Art
Is There Room for Care at an Art Fair?
One might go to an art fair anticipating spectacle, but what I found at Expo Chicago was much more heartening, and deeply Midwestern.
Featured
News
Tamara Lanier’s “Emotional Distress” Suit Against Harvard Forges Ahead
Lanier's lawyers argued in a hearing today that she could seek possession of the daguerreotypes of her enslaved ancestors via equitable jurisdiction.
Art
The Incredible Synergy of Toni Morrison and Alison Saar
At Princeton University, "Cycle of Creativity" sets the writer’s archive in dialogue with the artist’s paintings, prints, and sculptures.
Books
The World Is Finally Ready for Mina Loy
A new exhibition and forthcoming book honor the overlooked 20th-century female artist.
News
RISD Students Strike En Masse in Solidarity With Custodians
Departments have deferred class time to supporting the strike as students urge the art school to bargain to fairly with workers seeking a livable wage.
News
LA Auctioneer Admits to Helping Create Fake Basquiats
Michael Barzman of North Hollywood confessed to lying to the FBI about the provenance of forgeries exhibited at the Orlando Museum of Art.
News
FBI’s New Stolen Art App Leaves a Lot to Be Desired
Users can search for stolen works and submit tips, all while navigating the aesthetic world — and technology — of a 1990s spy movie.
News
Santa Fe’s Center for Contemporary Arts Closes Permanently
The beloved art space was one of the few led by a Native American woman.
Art
In Celebration of Unloveliness
We go to Raphael for idealized beauty. But what if a painting were the opposite of beautiful, and utterly arresting for that very reason?
Film
MTV's The Exhibit Is All That's Wrong With the Art World
The sixth episode and season finale ultimately leaned into the very issues the reality show was ostensibly trying to address.
News
The Unsettling Story Behind a Surrealist Painting Headed to Auction
"Composition Surréaliste,” painted by Remedios Varo with possible contributions from her lovers, centers love, lust, violence, and sexual autonomy.
Interview
Courtroom Artist Jane Rosenberg On Her Viral Sketch of Trump
“I’m not saying it’s a happy or pleasant face, but he has a unique look that is fun to capture.”