Art
Tracing the Colonial Causes of Maui's Wildfires Through 19th-Century Engravings
Rare copperplate engravings made at an American Protestant seminary near Lahaina romanticize the same landscapes endangered by the actions of White settlers.
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Film
Ja’Tovia Gary Reimagines Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye
Her short film Quiet As It’s Kept captures the essence of Morrison’s first novel with the same foreboding precision.
Art
The World’s UnFair in Queens Echoes Calls to Give Native Land Back
The New Red Order exhibition asks visitors to contemplate their relationship with the land and very simply — to give it back.
News
16 Climate Protesters Arrested at MoMA
Activists blocked the institution's entrance and staged a “die-in” inside the museum, condemning MoMA's board chair's ties to the fossil fuel industry.
News
Fernando Botero, Colombian Artist of Curvy Figures, Dies at 91
The plumpness that stands out in Botero’s work represented not a commentary on fatness but rather the artist’s appreciation for curvature and form.
Opinion
To Whom It May Concern: Abolish Recommendation Letters!
Several arts organizations have stopped requiring reference letters. More should follow suit.
Guide
15 Art Shows to See in New York This September
This month: Ruth Asawa, Michael Rakowitz, Math Bass, contemporary Native art, and more.
Art
Floral Arrangements Enter the Art Gallery in Los Angeles
As Canary Test’s owners interacted with their green-thumbed neighbors, they observed that the artistry behind floral arrangement was not unlike sculpture.
Art
Read an Excerpt of Lucy Lippard’s Newest Book, Stuff: Instead of a Memoir
Lippard muses on her early years in New York City, from discovering a love of art writing to encountering Marcel Duchamp when she worked at MoMA’s library.
Art
What if Radical Femmes Ruled the Heavens?
In Wynnie Mynerva’s The Original Riot, Eve and Lilith make a pact using Eve’s right rib, vowing to create a new world absent of patriarchal subjugation.
Art
The Stuff of a Sustainable Future
Marc-Anthony Polizzi’s installations are regional portraits commenting on contemporary consumer culture’s emphasis on the disposable.
Art
What Does $100K Get You at the Armory Show?
We ping-ponged through scores of booths to find something that fit our fake budget — and it was more difficult than it sounds.