An Epic Mural Prophesies Large-Scale Climate Destruction An Epic Mural Prophesies Large-Scale Climate Destruction
A mountain landscape, upon closer inspection, reveals rampant floods, tornadoes, and fires.
Nov 9, 2020 / Feature / David Opdyke and Lawrence Weschler
Don’t Hide the Art of Philip Guston Don’t Hide the Art of Philip Guston
We should be able to distinguish racist imagery from imagery depicting racists.
Oct 30, 2020 / Barry Schwabsky
Fraudulent Indigenous Art Is Flooding Museums Fraudulent Indigenous Art Is Flooding Museums
After untold exploitation and erasure, Native artwork is being undermined by fraud.
Oct 20, 2020 / Chris O’Connell, Savannah Maher, and The Texas Observer
Behind the Myth of Pier Paolo Pasolini Behind the Myth of Pier Paolo Pasolini
On the artistic afterlife of the Italian filmmaker, poet, novelist, and polemicist.
Sep 28, 2020 / Barry Schwabsky
A Collective Art Project to Support Your Local Post Office A Collective Art Project to Support Your Local Post Office
Postcards for Democracy! Because we need the Postal Service on Election Day and every day.
Sep 22, 2020 / Mark Mothersbaugh and Beatie Wolfe
The Incantatory Power of Ayad Akhtar and Shahzia Sikander The Incantatory Power of Ayad Akhtar and Shahzia Sikander
The two artistic geniuses—a novelist and a visual artist—discuss US politics, Islamophobia, and their recent work.
Sep 15, 2020 / Q&A / Ayad Akhtar and Shahzia Sikander
What Truths Can You Divine From Instagram Paintings? What Truths Can You Divine From Instagram Paintings?
How the act of scrutinizing art online has changed the role of the critic.
Aug 4, 2020 / Barry Schwabsky
How an Artist’s Diary Can Teach Us New Ways of Seeing How an Artist’s Diary Can Teach Us New Ways of Seeing
Rosemary Mayer’s journal from 1971 illuminates not just her work but also how a creative person makes sense of a life.
Jul 23, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Thea Ballard
Bernadette Mayer’s ‘Emotional Science Project’ Bernadette Mayer’s ‘Emotional Science Project’
Flitting between the intimate and the impersonal, the poet’s photographic project Memory is a hallmark of American conceptualism.
Jul 22, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Tausif Noor