Art
Giacometti and Fears of Emasculation
A retrospective at the Guggenheim presents Giacometti as one of art history's great vanishers of women.
Photo Essays
Art
San Francisco’s New Transit Center Features Public Art by Jenny Holzer, Julie Chang, and Ned Kahn
A new transit center filled with on-site public art opens in San Francisco.
Art
Yale Photography MFAs Smash the Thin Border Between Fiction and Reality
While shows like this one make the Yale-to-Chelsea pipeline seem all the more real, these artists have some serious skills.
Art
Some of the World’s Most Striking iPhone Images
Photographers across 18 categories submitted their best iPhone photos.
Art
A Torch Song for David Wojnarowicz, Who Powerfully Documented the AIDS Crisis
Wojnarowicz embraced an activist's approach to life and art by producing hundreds of artworks in a span of a decade, before succumbing to his own AIDS-related illness in 1992.
Art
Graphic Reflections on the Sorry State of US Politics
These posters reflect a desire as an artist to “do something” about the social and political upheaval going on in this country.
Art
The Royal College of Art’s Massive MFA Show Spans the Entire Artistic Kingdom
The exemplary MFA exhibition includes hundreds of students' work across disciplines — from painting and sculpture to multimedia art, glassblowing, and jewelry work.
Art
Giant Keith Haring Mural Revealed Nearly 30 Years After It Was Covered Up
Painted in 1986, the mural was covered up with aluminum siding three years later and has only just been brought back to light.
Books
This French Bookstore Has Fun Judging Books by Their Covers
A picture may be worth a thousand words, but a well-placed cover really ups your social media game.
Art
Resolutely Political LA Artists Focus on the Body in the City's Latest Biennial
The body is at the center of much of the work in Made in LA, and overwhelmingly, that body is brown and black, female, queer, and indigenous.
Art
Textile Art Threads Through a Showcase of Southern California MFA Grads
The annual SoCal MFA show brings together graduating MFA students from all over Southern California, and this year's exhibition is full of fiber art.
Art
Georgia O’Keeffe’s Visions of Hawai’i Blossom in the Bronx
The New York Botanical Garden has planted a "Hawai’ian Paradise Garden" as part of an exhibition chronicling O'Keeffe's 1939 trip to Hawai'i to make art for a pineapple company's advertising campaign.