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The Disappearing Art of Iberian Democracy
1+ hour, 35+ min ago (142+ words) The varied, confrontational works on view at Madrid's La Casa Encendida are reminders of the intense labor required to protect liberty. Inquietud. Libertad y democracia continues at La Casa Encendida (Ronda de Valencia, 2, Madrid, Spain) through March 8. The exhibition was…...
The Mount Rushmore of Racism
13+ hour, 27+ min ago (278+ words) Can't New Yorkers catch a break? Just when the stubborn mounds of filthy snow that haunted us for weeks finally began melting away, we got hit with a blizzard that shut down all art institutions and blanketed the city in…...
Chipping Away at the Facade of Mount Rushmore
21+ hour, 3+ min ago (400+ words) In "Biography of a Mountain," author Matthew Davis deftly weaves together interviews and stories that reveal so much more than a linear narrative of the monument's history. Through interviews and anecdotes, we learn about the Lakota origins in the region,…...
University of North Texas Students Withdraw Thesis Shows, Citing Censorship
5+ day, 22+ hour ago (1079+ words) It's one of multiple actions in solidarity with artist Victor "Marka27" Qui'onez, whose exhibition of works critical of ICE violence was abruptly shuttered. Graduate students in the MFA Studio Art program at the University of North Texas (UNT) are withdrawing their…...
How White Elites Drained Ancient Art of Its Color
1+ week, 23+ hour ago (246+ words) The publication of "Chroma" represents an important shift by museums toward recognizing polychromy and its entanglement with white supremacy. Chroma: Sculpture in Color from Antiquity to Today (2025), edited by Se'n Hemingway, Sarah Lepinski, and Vinzenz Brinkmann is published by Yale…...
All About Love From a Black Medieval Angel
1+ week, 3+ day ago (319+ words) A rare manuscript illustration casts Blackness not as a mirror of sin, but the ground from which love itself might take shape. As an angel, she is meant to embody these virtues. And yet her skin is black. Set against…...
The Commissioner We Need
1+ week, 4+ day ago (542+ words) Who should lead arts and culture in NYC, Valentine's Day tips, and the sad state of Artforum. It's impossible to imagine New York City without art, or contemporary art without New York City. This is where you come to see…...
The Importance of Making “Degenerate” Art
1+ week, 5+ day ago (376+ words) Here, the term is reclaimed not as an insult but as an ethical position: art that refuses neutrality, civility, or institutional comfort. Both works might have been labeled "degenerate" and included in the Nazi Party's 1937 Entartete Kunst (Degenerate Art) exhibition,…...
Lessons From a Children’s Art Teacher
1+ week, 5+ day ago (393+ words) Amy Sherald's solo show breaks attendance records, remembering artists we lost this week, and an exhibition proves critical theory doesn't have to be a snore. The world is in desperate need of sensitive, caring art teachers who are as eager…...
A Surprisingly Enjoyable Show About Critical Theory
1+ week, 6+ day ago (313+ words) An exhibition about the influence of French critical theory on American art finds inspiration in diasporic thinkers like Frantz Fanon and Aim" C"saire. Yet even if viewers disregard this facet, the show is a pleasure to digest. While that…...