Art

A Beacon of Light

In Chicago, ancient Roman sculptures remind us that we’ve always been chiseling away at our image.

Words by 
Ann Binlot

Chaotic Good

Precious Okoyomon wields a poetic storm of invasive flora and resilient fauna, growing, changing, and decomposing. At the center of their frenetic energy, though, is a yearning for equilibrium.

Words by 
Kimberly Drew

Then and Now

What do Amish women, Civil War reenactors, and alienated young women have in common? Georgia Gardner Gray’s new paintings connect the dots.

Words by 
Meka Boyle

Virtual Reality

Digital space is as consequential as you make it. The interplay between human and electronic thought is a point of intrigue for American Artist—all the better for its fantastical possibilities.

Words by 
Ikechúkwú Onyewuenyi

The Art-World is Your Oyster

TEFAF Maastricht takes visitors on a journey between periods of human urge to create.

by 
Osman Can Yerebakan

Short Circuit

Life is a stage, this much Camille Henrot knows. As she contends with Amalia Ulman, the difference between routine and performance is just a line in the sand.

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Rachel Summer Small

Media Studies

Two new chapters in long-running series by Mungo Thomson consider the infinite nature of collective human experience—and the impossibility of getting it all down on paper.

by 
Rachel Summer Small

Passing Through

Joan Jonas has spent a lifetime weaving between mediums, spaces, and moments. Her new New York exhibition “Empty Rooms” reminds us that nothing ever truly disappears. 

by 
Sahir Ahmed

Small Town USA

Ben Werther’s new paintings in “Townworld” use history as a jumping off point, collaging places from disparate references to question how nostalgia is manufactured.

by 
Maya Kotomori

Form Takes Precedence

For nearly a decade, bells have been Davina Semo’s hallmark. Now, her latest trio finds permanent residence along Powder Mountain’s scenic Utah trails.

by 
Alisha Wexler

Love Will Always Win

In Arizona, Hank Willis Thomas’ mid-career retrospective asks: If society picked love over rules, would we be in a better place?

by 
Ann Binlot

The Final Frontier

Desert X announces the artist lineup for its 2025 presentation, including site specific works by Sanford Biggers and Agnes Denes.

by 
Emily Simon

In Your Skin

Isabelle Albuquerque marks the fourth generation of women artists. She sees them in the contours of her own body and how they manifest in her work, she tells her mother, Lita Albuquerque. Across time and space, a collective feminine force reverberates.

by 
Meka Boyle

Opposites Attract

America is a rocket launching into the sky and a hurricane sending waves crashing. At the Aspen Art Museum, Heji Shin’s photography captures these moments of rupture, where these two forces collide in a symbolic gesture.

by 
Meka Boyle

The Legacy of Soul

As Black history month comes to a close, Magdalena O’Neal reflects on the symbols of soul that pulse across the work of artists like Betye Saar and Nina Chanel Abney.

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Magdalena O'Neal

Resonations

A survey at the Whitney Museum is a full-circle moment for Christine Sun Kim, who worked as an educator at the institution in 2007. In her artistic practice, she still finds herself occupying the same role—though there’s so much more to say.

by 
Rachel Summer Small

Brooklyn Museum at 200

For its bicentennial anniversary, the community-forward institution tells its history with a three-part exhibition.

by 
Teller Thomas

Look Up

The natural world shines through in Diana Al-Hadid’s new, labyrinthine works, in which intricate layers congeal into views of the trees and sky.

by 
Meka Boyle

On the Town

Paper founder and iconic downtown personality Kim Hastreiter reflects on her past through her many friends—as well as mementos from those relationships—in a memoir and art exhibition. 

by 
Rachel Summer Small

Many Hands Carry

The 16th edition of the Sharjah Biennial successfully tackles many themes even if at times it feels out of context.

by 
Saam Niami

The Show Must Go On

With Los Angeles fresh on the world’s mind post-fires, the city’s art community utilizes Frieze to raise money for relief funds and support the local economy.

Words by 
Ann Binlot

Unfinished Business

Bodies become landscapes and objects take on uncanny life in Tanya and Zhenya Posternak’s photography. Their latest exhibition in New York reimagines how we see the world.

by 
Sahir Ahmed

Body Work

More than half a century has passed since Peter Berlin defined gay imagery through his provocative self portraits. This week in LA, he enters the spotlight once again.

by 
Blake Sutherland

Time’s a Drag

Present reality is the punchline of Sin Wai Kin’s debut U.S. show, with the artist intent on shattering narrative objectivity.

by 
Terry Nguyen

Winter 2024 Art Commissions

There is a private, far away world that artists return to time and time again. Its parameters, molded in childhood and chiseled away in practice. Like the natural landscape, it is always shifting, eroding, and regenerating anew. We can see it, too, eyes closed: a snow capped mountain, an ancient organism, our body, cosmic. Eyes open, gaze fixed, it is a coil on a vine, a statue, light streaming from a window.

by 
Osman Can Yerebakan

Where the Jacaranda Blooms

Art week unfurls across Mexico City with a city-wide renaissance celebrating Mexican history and artistic innovation.

by 
Sahir Ahmed

Terms and Conditions

Georgian painter Tamo Jugeli reaches new heights with a Los Angeles solo show that reflects her own transformation.

by 
Qingyuan Deng

Poetic Defiance

French artist Laurent Grasso’s atemporal landscapes frame Nicolas Ghesquière’s new Louis Vuitton campaign for Spring/Summer 2025.

by 
Osman Can Yerebakan

A Map Is a Mind

At a Napa Valley winery, Abraham Cruzvillegas maps local people and places: a departure from the binary way of charting land.

by 
Meka Boyle

Fun Over Function

The late artist Dan Friedman's first solo exhibition since 1994 is on view at Superhouse in New York.

by 
Jane Lewis