The Art

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Anything Can Happen in Geoffrey Todd Smith’s Paintings

Anything Can Happen in Geoffrey Todd Smith’s Paintings

Fresh and challenging, Smith’s art sits on the cusp between eccentric abstraction...

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Indigenous Art History Has Been Waiting for You to Catch Up

Indigenous Art History Has Been Waiting for You to Catch...

The late Jaune Quick-to-See Smith’s final curatorial salvo — the largest show of...

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The French Postal Worker Who Sat for Van Gogh

The French Postal Worker Who Sat for Van Gogh

A portrait series of Joseph Roulin and his family, whom the painter befriended during...

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Art Auction Sales Dropped by 25% in 2024 Amid Global Volatility

Art Auction Sales Dropped by 25% in 2024 Amid Global Volatility

Private sales rose, as did sales of works priced under $5,000, among other findings...

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RISD Student’s Visa Revoked Amid Trump Crackdown

RISD Student’s Visa Revoked Amid Trump Crackdown

President Crystal Williams described the news as “heartbreaking” in a letter to...

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Jennie C. Jones Transforms The Met Into an Instrument

Jennie C. Jones Transforms The Met Into an Instrument

The artist’s rooftop commission extends her translations between music and the physical...

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Elon Musk Statue Defaced in Texas

Elon Musk Statue Defaced in Texas

The apparent vandalism coincided with nationwide protests against the Trump administration...

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“God’s Architect” Antoni Gaudí Could Be Made a Saint

“God’s Architect” Antoni Gaudí Could Be Made a Saint

Pope Francis declared venerable the giant of Catalan Modernisme, who infused motifs...

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Parsons Fine Arts MFA Students Help Us Navigate 2025

Parsons Fine Arts MFA Students Help Us Navigate 2025

Artists like Hannah Bang, Andrew Samuel Harrison, Sumaiya Saiyed, and Yeabsera Tabb...

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Shahzia Sikander’s Transgressive Femininity

Shahzia Sikander’s Transgressive Femininity

In the artist's works, a woman is at once a social subject pushing back against...

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Fresh Sets Examines the Fine Art of Nail Art

Fresh Sets Examines the Fine Art of Nail Art

Writer Tembe Denton-Hurst argues that this wearable art form isn’t just an extension...

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Vladimir Tatlin’s Ukraine Dreaming 

Vladimir Tatlin’s Ukraine Dreaming 

The first North American exhibition of one of Ukraine’s most important artists reclaims...

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The Morgan Museum’s Kafka Show Is … Kafkaesque

The Morgan Museum’s Kafka Show Is … Kafkaesque

In this exhibition, we are relying on the information we’re given to try to attain...

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Five New York City Shows to See Right Now

Five New York City Shows to See Right Now

Our favorite shows of the week all center individual creators, from big names like...

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The Hyperallergic Art Crossword: April 2025

The Hyperallergic Art Crossword: April 2025

Kick off spring with clues on Simone de Beauvoir’s undersung artist sister, a newly...

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Paris Metro Bans David Hockney Exhibition Ad Over a Cigarette

Paris Metro Bans David Hockney Exhibition Ad Over a Cigarette

The famed British artist called the transit network's decision “complete madness”...