s sculpture of the Virgin Mary in labor disregarded centuries-old depictions of the mother of God as just a mother.
Art
Inside Brooklyn’s Very Own Immersive “Clown Cult”
The bi-monthly variety show gathers both newcomers and veterans of the craft to help participants discover “the power in cringe.”