Art
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The Intimate Maximalism of Sophia Wilson
At twenty-five, the photographer is reclaiming the joy of the analog image in an era of digital saturation.
The Collective Gaze: Inside Paris’s Circulation(s) Festival
In the industrial halls of northeast Paris, a defiant DIY ethos meets the professionalized world of emerging European photography.
The Persistent Echo of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha
Decades after her death, the multidisciplinary artist’s exploration of exile and the instability of language continues to shape contemporary art and scholarship.
The Quiet Practice of New York’s First Lady
Rama Duwaji’s first interview since her husband took office reveals an artist navigating the friction between a private creative life and the scrutiny of the public eye.
Art and Agitation: Finland Challenges Russia’s Return to the Venice Biennale
As the Russian Pavilion prepares for its first appearance since the 2022 invasion, European leaders are using cultural attendance as a lever for political pressure.
The Archive of a Blackout
Amidst the renewed bombardment of Lebanon, artist Tania El Khoury uses a 2016 power failure to map the systemic and political failures of the present.
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Hungary’s Cultural Thaw
Following a landmark election defeat for Viktor Orbán, the country’s arts institutions face the daunting task of dismantling sixteen years of ideological capture.
The Radical Reflexivity of Joan Semmel
At 93, the painter continues to interrogate the body and the lens from the Soho studio she has occupied for half a century.
The Fragile Mandate of the Sijena Murals
A year after Spain’s Supreme Court ordered the return of 13th-century frescoes to an Aragonese monastery, the National Art Museum of Catalonia remains locked in a standoff over conservation.
A Century in Shadows: Monet Leads a $41 Million Surge in Paris
A $41 million modern and contemporary sale at Sotheby’s, led by a long-hidden Monet, suggests the French capital is reclaiming its status as a global auction powerhouse.
A Dialogue Across Millennia: Giacometti at the Temple of Dendur
This summer, the Metropolitan Museum of Art will place 17 of Alberto Giacometti’s slender bronze figures within a first-century Egyptian temple, exploring the sculptor’s lifelong obsession with ancient forms.
The Industrial Resurrection of Harry Bertoia
Long thought lost to the demolition of a Michigan shopping mall, a massive brass-coated sculpture by the mid-century master has resurfaced to anchor a new retrospective at Cranbrook.
Sotheby’s Returns to Profitability Amidst a Fragile Art Market Recovery
While the auction house posted a $53 million profit in 2025, new measures to delay seller payouts suggest underlying liquidity pressures remain.
The Architecture of Solitude: Inside Celia Paul’s Bloomsbury Studio
For over forty years, the British painter has maintained a rigorous, solitary practice in the same London flat, where the walls between life and art have effectively dissolved.
The Material Memory of the Second Sleep
Artist Maria Britton transforms discarded bedsheets into layered sculptures, invoking the lost pre-industrial rhythms of rest and the quiet labor of the domestic sphere.
The New Architecture of Cultural Memory
As London’s V&A East and Los Angeles’s LACMA prepare for major debuts, the physical footprint of the museum is being reimagined for a new century.
LACMA’s Open-Plan Experiment Invites a New Kind of Wandering
The museum’s new building rejects traditional chronologies in favor of a free-floating, non-linear experience.
The Architecture of the Gaze: Spring’s Essential Photography Exhibitions
From Lillian Bassman’s midcentury abstractions to Nhu Xuan Hua’s surreal archives, two new shows explore the evolving visual language of fashion.
Wolfgang Tillmans and the Freedom of Fire Island
The influential photographer reflects on how a chance return to the legendary enclave reshaped his practice and his relationship with the natural world.
The Last Press Photographer on Fifth Avenue
At 85, Louis Mendes remains a fixture of New York’s street-side economy, bridging the gap between commerce and art with a vintage Speed Graphic camera.
The Persistent Eye: Lee Friedlander’s Seven Decades of Harmonic Chaos
At 91, the photographer continues to redefine the American social landscape through a new monograph that bridges his storied past with the present.
The Secret Squatter of the Musée d’Orsay
Decades before the Orsay station became a world-renowned museum, artist Sophie Calle lived within its abandoned walls, turning the decaying hotel into a private laboratory for her conceptual experiments.
Dean Majd’s Decade-Long Study of Male Intimacy
In "Hard Feelings," photographer Dean Majd captures the "revelry and rupture" of a New York subculture, turning a point-and-shoot lens on grief and brotherhood.
The Heart of the Matter: Carrie Mae Weems’s Five Decades of Inquiry
A new monograph and touring exhibition, "The Heart of the Matter," trace five decades of Carrie Mae Weems’s influential work on history, power, and identity.