Category: Arts Entertainments

Ryan RedCorn and Ashley Richards (Osage/Otoe), “Make The World Better” (2009), silkscreen on paper, 20 x 34 inches (courtesy Ryan…

Lesia Khomenko, “I’m a Bird II” (2023–24), acrylic on canvas, 47 1/4 x 35 7/8 inches (all photos by Michael…

Yong Soon Min, “Defining Moments No. 2” (1992), silver gelatin print, lacquered wood frame, 20 3/8 x 16 3/8 x 1…

Over the recent Lunar New Year weekend, I attended the opening and panel discussion for the exhibition Scratching at the…

Archaeologists excavating at the ancient Neolithic site of Çatalhöyük in southern Turkey have uncovered the remains of unbaked, leavened bread…

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Emily Hall Tremaine and Steingrim Laursen of Copenhagen, Denmark, at the Kimball Art Museum in 1976. (photo via the Archives…

Bree Gilliam, “There Goes the Neighborhood” (2022), oil on canvas, 30 x 24 inches (courtesy the artist; image courtesy the…

Patrick Moore will be resigning as director of the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, effective May 2024. In a…

Damien H. Ding, “IM Pei Dreaming” (2023), egg tempera on aluminum, 36.875 x 30.875 inches framed (all images courtesy Steven…

While a TikTok ban looms in the United States, we decided to dedicate this week’s edition to what we culled…

First Look is the Museum of the Moving Image’s annual celebration of experimental cinema. This year’s edition features an intriguing…

The United States House of Representatives unanimously voted yesterday, March 12, to move forward with a bill that could result…

Ever since Sanford Wurmfeld began exhibiting in the mid-1960s, he has rigorously investigated the ways the viewer can experience color…

As the Whitney Museum’s signature event, the Biennial is a highly anticipated exhibition that often acts as a barometer of…

LONDON — Is Shakespeare a genius or a torment? A bit of both. Let’s deal with the poetry first. The…

VIENNA — History Tales. Fact and Fiction in History Painting, an exhibition that draws on the rich collection of the…

Mark Rothko, “Yellow Band” (1956), oil on canvas, 86 1/10 × 79 1/2 inches, Sheldon Museum of Art (all photos…

Over a dozen artists and UrbanGlass workers withdrew their work from a group exhibition at the Brooklyn institution after its…

Having collaborated for more than three decades across visual and print media, artists Kent Monkman (Fisher River Cree Nation) and…

LOS ANGELES — More than 1,000 organizers, artists, and film workers gathered in Hollywood today, March 10, to call for…

As a curator, writer, and artist, my work is grounded in storytelling. Contextualizing the work of artists past and present…

Members of the activist group Palestine Action spray-painted and slashed a portrait of British former Prime Minister Arthur James Balfour…

This spring, SITE Santa Fe presents three exhibitions featuring the works of Carmen Herrera, Arturo Herrera, and Erin Shirreff. Arturo…

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) Interim CEO Sara Fenske Bahat has resigned as the institution’s galleries remain closed…

Posted inSponsored Exhibition Announcement Japan Society explores the origins of Zen Buddhism over four centuries of work from painter-monks, including…

Approximately 30 demonstrators disrupted the opening of Israeli artist Michal Rovner’s exhibition Pragim at Manhattan’s Pace Gallery tonight, March 7.…

China Institute Gallery in New York City — renowned for its world-class exhibitions of exceptional Chinese art — presents new,…

Next year marks the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, yet the world still finds itself in…

Taking his cue from the Cubists and reaching as far back as Uccello, Amir Hariri creates futuristic, metallic deconstructed visual…

Art collectors Lorenzo Legarda Leviste and Fahad Mayet have withdrawn quilt works by Loretta Pettway from an exhibition at London’s…

Residencies are often a staple in artists’ lives, important in building a career. Though a small number of well-known programs…

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Phillip Allen’s paintings are paradoxes that have stayed with me ever since I first saw his work in 2013 at…

It’s a truth universally acknowledged that when you finish one art book, a dozen more pop up in its place.…

LOS ANGELES — “I have a deep skepticism of the art market, with its structure predicated on privilege, wealth, class,…

LOS ANGELES — In pouring rain, a group of 20 unaffiliated cultural workers gathered to protest the United States’s continued…

LOS ANGELES — When I heard that the latest performance from dance collective Volta was going to explore the subject…

Spring is finally peeking through the cold and clouds and New York galleries and museums are in full bloom with…

Buttons, plates, marbles, bottles, coins, bullets, keys and other historic artifacts are suspended in a rhythmic free fall, a choreographed…

LOS ANGELES — It’s my fourth rodeo at Felix Art Fair, which sets up its booths inside the poolside cabanas at…

