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Art
September 2, 2021
Jo Livingstone
The Agony and the Ecstasy of
The Joy of Painting
Bob Ross was the soft-spoken “Happy Painter,” beloved by audiences. When he died, conflict erupted.
May 18, 2021
Sophie Madeline Dess
Two Paths for Erotic Sculpture
A new show pairing the work of Eva Hesse and Hannah Wilke ends up stressing the differences between these groundbreaking artists.
April 14, 2021
Magazine
Evan Kindley
How Americans Lost Their Fervor for Freedom
Louis Menand’s new book traces the decline of a defining ideal.
April 7, 2021
Jeremy Lybarger
The Turbulent Life of Francis Bacon
Bacon’s contradictions make him the rare artist who warrants an infatuated 900-page biography.
January 4, 2021
Magazine
Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein
The Artist Isn’t Dead
Eulogies for the creative class are premature. Art workers can organize—and survive.
November 10, 2020
Jo Livingstone
Ivanka in Exile
We may be done with Ivanka, but she is not done with us.
October 29, 2020
Magazine
Rumaan Alam
Celia Paul Redefines the Artist’s Model
When Lucian Freud painted Paul, she felt reduced. When Paul paints her subjects, they are exalted.
August 25, 2020
Jo Livingstone
The Whitney Museum’s Careless Attempt to Curate a Summer of Black Uprising
The self-appointed guardians of America’s visual heritage are at it again.
July 22, 2020
Jeremy Lybarger
The Desolate Visions of Andy Warhol
Blake Gopnik’s biography shows an artist haunted by death, seeking refuge in consumerism.
June 15, 2020
Giulia L. Heyward
The Righteous Power of the George Floyd Mural
The proliferation of murals across the country is part of a tradition dating back to the civil rights movement.
May 15, 2020
Magazine
Kyle Chayka
The Minimized Life
The legacy of Donald Judd in a time of quarantine
April 24, 2020
Magazine
Kyle Chayka
When Art Becomes Self-Help
Jerry Saltz’s new book markets an instagram-friendly version of creativity.
April 1, 2020
Magazine
Jillian Steinhauer
The Hollow Politics of Minimalism
A pristine, stripped-down aesthetic conceals the messy realities of society.
March 16, 2020
Rumaan Alam
The Lost World of Studio 54
The Brooklyn Museum’s new show—now shuttered due to coronavirus fears—captures a time that has never felt so distant.
October 21, 2019
Rumaan Alam
The New MoMA Is More of a Good Thing
The Museum of Modern Art has used an expansive renovation to both reintroduce and celebrate itself.
July 10, 2019
Jo Livingstone
Pining for the Moon
On Apollo 11's fiftieth anniversary, a new exhibition at the Met explores the moon's place in our cultural imagination.
May 29, 2019
Magazine
Kate Wagner
LA’s Museum for Nobody
How a starchitect’s dramatic design for LACMA was hacked to bits
April 16, 2019
Kyle Chayka
The Tale of Genji’
s Image-Conscious, Experience-Hungry Courtiers
A new exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art depicts self-indulgence amid the disorder of a decaying world.
March 12, 2019
Magazine
Rachel Syme
The Branding of Frida Kahlo
Can the artist’s things tell us what drove her?
March 11, 2019
Jillian Steinhauer
The Universe According to Hilma af Klint
A pioneer of abstraction, the Swedish artist made mysterious, cosmic paintings her life’s work.
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