News
Faith Ringgold, Larger-Than-Life Artist and Storyteller, Dies at 93
She leaves behind a massive corpus of visually stunning works tackling race, gender, and social justice in the United States.
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Art
A Mid-Century Painter Showed a World Out of Kilter
In the Luigi Zuccheri’s pastoral scenes, a menagerie of oversized creatures, plants, fruits, and vegetables dwarf the humans with whom they share the canvas.
Opinion
Stop Calling the Whitney Biennial “Safe”
Art-world people love lobbing this low-hanging critical fruit at the exhibition. This year especially, the moniker is ill-fitting and glib.
News
Incredibly Preserved Frescoes of Trojan War Figures Unearthed in Pompeii
Rendered in the Roman Third Style, the murals feature visual illusions mimicking altars painted on dark, monochromatic fields of color.
Art
When Paris Was the Center of New York’s Art World
Americans in Paris at the Grey Art Museum highlights the vibrancy and openness of the Paris scene for Americans.
Art
How Hindu Iconography Became an Extension of Right-Wing Nationalism
Ubiquitous imagery of aggressive, hypermasculine deities across India is a chilling tool of the Hindu right.
Art
The Internationalism of the Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance was a globally networked movement of sprawling self-determination energized by the new modalities of Black subjectivity.
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?
Books
12 Graphic Novels to Read This Spring
Get your comic fix with moving, witty, poignant books by Ai Weiwei, Tessa Hulls, Julia Wertz, Mattie Lubchansky, and more.
Guide
10 Art Shows to See in New York This April
This month: Audrey Flack, Sonya Clark, Raven Chacon, Mike Olin, and more.
Satire
Berlin Museum Removes All Artwork Depicting Rivers or Seas
The German media praised the move, accusing several international bodies of water of antisemitism.
Satire
Israel Flattens Neighboring Pavilions at Venice Biennale, Claiming Hamas Hiding Underneath
Members of the Israeli embassy reportedly mistook news of a new local hummus restaurant as plans for an attack by “Hamas” at the international art gathering.