The Big-Budget Sharjah Biennial Tackles Postcolonial Fallout With Beauty, Sentimentality, and Nuance

The exhibition is a homage to the late curator Okwui Enwezor who began planning it before his untimely death.

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.

An African Photography Biennale Makes a Case for Mali as a Creative Hub—But the Global Art World’s Bad Habits May Hold It Back

Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung is artistic director of the 13th edition of Bamako Encounters.

Parallel Art Shows in London and Berlin Conjure Up Political Utopias… Using A.I. and Celebrity Deepfakes

"Another World" does not let reality become swallowed up in fiction. Instead, it asks us to observe the line between the two—even as it blurs.

Two Thumbs Way, Way Down: Here Are 6 of the Worst Artworks We Saw Around the World in 2022

Truffles, Private Collection Tours, and Tons of Prizes: Turin’s Contemporary Art Scene Shines During the Artissima Fair

The region around the northern Italian city is a heartland of big industry, banking, and nobility—and many private foundations.

Simone Leigh’s Assembly of Black Feminist Creativity in Venice Left Me in Awe

'Loophole of Retreat: Venice' is sure to be remembered as a historic gathering.

I’ve Been to a Lot of Gallery Weekends. Vienna’s ‘Curated By’ Festival Was the Most Cohesive and Moving I’ve Seen

Participants platformed artists from Ukraine and the surrounding region.

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."

How 12 Female Ukrainian Artists Capture the Experience of Conflict, From Outraged Poems on Bedsheets to Photos of Women Workers

Curator Monika Fabijanska's important show at Fridman Gallery shows how 'the political is personal.'

In Mexico City, an Immersive Frida Kahlo Extravaganza Is Running on the Fumes of Her Legend, Trading Art History for Pure Vibes

It's like watching the 2002 Hollywood movie 'Frida,' only even less accurate and without plot, characters, or setting.

The Investigative Mode of the Berlin Biennale Raises an Uncomfortable Question: Who Is All This Research Really for?

Several of the works on view rehearse well-documented stories, suggesting that facts speak for themselves. They don't.

Documenta 15’s Focus on Populist Art Opens the Door to Art Worlds You Don’t Otherwise See—and May Not Always Want to

There are conversations—about NGO aesthetics and the genuinely engaging parts of the show—that will be lost amid Documenta's current controversy.