Obituary
Melvin Edwards, Who Sculpted a New Vocabulary for Political Art, Dies at 88
His innovative abstractions evoked both the art historical canon and the haunting afterlives of Atlantic slavery.
Obituary
In Memoriam
Remembering Glen Baxter, Pat Steir, Melvin Edwards
This week, we honor an absurdist cartoonist, a trailblazing feminist artist, and a sculptor who probed the history of violence in the US.
News
Marica Vilcek, Graceful Champion of Immigrant Artists, Dies at 89
Her namesake foundation has awarded over $17 million to advance its mission, including unrestricted cash awards for researchers and artists across disciplines.
News
Pat Steir, Painter of Cascading Infinities, Dies at 87
Through works like her celebrated “Waterfalls” series, she leaves a legacy of artistic surrender and reverence for the gesture.
New York
Remembering Asher Remy-Toledo, Media Art Luminary
The Colombian-born cultural producer, who died in February at age 62, cultivated community and experimentation for New York City artists, including me.
In Memoriam
Remembering Calvin Tomkins, Rhoda Roberts, and Agosto Machado
This week, we honor a celebrated art writer, a champion of First Nations culture, a downtown NYC performance artist and activist, and others.
In Memoriam
Remembering Axel Burrough, Kazumasa Nagai, and Éliane Radigue
This week, we honor a pioneering composer, Indigenous muralist, and Upper East Side gallerist.
In Memoriam
Remembering Pedro Friedeberg, Thaddeus Mosley, and Liliana Angulo Cortés
This week, we honor the inventor of the Hand Chair, a beloved Pittsburgh sculptor, and the director of the Museo Nacional de Colombia.
News
Thaddeus Mosley, Beloved Self-Taught Sculptor, Dies at 99
The Pittsburgh artist remained largely overlooked until the last decade of his life.
In Memoriam
Remembering Iris Cantor, Ulysses Jenkins, and Rena Bransten
This week, we honor an arts patron, a video artist, and a San Francisco gallerist.
In Memoriam
Remembering Dóra Maurer, Isaiah Zagar, and Peter Stämpfli
This week, we honor a Hungarian avant-garde artist, a Philadelphia mosaicist, a Swiss pop artist, and others.
In Memoriam
Remembering Henrike Naumann, LaMonte McLemore, and Frederick Wiseman
This week, we honor Germany’s representative at the Venice Biennale, a singer and photographer, and a documentarian of the lives of institutions.