Opinion
We Can’t Afford to Lose the Institute of American Indian Arts
The threat of defunding this precious, influential university is heartbreaking to those of us who know the worth of the IAIA experience.
Featured
Opinion
A Hiroshima Survivor’s Message for Jerry Saltz
“I don't think there's any kind of justification for the dropping of the bomb,” said Howard Kakita in response to the art critic’s statement in defense of the American atomic bombing of Japan in 1945.
Feature
A Photographer Brings New York City’s Water System to the Surface
Stanley Greenberg has spent decades answering the question of how water arrives in our taps and building interest in this vast and impressive system.
News
“Alligator Alcatraz” Construction Halted, But Native Heritage Remains at Risk
The Miccosukee Tribe says the notorious detention center is located close to “hundreds, if not thousands, of protected ceremonial and religious sites.”
Guide
6 Art Books to Read This August
Before summer ends, we’re reading books on Ruth Asawa’s circle of artist-mothers, water and race in contemporary art, Kent Monkman, Carrie Yamaoka, and more.
Feature
Kour Pour Reclaims the Geometry of Abstraction
With his latest series of shaped paintings, layered with meaning and symbolism, the artist insists that the so-called canon is informed by non-Western visual traditions that preceded it.
Opinion
Haunted by the Gray
What do we lose when we can’t see the Black American people in Amy Sherald’s paintings with their real skin color?
Art Review
The Visual Language of the Nuclear Age
Eighty years after the US bombed Hiroshima, a show tracks the cultural reception of both nuclear weapons and nuclear power.
Film Review
Who Are Museums Really For? And Can We Change Our Minds?
The film Binnigula’sa’ (Ancient Zapotec People) asks the questions: Who are the rightful custodians of artifacts, and what is the responsibility of museums to local communities?
Opinion
I Lost My Job at the Whitney, but the Art Community Lost Much More
The museum suspended its Independent Study Program, a space of collective thought and political solidarity, during a time when it is most needed.
Feature
How Do You Remember a Home Reduced to Rubble?
Through interviews with survivors and satellite imagery, data journalist Mona Chalabi and SITU Research created models of razed houses in Gaza, Iraq, and Syria.
Opinion
Homeland Security’s Genocidal Aesthetics
By posting paintings like “American Progress,” the DHS signals its white supremacist beliefs.