Art Review
150 Years of American Art Comes to Life
A show at the Art Students League leans on the names of its alumni and the aura of its environs, but that’s enough.
New York
Art Review
For Chloe Dzubilo, Art and Advocacy Were Inseparable
As an HIV-positive trans woman and advocate, Dzubilo faced challenges that should have been history by the early 2000s, yet persist today.
Art Review
The Brilliance and Privilege of Jane Austen and Julia Margaret Cameron
It is crucial to grapple with the colonial structures that helped sustain the lives and work of the two 19th-century contemporaries, both celebrated as feminist heroines.
News
Shamim M. Momin Is the Bronx Museum’s New Director
The longtime curator and LAND co-founder will assume her role as director and chief curator this September.
Book Review
The Wild, Inclusive Brilliance of New York’s Pyramid Club
A book of oral histories about the now-shuttered venue takes us through those who came before, made it big, and died too soon.
Guide
Four New York City Art Shows to See Right Now
Whether it’s Hilma af Klint finding the soul in nature or a new perspective on chinoiserie at The Met, the shows below are about seeing things differently.
Art Review
Ecological Art That’s Literally Alive
The artworks in Spora, unfolding over three years at the Swiss Institute, linger in the mind, its interconnections multiplying like spores.
Art Review
When Hilma af Klint Found the Soul in Plants
Her Nature Studies invoke the promise of something greater, a direct line from the material world to the spiritual experience that art is presumed to offer.
Art Review
A God’s-Eye-View of Earth’s Destruction
Edward Burtynsky's photographs once offered a prescient vision of large-scale anthropogenic changes; now, they feel more and more like a pretext for aesthetic dazzle.
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Announcement
Bard MFA Presents the Class of 2026 Thesis Exhibition
Double Take brings together the culminating work of third-year MFA candidates at the Bard Exhibition Center/UBS Gallery in Red Hook, New York, on July 11–20.
Guide
10 Art Shows to See in Upstate New York This July
Gerard Wagner’s metaphysical landscapes, Michelle Silver’s thundering abstract frenzy, a group exhibition of Chinese women artists, and more.
Guide
Four New York City Art Shows to See Right Now
Spirituality, magic, and transformation are recurring themes in some of our favorite exhibitions on view, from Mestre Didi to Renée Stout.