Art Review
A Tandem Dance of the Seen and Imagined
Paintings by Abigail Dudley and sculptures by Elise Siegel showcase their absorption with oil paint and clay, respectively.
Painting
Art Review
Life’s Hidden Dramas in the Art of Walter Sickert
Sickert didn’t go in for glamour or flattery and the subjects of many of his best works are things seen off to the side, a bit inconsequential.
Art Review
Ann Craven’s Moonlit Meditations
In Craven’s paintings of the moon, birds, and blossoms, as in nature, change is a constant, generative cycle.
Art Review
An Indian-American Artist’s Self in Pieces
In his new paintings, Sangram Majumdar seems to be driven by the desire to hold together the different aspects of his dual identity.
Art Review
An Artist’s Unexpected Confrontation With Mortality
Even when she is dealing with loaded subjects, like her mother’s death, Asako Tabata never checks the usual boxes.
Books
Emily Mason’s Quest for Color and Truth
The late painter was influenced by Abstract Expressionism, but she had none of the hubris of its male artists. For her, painting was not about an experience, it was an experience.
Art Review
Geometric Abstraction in the Age of Disparity
Lisa Corinne Davis has stretched the possibilities of painting into a territory defined by digital systems, algorithms, flow charts, and diagrams.
Features
Listening to the Paintings of Serj Tankian
An exhibition of artworks by the System of a Down frontman at the Armenian Museum of America pairs his works with music he composed especially for them.
Art Review
The Painter Who Captured the Dark Side of Flowers
Rachel Ruysch's floral abundance is sharpened by an acute awareness of death, decay, and the violence of nature.
Features
Laura James Paints What America Wants to Forget
The artist encourages conversations about race, memory, and justice actively suppressed during the Trump era.
Art Review
Emily Kam Kngwarray’s Language of Country
The late Anmatyerr artist honored the nonhuman ecologies and ancestral narratives at the heart of Aboriginal life.
Book Review
How Painting Saved One of Our Most Iconic Designers
A visit to Michaels craft store helped restore book jacket designer Peter Mendelsund during a deep bout of depression.