Reviews The Lyon Biennale Has Many Big, Beautiful Works—But Too Many Competing Curatorial Ideas The curators suggest the show's theme, "Manifesto of Fragility," positions vulnerability as "a foundation for empowerment." By Hettie Judah, Sep 16, 2022
Galleries Two Young Women Took a Gamble and Opened an Art Gallery in Remote Kosovo. It Is Now One of the Most Talked-About Galleries in Europe Last month, Lambalambdalambda opened its second space in Prishtina. By Hettie Judah, Aug 4, 2022
Art Criticism Manifesta 14 Hits the Mark With a Show that Probes Kosovo’s Turbulent Past and Its Asymmetrical Power Relations With the E.U. But Prishtina's historical and monumental venues frequently overshadow the art on view. By Hettie Judah, Jul 26, 2022
Opinion Warning Labels at Museums Make Art More Accessible to All—But They Should Stop Short of Telling Us How to Think How taking my child to a provocative museum exhibition made me reconsider the value of warning labels. By Hettie Judah, Jun 7, 2022
Shows & Exhibitions ‘I’m Staying Away From Trump as Subject Matter’: American Artist Howardena Pindell on How She Balances Her Abstract and Political Work As her first solo show in London opens, the pioneering artist says she's glad the US president isn't interested in culture. By Hettie Judah, Jun 6, 2019
Art World There’s a Flood of Climate Change-Related Art at the Venice Biennale. Can It Make a Difference—Or Is It Adding to the Problem? Local advocates say they wish more exhibitors would ask them how to minimize their environmental impact instead of simply asking them to participate in panel discussions. By Hettie Judah, May 6, 2019
On View Review: The Sharjah Biennial Leaves the Echo Chamber of Western Art to Focus on the ‘Global South’ This year's edition of the show presents more than 70 artists. By Hettie Judah, Mar 12, 2019
Shows & Exhibitions Who Said Art Was Fun? This Year’s Liverpool Biennial Is a Tearjerking Journey Through Europe’s Dark, Violent Past The largest art exhibition in the UK explores the scars left by Europe's past—and offers a tentative look forward. By Hettie Judah, Jul 17, 2018
Shows & Exhibitions Review: Manifesta 12 Conjures Up a Natural Order in Extremis, From Erotic Plant Parties to Civilian Bombings The sprawling exhibition on a botanical theme in Palermo is tightly curated, thoughtful and engaged with local and global issues. By Hettie Judah, Jun 19, 2018
Shows & Exhibitions ‘The Project Is the City’: How Curators of Europe’s Roving Biennial Manifesta Took Inspiration From Their Sicilian Host City Manifesta 12 puts the movement of people, capital, flora, and fauna taking center stage. By Hettie Judah, Jun 15, 2018
Shows & Exhibitions Pinault vs. Arnault: Dueling Art Shows Foreshadow the Battle That Will Reshape the Paris Museum Scene François Pinault and Bernard Arnault mark their territories with revealing group shows in Venice and Paris. By Hettie Judah, Apr 13, 2018
Shows & Exhibitions Deep in the English Countryside, Mega-Gallery Hauser & Wirth Indulges in Fantasies of Rustic Life The gallery follows up its celebrated "Bronze Age" presentation at Frieze London by turning its Somerset outpost into a rural life museum. By Hettie Judah, Feb 19, 2018
Opinion Help, I’m Lost in a Mega Exhibition! Why It’s Time to Rethink Art Shows That Are Too Big to Fail In big biennials and sprawling shows much of the art is overlooked—and anxiety about missing something becomes rampant. By Hettie Judah, Jan 10, 2018
Art World After the Year of the Pussy Hat, Can Fashion Activism Effect Change? Wearing a pink hat or buying a T-shirt is not the same as direct action, but it can be a powerful gesture. By Hettie Judah, Jan 3, 2018
Art World World Museums Join Forces to Combat Destruction of Antiquities in the Age of Digital Reproductions The Smithsonian Institute and Hermitage as well as the Louvre are among the 19 institutions to sign a declaration of cooperation. By Hettie Judah, Dec 13, 2017
