Fine Art

Benin Bronzes at the British Museum.

The Long History of the "Elsewhere Museum" The Long History of the "Elsewhere Museum"

Can the ethnographic museum be reinvented?

Dec 2, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Farah Abdessamad

Rain and Mountains

Rain and Mountains Rain and Mountains

Pages from a novelist’s notebook.

Nov 27, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Orhan Pamuk

The Discontents of Michel Houellebecq

The Discontents of Michel Houellebecq The Discontents of Michel Houellebecq

What happened to the French novelist?

Nov 25, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Cole Stangler

Looking at Art Will Never Be the Same Again

Looking at Art Will Never Be the Same Again Looking at Art Will Never Be the Same Again

A conversation with the art historian Claire Bishop about technology's influence on museums and galleries, and her recent book Disordered Attention.

Nov 6, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Francesca Billington

Mary Sully’s Astonishing Art Pictures American History Through Indigenous Eyes

Mary Sully’s Astonishing Art Pictures American History Through Indigenous Eyes Mary Sully’s Astonishing Art Pictures American History Through Indigenous Eyes

A new exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum reveals how deeply embedded a Native woman’s perspective on our culture might be.

Sep 27, 2024 / Feature / Elizabeth Pochoda

Bouchra Khalili’s “The Mapping Journey Project,” 2008–11.

The Coming of World Art at the Venice Biennale The Coming of World Art at the Venice Biennale

At one of the oldest biennials on the planet, a glimpse of a more global idea of art history is on view. 

Sep 4, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

The Genius of Garth Greenwell

The Genius of Garth Greenwell The Genius of Garth Greenwell

Set abroad or at home, in unfamiliar worlds an ocean away or in an intensive care unit in Iowa, Greenwell's novels are songs of the self and of the United States as a whole.

Aug 28, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Hannah Gold

Rachel Kushner’s  Brilliant Avant-Garde Spy Thriller

Rachel Kushner’s Brilliant Avant-Garde Spy Thriller Rachel Kushner’s Brilliant Avant-Garde Spy Thriller

In Creation Lake, Kushner transforms the genre's familiar plot twists and turns into a study of the many fictions we tell one another.

Aug 27, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Nicolás Medina Mora

Reading the Writing on the Wall

Reading the Writing on the Wall Reading the Writing on the Wall

Sign of the times in Harlem.

Aug 20, 2024 / OppArt / Anonymous

Marie Laurencin, “Women in the Forest” (Femmes dans la forêt), 1920.

The Misunderstood Art of Marie Laurencin The Misunderstood Art of Marie Laurencin

Her lively, outré, and undeniably feminine take on cubism set her apart from her modernist peers.

Aug 7, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Hannah Stamler

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