Books
The Best Art Books of 2022
Our contributors picked 20 must-reads that informed and broadened their worldviews this year.
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Art
The Top 50 Exhibitions of 2022
This year, we’re going big with a list of memorable art shows from around the world, seen and loved by our editors and contributors.
Books
Norman Rockwell's Exceptional Drawings, Revealed for the First Time
Extensively illustrated, Norman Rockwell: Drawings, 1911–1976 is the first book dedicated to the artist’s prolific but largely private drawing practice.
Art
The Complex Fashion History of Colonial Spanish America
An exhibition at Blanton Museum of Art encapsulates the complicated ways in which Indigenous and European traditions cross-pollinated through textiles and accessories.
News
Largest-Ever Vermeer Exhibition Opening at Rijksmuseum in 2023
From February through June, the Amsterdam museum will display 28 works by the Dutch Golden Age master.
Art
The Understated Beauty of Decorated Paper
Pattern and Flow: A Golden Age of American Decorated Paper, 1960s to 2000s is a feast for the eyes.
Art
“Nepo Baby” Memes Set the Internet Ablaze
For some of us, it’s not exactly news that rich and famous people are connected to other rich and famous people.
Art
NYC’s Five Boroughs, Reimagined in Gingerbread
An exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York celebrates the Big Apple in the most seasonal (and tastiest) medium of all.
Art
A Devastating and Breathtaking Vision of Climate Change
Dean Byington’s Cassandra warning call in his art reveals the world we know as a facade teetering on the brink of collapse.
News
Philip Pearlstein, Whose Paintings “Rescued the Human Figure,” Dies at 98
Pearlstein made a mark on the course of art history by depicting unromanticized views of the human body at a time when such realism was unpopular.
Opinion
How a Landmark Feminist Show Got Erased From Collective Memory
Art critic Lucy Lippard’s first outing as a feminist curator in 1971 has, until recently, been almost entirely absent from history.
News
Photography Curator Arrested for Attempted Child Molestation
Efrem Zelony-Mindell faces charges of distribution and possession of child pornography and attempted enticement of a minor.