CULTURE CLUB Scenes From the Art Students League of New York’s Annual Gala On Nov. 7, the Art Students League of New York hosted its annual gala at the Museum of Modern Art...
ART Why the Art World Is Embracing WeChat With more than a billion monthly users around the world, art-world institutions are flocking to...
ARTIST STATEMENT Jean-Pierre Villafañe’s Paintings Piece Together Eternal Nights The self-taught painter channels his architectural background to distort perspectives in his...
ART Seven Luminaries Shine at the National Portrait Gallery Newly commissioned portraits of Ava DuVernay, the Williams sisters, José Andrés, and more will...
ART Refik Anadol’s Swirling Abstractions Will Soon Illuminate MoMA The Turkish-American digital artist plugged more than 138,000 images and text materials from two...
ART The Rubell Family Collection Enters a Former D.C. Schoolhouse Three years after greatly expanding their presence in Miami, Mera and Donald Rubell transform an...
ARTIST STATEMENT Kevin Brisco, Jr.’s Sensual Canvases Conjure Twilight Memories Capturing the haziness seen and felt after sunset in a dimly lit room, the Queens-based painter...
Art Is Philanthropy As We Know It Going Out of Style? As a new generation comes into their inheritances—or self-made fortunes—and supplants...
ARTIST STATEMENT Oscar yi Hou Reveals the Complexity of Asian-American Identity In his richly layered portraits, the British-born Cantonese painter and UOVO Prize winner surrounds
ART A Colossal Ship-Like Artwork Evoking America’s Slave Trade For his first public artwork, renowned conceptual artist Charles Gaines mounts a giant installation
CULTURE CLUB The National Arts Awards Honors Creative Thinkers Spurring Social Change On Oct. 17, Americans for the Arts presented the annual National Arts Awards at Guastavino’s in...
ART A Flashy New Museum’s Downfall Embodies Russia’s Cultural Decline A spate of high-profile departures, canceled exhibitions, and anti-war protests have shrouded the...
ARTIST STATEMENT Yukimasa Ida Crystallizes Memories of a Sacred Landscape After a spiritual journey to Spanish dolmens, the Japanese painter captures the landscape’s...
ARTIST STATEMENT Robert Peterson’s Intimate Portraits of Black Peace and Strength Flipping the script on how Black families are often portrayed, the Oklahoma-based painter lovingly...
ART How Museums Became Staging Grounds for Protest Movements Two activists flung tomato soup over a Van Gogh painting at London’s National Gallery last week,...
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