Guide
10 Art Shows to See in LA This August
Printed Matter’s Art Book Fair, Suchitra Mattai’s textiles, an exhibition of artworks found in storage, and much more.
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News
Dancer O'Shae Sibley Killed After Vogueing at Brooklyn Gas Station
"They murdered him because he was gay," said Sibley’s friend Otis Pena, who described the attacker launching homophobic slurs.
Art
Can AI Help Find the Children of Argentina’s Desaparecidos?
AI images depict what the children born in captivity to victims of the dictatorship might look like today, but some have concerns about the tool's limitations.
Art
A Trove of Rarely Seen Photographs of Revolutionary Black Women
An exhibition at the Alice Austen House in Staten Island showcases Jean Weisinger’s formidable body of portraiture — and finally tells the photographer’s story.
Art
A Fitting Tribute to Carrie Mae Weems's Monumentality
A show at the Barbican Art Gallery reveals the importance of considering the politics of display when it comes to an artist who consistently implores us to do so.
News
Artist Jeffrey Gibson to Represent US at Venice Biennale
Gibson, the first Native artist to have a solo exhibition at the US pavilion, draws from traditional Indigenous craft and contemporary aesthetics in a multilayered exploration of history and identity.
Art
Artist Gary Tyler, Wrongly Incarcerated for 41 Years, Gets First Solo Show
Tyler was put on death row at age 17 after a trial that was later deemed "unconstitutional" and "unfair."
News
MoMA Trustee Leon Black Accused of Raping Teenager
A lawsuit filed in Manhattan federal court accuses Black of sexually assaulting and raping a 16-year-old girl in Jeffrey Epstein's New York townhouse.
News
National Gallery of Art Apologizes for Removing Visitor With Disability
The museum said it would reevaulate its bag policy after a visitor with a disability was not allowed to wear their double-shoulder bag, which had medical supplies.
Art
The Most Hilarious Memes of the Twitter “𝕏” Logo
Even Big Bird roasted Elon Musk's unimaginative and ridiculous rebranding.
Opinion
Etel Adnan’s Mountain of Love
“You left us with an invitation to love and live harder, to be one with nature and the cosmos, and to commit to the struggle holistically,” writes Shirine Saad in a letter to the late Lebanese-American painter and poet.
News
Finally, a National Monument for Emmett Till
Biden’s decision to designate the monument comes amid a conservative-led push to sanitize and distort the history of anti-Black violence in the US.