News
Rashid Johnson Is “Not Afraid to Be Vulnerable”
CBS Sunday Morning featured the artist in conjunction with his career retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum.
Rashid Johnson
Art Review
How to Get a Read on Rashid Johnson
There is much reading going on in A Poem for Deep Thinkers at the Guggenheim, but I wonder where the apprehended knowledge shows up.
News
Artists Team Up With Venus Williams to Save Nina Simone’s Home
An upcoming benefit auction will include artworks by Adam Pendleton, Ellen Gallagher, Rashid Johnson, Julie Mehretu, and more.
News
New LaGuardia Terminal Will Feature Art by Six New York Artists
Long disdained by travelers, the airport will feature new, site-specific artworks as part of an $8 billion refurbishment project.
Art
Juneteenth Performances, Art-making Workshops, and More at Creative Time’s Red Stage
“The Red Stage has been a beautiful site for holding our shared grief and finding joy together through it all,” explains co-organizer Diya Vij.
Art
Grief and Grievance Honors the Weight and Wake of Racial Violence
A prophetic document of our time, the New Museum exhibition calls attention to the weight of Black death not because it is new or salacious but because it remains urgent.
Interview
Artists Quarantine With Their Art Collections
“In the midst of a contagion that threatens our way of life, isolates us remorselessly from family and friends, and breeds fear and paranoia, I find these pieces grounding.”
Interview
Why the Art and Design Details of Rashid Johnson’s Native Son Matter
The 2019 adaptation of Richard Wright’s classic novel, with production design by Akin McKenzie, feels like a complete aesthetic reimagining of Wright’s 20th-century source material.
In Brief
Rashid Johnson's Native Son Adaptation Acquired by HBO Ahead of Sundance Premiere
This adaptation of Richard Wright's 1940 novel Native Son is the visual artist's first feature film.
Announcement
Provocations: Rashid Johnson and Hedges, Edges, Dirt Explore Nativism, and Expressions of Power
Two new exhibitions now open at the Institute for Contemporary Art in Richmond, VA.
Art
Kehinde Wiley's Pantheon of Black Artists
In his new show at Sean Kelly Gallery, the artist has begun to create a register of contemporary black visual artists.
Film
A Documentary Introduction to the Art World, with Star Power and Obvious Ideas
Blurred Lines: Inside the Art World, showing at the Tribeca Film Festival, is a successful crash course in the forces shaping the art market that fails to go deeper.