Reviews Why It’s Worth Savoring Leonor Fini’s Enchanted Surrealism at Kasmin + Other Things to See and Read Plus, the Mariah Carey "I don't know her" meme as art, and the "New Ugliness" theorized. By Ben Davis, Feb 1, 2023
On View See a Collection of Heartwarming Letters That Young Fans Sent to Spider-Man, Now on View at a Brooklyn Museum “I like how you swing,” wrote a young fan to the web-slinger. By Min Chen, Feb 1, 2023
Art & Exhibitions ‘I’m Not Giving People What They’re Used To:’ Awol Erizku on the Challenges Inherent in Remixing His Own Work The artist's wide-ranging practice refuses easy categorization. By Naomi Rea, Feb 1, 2023
On View A New Photography Exhibition at MFA Boston Is Taking Viewers Through the ‘Multiple Realities of War’ in Ukraine The show brings together the work of Ukrainian artists who have documented the war since February 2022. By Artnet News, Jan 31, 2023
On View In Pictures: A Henry Taylor Retrospective at MOCA Spotlights the Artist’s Individual Yet Universal Portraiture "Henry Taylor: B Side" is on view through April 30, 2023. By Artnet News, Jan 30, 2023
Art & Exhibitions Tschabalala Self, Torkwase Dyson, and 9 Other Artists Will Transform the Coachella Valley With Site-Specific Installations for Desert X 2023 The sprawling art exhibition is slated to run from March 4 to May 7, 2023. By Caroline Goldstein, Jan 30, 2023
Art & Exhibitions Artists Have Long Held Day Jobs to Make Ends Meet. A New Exhibition Makes the Case That Side Gigs Also Fuel Creativity "Day Jobs" at the Blanton Museum of Art is the first major show to examine the impact of day jobs on art history. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 27, 2023
Art & Exhibitions Never-Before-Seen Paul McCartney Photos From the Height of Beatlemania Will Reopen London’s National Portrait Gallery The institution reopens this summer after being closed for refurbishment. By Artnet News, Jan 27, 2023
On View ‘It’s a Mad Process’: Design Legend Marc Newson on Revitalizing the Chinese Art of Cloisonné for His New Works at Gagosian Paris The designer's team has built a factory in Beijing to reinvigorate the centuries-old enameling technique. By Anna Sansom, Jan 26, 2023
On View Debates About How to Interpret Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s Art Are Raging. A New Show Is Proposing a Fresh Way of Reading It The exhibition at David Zwirner comes with instructions outlining the "core tenets" of the artist's installations. By Taylor Dafoe, Jan 26, 2023
Art & Exhibitions The Winter Show in New York Dazzles Collectors and Browsers Alike With Its Troves of Rare Art and Antiques The New York fixture returns to the Park Avenue Armory, offering some of the world’s finest art and design. By Lee Carter, Jan 25, 2023
Art & Exhibitions British-Ghanaian Filmmaker John Akomfrah Will Represent the United Kingdom at the 60th Venice Biennale in 2024 “It is without a doubt one of the most exciting opportunities that an artist can be presented with,” the artist said of the commission. By Taylor Dafoe, Jan 24, 2023
On View With a Trio of Exhibitions in Paris, Philippe Starck Reflects on the Renewed Enthusiasm for His Radical Designs of the 1980s “It really was an incredible adventure,” he told Artnet News. By Anna Sansom, Jan 23, 2023
Reviews An Extremely Intelligent Lava Lamp: Refik Anadol’s A.I. Art Extravaganza at MoMA Is Fun, Just Don’t Think About It Too Hard We need to talk about willful misreading of dystopia in the art-tech conversation. By Ben Davis, Jan 22, 2023
On View The New ICA San Francisco Opens Its Doors With an Artist-Curated Show About Black Women and Freedom California artists Tahirah Rasheed and Autumn Breon are celebrating Black beauty and relaxation. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 20, 2023