Film
Artist Docs Take Center Stage at Sundance 2024
Brian Eno, Christopher Reeve, and Frida Kahlo are among the subjects of the many artist documentaries at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.
Featured
Art
Shepard Fairey’s Subversive Civic Discourse
Facing the Giant serves as a powerful demonstration of Shepard Fairey’s creative evolution and his significance as a cultural instigator.
Art
When Feminism Ruled CalArts
The Feminist Art Program at CalArts produced some of the most well-known second-wave feminist artists and a diverse third-wave movement.
News
Art Dealer Brent Sikkema Found Dead in Brazil
According to news reports, his body was found with stab wounds in his residence in Rio de Janeiro.
Art
Can We Create an Intersectional AI?
The perils associated with AI are intricately entwined with racial capitalism, labor exploitation, the automation debate, and data theft.
Art
Two Views of a Family Breakfast
Twenty years after creating his pastel “Lavergne Family Breakfast,” Jean-Etienne Liotard recreated it in oil, and it is astonishing to see how close the two versions are.
Art
Four Black Artists on What It Means to Be Seen
The Wright Museum of African American History will be open on Martin Luther King Day for the last day of Being Seen, a show focused on the politics of visibility.
News
Historic Philadelphia Art School Axes Degree Programs
Running on a $3 million deficit, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts will no longer offer undergraduate and graduate degrees after the 2024-2025 school year.
News
Indiana University Cancels Palestinian Artist Samia Halaby’s Exhibition
Supporters are calling on the school to reinstate what would have been 87-year-old artist's first retrospective in the US.
Art
The Invisible Presence of Blackness in American Art
Don’t come to Unnamed Figures expecting to see pictures of Black people sitting comfortably alongside words like “empowerment” or “excellence.”
Art
The Ephemeral Geography of the Eternal City
How Romans altered the very geography of their city throughout the centuries.
Opinion
New Anti-Money Laundering Law Can Send Self-Employed Artists to Jail
Luckily, it can be avoided by filling out a simple form.