Art
A Public Art Trail Through One of India's Ancient Cities
The new Bhubaneswar Art Trail cuts a path through the city’s Old Town district, leading visitors to exhibitions in schoolrooms, temple complexes, gardens, and private residences.
Review
Art
A Wily French Artist Refreshes and Reinvigorates Giacometti
Our Rooms, a small but striking cross-gender and cross-generational show, successfully pairs Annette Messager's work with Alberto Giacometti's at the new, intimate Giacometti Institute.
Art
In Dubai, an Exhibition Probes the Oil Industry’s Impact on Middle Eastern Society
In the Jameel Arts Centre's inaugural exhibit, 17 artists explore how the discovery of oil in the Arab region has both harmed and benefited the people living there.
Art
The Multiple Personae in Edward Burne-Jones's Paintings
The Pre-Raphaelite artist mixed horror and decadence to create a feeling of unnaturalness.
Art
The Parallel Worlds of Philip Guston and Saul Steinberg
Guston and Steinberg are unclassifiable figures who satirized political figures, artists, poseurs, and American consumerism.
Art
Mark Grotjahn Checks All the Boxes
One or two of the paintings in Grotjahn's latest show might be interesting to look at, but a giant gallery space full of them becomes overbearing and tedious.
Performance
Peter Brook's Meditation on Guilt
The Prisoner conjures a timelessness that recalls Waiting for Godot.
Art
Making American Labor Visible Again
Though officially outlawed in 1865, the de facto continuation of slavery remains a repulsive American secret.
Art
Hoarding and Spending at Art Basel Miami Beach
After Safariland, if you need to convince yourself that the art world isn’t entirely in money’s thrall, you’d want to be anywhere but here.
Art
Finding the Heart of a Nation in Generations of Black Art
Why a truthful account of artistic development in the United States during the latter half of the 20th century must include the artists shown in this exhibition.
Books
An Artist Finds His Muse in a Hallucinogenic Drug
Joe Roberts's latest book, filled with color and mystical symbology, connects creativity and psychedelics.
Art
Sweat Out Your Political Frustrations on Treadmills and Trump Punching Bags
Welcome to Hard Times tells us to disconnect from our apps and instead work up a sweat over the challenges facing the world.