Shows & Exhibitions ‘My Whole Purpose Was to Break the Tradition’: Watch Pakistani Artist Shahzia Sikander Subvert the Ancient Practice of Miniature Painting As part of a collaboration with Art21, hear news-making artists describe their inspirations in their own words. By Caroline Goldstein, Jun 17, 2021
Reviews 5 Outstanding Artists From ‘Super-Rough,’ the Experimental Exhibition Takashi Murakami Curated for the Outsider Art Fair Murakami brings some flair to the proceedings with a knowingly cluttered display. By Ben Davis, Jun 17, 2021
On View Can Smell Be an Artistic Medium? A Perfume Expert Teamed Up With Joana Vasconcelos and Other Artists to Make ‘Olfactory Sculptures’ The show is on view now at Phillips Paris. By Anna Sansom, Jun 17, 2021
Shows & Exhibitions The Obama Presidential Portraits Kick Off an 11-Month Tour in Chicago This Week. Tickets Are Already Selling Out The paintings by Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald are expected to draw large crowds at each of the five museums on the tour. By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 17, 2021
Shows & Exhibitions In Pictures: See a Starfish Brooch by Salvador Dalí and Other Glittering Works From the Museum of Natural History’s Surreal Jewelry Show Don't miss these bejeweled designs. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 16, 2021
Shows & Exhibitions The Smithsonian Will Stage a Blowout Show With Objects From Across Its Museums—and 5 New Artworks—to Celebrate Its 175th Birthday The show will take over the long-shuttered Arts and Industries Building. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 15, 2021
Shows & Exhibitions Damien Hirst’s Fake Antiquities From an Imaginary Shipwreck Are on View Alongside the Real Thing at the Galleria Borghese—See It Here Italy's culture minister hopes the show will mark "a new renaissance for Italy" and its tourism. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 14, 2021
Shows & Exhibitions What Are Philly’s Artists Up To? See 5 Key Works From the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s Revelatory Survey of the City’s Art Scene The show paints a pleasing portrait of the city's artistic talents. By Ben Davis, Jun 11, 2021
Shows & Exhibitions For the First Time, Basquiat’s Family Will Organize a Show of Rarely Seen Works by the Artist From Their Personal Collection The Basquiat family will share never-before-seen pictures by the artist in an exhibition that includes an "experience." By Sarah Cascone, Jun 10, 2021
Shows & Exhibitions Cecilia Alemani’s 2022 Venice Biennale Will Explore the Power of the Human Imagination to Adapt to a Changing Planet The exhibition's title "The Milk of Dreams" is inspired by surrealist artist Leonora Carrington. By Naomi Rea, Jun 9, 2021
Shows & Exhibitions A Star-Studded Exhibition Backed by Three European Presidents (Including Putin) Celebrates the Diversity of Europe’s Contemporary Art Work by 90 contemporary artists is on view in "Diversity United." By Kate Brown, Jun 8, 2021
Shows & Exhibitions For the Serpentine Pavilion’s 20th Anniversary, Architect Sumayya Vally Built an Ideal Meeting Place for Perfect Strangers—See It Here To mark the anniversary, the gallery has seeded a £100,000 fellowship to support artists. By Naomi Rea, Jun 8, 2021
Shows & Exhibitions 500 Years Ago, These Artists Were Household Names. Here’s What Their Fall From Favor Suggests About the Fickleness of Art History An exhibition at the Worcester Art Museum links one collector's journey to bigger questions about who becomes famous, and why. By Menachem Wecker, Jun 8, 2021
Shows & Exhibitions In the 1970s, Top Artists Were Commissioned to Design the Monuments of Their Dreams. Now, You Can See Them For the First Time A stack of one million oil drums and a giant bowling ball running down Park Avenue are some of the proposals in “Dream Monuments.” By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 7, 2021
Shows & Exhibitions Meet Artist Gio Swaby, the 29-Year-Old Phenom Whose Sold-Out Debut Boasted Buyers Including Eight Museums (and Roxane Gay) The 29-year-old artist is still in grad school. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 4, 2021