A screenshot from the “Willy’s Chocolate Experience” website (left) and a photo from the actual event (right) (screenshot Rhea Nayyar/Hyperallergic,…

Gazan artist Fathi Ghaben died on Sunday, February 25 from health complications after Israeli authorities refused to give him permission…

MINNEAPOLIS — Curator Robert Cozzolino’s termination from the Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia) has become a flashpoint for union organizers…

As an artist-curator whose practice is focused on death and dying, I’m deeply invested in the work of my peers.…

Every year, Lower Manhattan’s Chinatown hosts the city’s biggest celebration of the Lunar New Year in an elaborate parade that…

In a curatorial coincidence, three current exhibitions across lower Manhattan are addressing the ecological devastation of the Amazon, raising awareness…

Dozens of unionized cultural workers rallied outside MoMA PS1 in Long Island City last week to demand that the museum’s…

Albrecht Dürer, “Self-Portrait at 28” (1500), oil on lime, 26 2/5 x 19 1/5 inches; held by Alte Pinakothek, München,…

CHICAGO — Black women in general experience the world differently from those who are not Black and female. It’s a…

Vincent van Gogh’s 1888 “Chair With Pipe,” on view at Britain’s National Gallery in London. (via Wikimedia Commons) The National…

New York City’s spring art fair season is almost upon us, and this year’s lineup promises another busy few months.…

The average pedestrian on a city stroll is more likely to notice the tall, flowering trees they see above them…

Thousands of Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) organizers and allies marched over several blocks toward the American Israel Public Affairs…

‣ Reporting for New Lines Magazine, Matthew Petti finds out that a fanatical Israel settlement is being funded by suburbanites on…

Greece Culture Minister Lina Mendoni lambasted the British Museum after the Parthenon Marbles were used as a “backdrop” for a…

In my time presenting Chicano/Latino/Latinx prisoner art in museums, visitors have expressed enthusiasm that is frequently coupled with confusion over…

Let’s begin with the obvious: Nearly any moment taken out of context can tell a story other than the truth.…

LOS ANGELES — In just over a week, three art fairs will be popping up throughout Los Angeles: Frieze at…

BEVERLY HILLS — When Joey Terrill tested positive for HIV in 1989, he assumed he had only a short time…

LONDON — “No, not that way,” the young man behind the press table tells me as I head toward the…

“He’s acting like he wants to buy me,” a flapper scowls at her shady landlord, her glossy black bob trembling.…

Eight artists defaced their own artwork on display at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) during a pro-Palestine…

NEW YORK — Nearly three years ago, on March 16, 2021, a gunman killed eight people, six of whom were…

Today, February 16, the curators of the Berlinale international film festival’s Forum Expanded program joined artists’ expressions of solidarity with…

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles has become home to three new art fairs over the past few years, including multi-national…

Manhattan’s Park Avenue Armory may be the most romantic of New York City’s art fair venues. The historic building boasts…

Two stubborn misconceptions that persist in American media about women who change the world are that they are (a) Western,…

‣ KVOA in Tucson, Arizona, reported that Nkechi Diallo, formerly Rachel Dolezal, lost her job over her OnlyFans account. 2024 is…

Arts Council England (ACE), a governmental funding body for the promotion of the nation’s arts sector, has informed its grant…

A clay model shows a couple kissing. The work is dated approximately 1800 BCE, originating from Mesopotamia. (© The Trustees…

Artist Zoya Cherkassky can be heard saying “fuck you” after the second round of activists disrupt the talk. (video Elaine…

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Amid “flyover country,” as it’s colloquially and insultingly referred to, in an unendingly flat city nicknamed “Cowtown,”…

Ten protesters were arrested at an action in support of Palestine that began outside the Brooklyn Museum on Saturday afternoon,…

If paño arte is the private-facing practice of artists serving time in penitentiaries across the United States, then artepaño encompasses…

Artist Danielle De Jesus grew up near the intersection of Jefferson Street and Knickerbocker Avenue in a Puerto Rican household…

The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in Manhattan unexpectedly closed its galleries to the public at around 3:45pm Saturday, February…

From reframing how the art world sees art made in prison to Indigenous print design, we’re excited to share what our…

‣  After a speaker shared the title of his talk on Gaza for a London Review of Books lecture series,…

Death is one of life’s few universal experiences. As long as people are born, people will die. And as long…

I first encountered paño arte, intricate ink or pencil drawings on handkerchiefs created by incarcerated Chicanos, as a boy in…

The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) drew criticism online on Sunday, January 21, after its Director-General Eli Eskozido posted an Instagram…

The Year of the Dragon commences on Saturday, February 10, marking a new cycle in the lunar calendar. The event…

