ART A Monument to Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King Divides Critics Hank Willis Thomas and MASS Design Group’s tribute is drawing mixed reviews—including...
ART Tom of Finland’s Homoerotic World-Building Helped Pioneer the Queer Zine The queer Finnish illustrator changed the world’s erotic imagination. A new exhibition at David...
ARTIST STATEMENT Robin Rhode Choreographs a Woman-to-Bird Metamorphosis In a surreal series of photographic prints, the South Africa–born artist choreographs a fluid...
TECHNOLOGY Who’s the Better Curator: Man or Machine? As debates about AI’s potential impact on the creative industries rage on, a new exhibition...
ART Titus Kaphar’s Directorial Debut Is More Proof That Nobody Plans to Shut Up The acclaimed painter wrestles with art-world racism in “Shut Up and Paint,” a documentary that
ART In Houston, Two Outsider Art Hallmarks Get a New Lease on Life The Orange Show Center for Visionary Art is undertaking a $2 million restoration project of two...
Art Worrell Yeung Fashions a Pristine Home for Canal Projects A storied cast-iron building on a SoHo street corner is the arts organization’s new home, and...
ARTIST STATEMENT Lisa Edelstein Paints Unedited Everyday Moments The decorated “House” actress, who discovered watercolors during the pandemic, throws it back...
Miami Art Week Surface and Polygon Explore the Intersection of Digital and Physical Spaces at Miami Art Week Over four days, Surface and Polygon's immersive Web3 art bungalow at the W South Beach served as a...
FILM The Overlooked Dilemma of Incarcerated Artists A gripping new documentary sheds light on Jesse Krimes, a formerly incarcerated artist who’s...
ART Should Artists Facing Censorship Head to OnlyFans? One year after Vienna’s viral campaign to promote its museums’ nude artworks on OnlyFans,...
ARTIST STATEMENT Nicole Wittenberg’s Simple Scenes Paint an Otherworldly Stillness The New York painter, who often spends summers sketching midcoast Maine’s luminous sunsets,...
CULTURE CLUB Madonna and Saint Laurent Host a Steamy “Sex” Party in Miami On Dec. 1, Saint Laurent brought “Sex” to Miami Beach with a star-studded cocktail celebrating...
ARTIST STATEMENT Antonio Obá’s Serene Rumination About Earthly Existence Within a wider body of work wrestling with his Brazilian identity, the painter illustrates a search
ART FriendsWithYou Aims Higher Than Ever Before With a little help from their new pal, Starchild, Samuel Borkson and Arturo Sandoval III want to...
SURFACE 7 A Palatial Members Club Devoted to Fine Wines and Dining Stuns in Hong Kong Plus, Kelly Wearstler’s Giobagnara collaboration, a Swedish streetwear label lands in New York,...
DESIGN DISPATCH Hermès Unveils Its Winter Menswear in Tokyo, and Other News Plus, L.A.'s Natural History Museum opens its new welcome center, and Nike prepares to revive its...
ARTIST STATEMENT In the Oeuvre of Terence Ntsako Maluleke, Storytelling Runs Deep With Jackson Hlungwani’s Gift II, the Johannesburg-based painter immortalizes a cherished...
CULTURE CLUB The World’s Most Famous Artists Fêted the Hirshhorn’s 50th Anniversary To mark the 50th anniversary of Washington, D.C.'s, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 50 of...
DESIGN DISPATCH Armani Casa Eyes South Florida for its Newest Residences, and Other News Plus, critics size up sonic AI art at Serpentine, and L.A.'s efforts to remedy its housing shortage