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ART
For Cj Hendry, Art Is Not a Spectator Sport

The New Yorker by way of Brisbane has made a name for herself by staging solo shows in which the...

OPINION
The Enraging Banality of MTV’s “The Exhibit”

Despite the network’s proven history of engaging with contemporary art—see Andy Warhol’s...

FILM
The Broad-Strokes Approach of “Paint” Blurs Bob Ross’s Legacy

Owen Wilson stars as a Bob Ross knock-off in Paint, a film that taps into the late TV painter’s...

ART
Carl Craig’s “Party/After-Party” Gets an Encore

After a pandemic stint at Dia:Beacon, the godfather of Detroit techno brings an evolution of his...

ART
Sage Ni’Ja Whitson Illuminates Our Fear of the Dark

At Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s EMPAC media center, an installation by the multimedia...

ARTIST STATEMENT
Filip Custic Wades Into the Subconscious

The Spanish-Croatian artist has welcomed superstars like Rosalía and Lil Nas X into his pristine...

FILM
London’s Grenfell Tragedy Gets the Steve McQueen Treatment

Captured in a helicopter six months after the deadly fire, the director’s eerily silent footage...

Museums
What’s Going on With the Met’s “Blood Antiquities?”

A damning investigative report laid bare the dodgy details about the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s

ARTIST STATEMENT
Adjei Tawiah’s Exquisite Ode to a Close Mentor’s Legacy

A standout among the lucid, melancholic canvases featured in the emerging Ghanaian painter’s...

EXHIBITION
This Clever New Gallery Collapses Creative Boundaries

Setting out to break whatever barriers remain between art and design, International Objects debuts...

ART
Roger Ballen’s New Art Center Probes the Psyche

The environmental photographer pulls back the curtain on Johannesburg’s Inside Out Centre for...

EXHIBITION
What to Expect When the Photography Show Returns to New York

The flagship fair of AIPAD—Association of International Photography Art Dealers (AIPAD)—offers...

ART
A New Day for the Erstwhile “Newspaper”

A new volume from Primary Information collects, for the first time, the entire print run of the...

CULTURE CLUB
An Intimate Dinner to Toast Art Basel Hong Kong

On March 22, luminaries from the art and luxury spheres gathered at Carlyle & Co for an intimate...

ART
Anthony Olubunmi Akinbola Wields Simple Yet Loaded Materials

By extracting meaning from flags, palm oil, bullet shell casings, and now durags, the Nigerian-born