While being escorted out of the museum, two organizers from For Our Liberation continued to distribute their flyers to visitors…

BERLIN and PARIS — In recent years, impending ecological apocalypse has spurred a number of contemporary artists to visualize fears…

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This month, we’re turning to books that spark questions and crack open new possibilities, with digital culture on our minds…

“MY WORK HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY FAITHFUL TO ME,” reads an emphatic text in a 1997 print by Joan Snyder. It…

Walking into Company Gallery in Soho late last year felt like walking into a faerie wonderland. During a casual Wednesday…

Barrow Parke, “Shapes in Time” (2022), acrylic and embroidery on hand-loomed linen, 19 5/8 x 19 5/8 inches (image courtesy…

Onassis AiR invites artists, curators, designers, theater makers, activists, writers, choreographers, performers, architects, creative coders, filmmakers, and other practitioners working…

A man died after falling from the Tate Modern building in London on Friday morning, February 2. In a statement…

There’s nothing like springtime in New York City, blooming with color, people, and things to do. Museums, galleries, and public…

From Pointillism to stippling, Ben Day to halftones, the compilation of dots to construct an image can be traced through…

‣ There’s a cottage industry for everything: ‣ Noam Chomsky, Ian Roberts, and Jeffrey Watumull wrote an opinion piece for the New…

Contemporary printmaker and designer Lisa Hunt, who was celebrated for her intricately precise gold leaf artistry and expanding studio practice,…

1. Pacita AbadBasco, Philippines, 1946-2004, Singapore 2. Mariam Abdel-AleemAlexandria, Egypt, 1930–2010 3. Etel AdnanBeirut, Lebanon, 1925–2021, Paris, France 4. Sandy…

Wilder Alison’s knit kite (all images courtesy This Long Century) Wilder Alison’s knit kite (all images courtesy This Long Century)…

Artemisia Gentileschi, “Judith and her Maidservant” (1618–19), oil on canvas, 44 x 36.61 inches (image courtesy Uffizi Gallery) MADRID —…

Visual artist, musician, and filmmaker Laurie Anderson is the latest target of Germany’s crackdown on speech critical of Israel. After…

“When I sued Richard Prince more than seven years ago, it was hard to imagine I’d be, along with Donald…

SÃO PAULO, Brazil — The story of the Brazilian art movement Generation 80 is often told as a return to…

The past few years have been busy for multidisciplinary Anishinaabe, French and Canadian artist Caroline Monnet, from completing a feature…

The World Photography Organization announced 20 finalists for the youth and student categories of its annual competition, the Sony World…

The Santa Barbara Museum of Art (SBMA) has canceled an exhibition focused on the legacy of art historian Michael Fried’s…

The American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in New York City will shutter two expansive galleries showcasing Native objects tomorrow,…

Taqralik Partridge has departed from Toronto’s Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), becoming the second Indigenous curator to exit the Canadian…

‣ For History Today, Isabella Rosner tells the story of Annie Parker, a 19th-century artist who was frequently incarcerated and crafted…

Julie Torres and Ellen Letcher are cheerleaders of the Hudson Valley, a growing art scene that flowers with galleries, artist-run…

Wendy Nālani E. Ikemoto has been named vice president and chief curator of the New-York Historical Society (NYHS), marking the…

Carl Andre, the mid-20th century Minimalist sculptor whose legacy is clouded by allegations that he murdered Cuban artist Ana Mendieta,…

There’s a slightly unreal feeling to January, as we settle into the new year following the holiday rush. With new…

Malavika Rao, “dream home” (2023), gouache on paper, 29 x 22 inches, one of the works withdrawn from the MFA…

BRISTOL, England — Elias Sime’s large, multipaneled works gleam like aerial views of cities caught in the evening sun or…

Most of the time that Tomashi Jackson is creating art, she says that she doesn’t know what the final product…

Karachi-born conceptual artist Rasheed Araeen’s Islam and Modernism encourages Muslim artists and scholars to learn from the Islamic history of…

I was surprised how soon James Siena had his second exhibition at Miles McEnery Gallery, following his first in late…

Tulsa Artist Fellowship, a place-based, durational award that aims to support visionary arts practitioners, is now accepting applications for its…

Low-ResidencyA truly nomadic institution, the Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts (IDSVA) fuses interactive online education with intensive…

“The Simpsons predicted it” is by now such a popular adage that there are lists upon lists for apparent Simpsons…

Blake, a successful musician, has recently escaped rehab to return home. The safety of his house is soon disrupted by…

Leaders from over 30 arts institutions across New York City are urging Mayor Eric Adams to restore funding to the…

‣ Programming around a new Rothko exhibition in DC aims to illuminate the artist’s musical influences, including Mozart. Michael Andor Brodeur…

