The Rijksmuseum’s Timely Exhibition on the History of Slavery Focuses on the Individual Stories of Those Who Lived Through It

Art & Exhibitions

The Rijksmuseum’s Timely Exhibition on the History of Slavery Focuses on the Individual Stories of Those Who Lived Through It

Descendants of enslaved people are among those whose voices echo throughout the show.

By Kate Brown, May 19, 2021

Reviews

This Year’s Made in L.A. Biennial Highlighted Art That Was Actually Made in a Lot of Other Places—and That’s a Good Thing

The show is spread across town at two venues, the Hammer and the Huntington.

By Catherine Wagley, May 19, 2021

Art & Exhibitions

11 Major Art Exhibitions Not to Miss This Spring in the U.K., From David Hockney in London to Tony Cragg in Norfolk

Museums are finally back after a long period of closure.

By Naomi Rea, May 18, 2021

Art & Exhibitions

A Revelatory Exhibition Traces the Poet Dante’s Path Through Exile in Italy, and the Artworks He Likely Encountered—See Images Here

The show marks the 700th anniversary of the famed writer's death.

By Kate Brown, May 18, 2021

Art & Exhibitions

Rashid Johnson Will Give Artists a Literal Stage to Reemerge From the Pandemic as Part of a New Project With Creative Time

“Red Stage” will offer both scheduled programs and open days for anyone to use in downtown Manhattan.

By Taylor Dafoe, May 12, 2021

Art & Exhibitions

‘I Call Them My Gentle Giants’: Why Artist Maya Lin Planted 49 Towering Cedar Trees in the Middle of New York City

The installation, which Maya Lin said carries a sense of mourning, has taken on added meaning since the death of her husband in January.

By Sarah Cascone, May 12, 2021

Art & Exhibitions

Artist Sanford Biggers Explains How Our Misunderstandings of Classical Sculpture Inspired His Rockefeller Center Takeover

The 25-foot-tall bronze is the artist's biggest sculpture to date.

By Sarah Cascone, May 7, 2021

Art & Exhibitions

Who Needs a Curator When You Have A.I.? A Group of Artists Trained a Machine to Curate 64 Possible Whitney Biennials

Each biennial is characterized by art speak that straddles the line between high-brow reflection and utter incomprehensibility.

By Sarah Cascone, May 5, 2021

Art & Exhibitions

50 Years Ago, Romare Bearden and His Colleagues Founded a New York Gallery for Artists of Color. A New Show Celebrates Its Legacy

The show explores the gallery's ties to the Art Students League of New York.

By Sarah Cascone, May 3, 2021

Art & Exhibitions

Erotic Collages and Mysterious Hats: How a Whitechapel Gallery Show Is Making Sense of the Surreal Art of Eileen Agar

Agar isn’t as well known as some of her peers, partly because her artwork is so tricky to pin down.

By Karen Chernick, Apr 28, 2021

Art & Exhibitions

Uli Sigg’s Idiosyncratic Collection of North and South Korean Art Is Going on View in a Rare Show in Switzerland

The two countries have been divided by a hard border since 1953, but their work hangs side by side in Switzerland.

By Kate Brown, Apr 28, 2021

Art & Exhibitions

Looking for Art to See While Social Distancing? Here Are 5 Memorable Works at the Latest Edition of Desert X

Among the themes artists are addressing in this year's show are mass migration and climate change.

By Artnet News, Apr 27, 2021

On View

David Hammons’s Homage to Gordon Matta-Clark Began as a Quick Sketch. Now It’ll Be a Monumental Fixture of New York’s Landscape

The artwork will welcome people on New York's Hudson River.

By Sarah Cascone, Apr 26, 2021

Art & Exhibitions

Visiting Yayoi Kusama’s Sprawling New 70-Year Survey Is Like Stepping Inside a Frenzied Tik-Tok Feed… in a Good Way

The Japanese artist is having her largest-ever retrospective in Europe at the Gropius Bau in Berlin.

By Kate Brown, Apr 23, 2021

On View

Sculptor Alex Da Corte Brought a Bright Blue Big Bird to the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Rooftop—See Images Here

"It's a surrogate for where we are collectively at this moment," the show's curator says.

By Sarah Cascone, Apr 23, 2021