A camera captured a man parked outside Brent Sikkema’s residence. (video courtesy Empresa de Segurança Gabriel) Security camera footage captured outside…

One of Rose Marasco’s goals in her photographs is to chronicle “the actual and symbolic significance of everyday household objects,”…

Chicago’s Field Museum has covered up some display cases of Native objects in its Ancient Americas and Northwest Coast and…

Italian authorities are investigating junior culture minister and art critic Vittorio Sgarbi, accused of owning and displaying a 17th-century painting…

OXFORD, England — “God giving birth.” This phrase, which titles one of Monica Sjöö’s best-known and most controversial works, is…

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Alexandra Rubinstein, “The Venus Trap” (2023), menstrual blood on canvas, 40 x 40 inches (image courtesy the artist and Kravets…

LONDON — The National Gallery has brought together an oil painting and pastel version of the same composition, known as…

Posted inSponsored Opportunities NYC-based artists who identify as AAPI are invited to submit outdoor banner designs for the museum. The…

Only one year ago, Twitter (now X) announced that paid users on the site could set an NFT as their…

Joyce Jeffrey’s photo of Annie Chapati for her 2010 series Knot Bad (all photos courtesy the Charles H. Wright Museum…

Hundreds of artists and cultural workers around the world signed a petition calling to boycott German cultural institutions in response…

In 1969, private art collector, philanthropist, and arts advocate Roy R. Neuberger promised 300 paintings and sculptures as the founding…

Artist Samia Halaby (photo via Wikimedia Commons) Over 1,300 people have signed a petition urging Indiana University at Bloomington (IU)…

William Matthew Prior, “Mrs. Nancy Lawson” (1843), oil on canvas (© Shelburne Museum; image courtesy the Shelburne Museum) William Matthew…

Shepard Fairey poster based on an image taken by Palestinian photojournalist Belal Khaled in Gaza on November 8, 2023 (all…

In the 1960s the Hudson River coastline below Chambers Street was the site of deserted and dilapidated docks. As the…

With Christmas upon us, many observers of the Christian holiday commemorate the season with reconstructions of the famed Nativity scene,…

It’s time for a holiday edition of our column of new and noteworthy video essays! Granted, none of these videos…

‣ If you couldn’t make it to the epic Vermeer retrospective earlier this year at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam … well,…

LONDON — Armies attack, parry, bludgeon, obliterate, all in relentless pursuit of their pitiless goals. As do artists. Artists do…

The first known painting by Vincent van Gogh to depict the outdoors is joining the collection of The Metropolitan Museum…

PRINCETON, New Jersey — As I wander through the solo exhibition Threading Memories / MiKyoung Lee, I feel a rising…

Did you enthusiastically agree to and then completely forget about your friend’s white elephant gift exchange? Are you scrambling to…

Posted inCrosswords From stolen brass instruments to Bronze Age gender-bending sculpture, this month’s mini art crossword packs a lot in…

LOS ANGELES — Long before reality television series like the ever-popular Naked and Afraid, true crime shows, and WWE and…

David Diao loves pure abstract painting as embodied by the highly revered work of Barnett Newman and Kasimir Malevich, even…

Centuries ago, in 2022, the FBI raided the Orlando Museum of Art and hauled away 25 fake Basquiats that had…

The Taipei Fine Arts Museum (TFAM), artist Yuan Goang-Ming, and curator Abby Chen are pleased to announce Everyday War, the…

“Draped Male Figure” (circa 150 BCE–200 CE) at the Cleveland Museum of Art. In a previous description on the museum’s…

An ancient larger-than-life sandstone Buddha head, a bronze sculpture of a seated Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, and a 10th-century goddess statuette from…

As workers and tourists traversed the cobblestone streets of Lower Manhattan today, December 15, about 20,000 red paper poppies rested…

‣ This week in art market shenanigans, a British couple avoids paying millions in inheritance taxes by donating a Renaissance bronze…

We’re not sure what we like more — giving or getting books — but we do know they make perfect…

Us explaining to our moms what a 2023 meme looks like (edit Valentina Di Liscia/Rhea Nayyar/Hyperallergic) As we close the…

Unknown artist, “Snail” (c. 1350), The Netherlands, illumination on parchment from Jacob van Maerlant’s Der naturen bloeme (image via Wikimedia…

The holiday season has always been more than just a special time to spend with loved ones, as corporations seize…

 History Photography #costumes #Jason Gardner #masks #seasons December 12, 2023 Kate Mothes Pantalla, Xinzo de Limia, Galicia, Spain. All…

“Sanguines.” All images © Jon Ching, shared with permission We’re thrilled to announce our next limited-edition print release with Jon…