Reviews The Medici Were History’s Greatest Patrons—and Also Tyrants. The Met’s New Show Tackles How Art Served Power Bronzino is the star of "The Medici: Portraits and Politics"—while Michelangelo sits in judgement somewhere in the background. By Eleanor Heartney, Jul 6, 2021
Reviews The Immersive Van Gogh Installation Has Found Its Hit Demographic: Moms. Our Editor-in-Chief Asked His Own for Her Review Practical art-going advice from mom. By Seija Goldstein, Jul 4, 2021
Reviews Two Immersive Van Gogh Experiences Offer the Post-Pandemic Escapism Visitors Crave. They Have Weirdly Little to Do With Van Gogh Why Van Gogh now? By Ben Davis, Jun 24, 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
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
Reviews Veering From the Didactic to the Lyrical, El Museo del Barrio’s Worthy New Triennial Defines Latinx Art Through a Common Struggle “Estamos Bien—La Trienal" is the museum's first national survey of Latinx art. By Barbara Calderón, Mar 19, 2021
Reviews Why KAWS’s Global Success May Well Be a Symptom of a Depressed Culture, Adrift in Nostalgia and Retail Therapy How to make sense of the popularity of an artist known for sad cartoons and collectable toys? By Ben Davis, Mar 2, 2021
Reviews Why Estonian Artist Flo Kasearu Enlisted Domestic Violence Survivors as Collaborators on Her New Show Estonia has staggeringly high rates of violence against women. By Kate Brown, Feb 10, 2021
Reviews With Paintings Drawn From the Chihuahuan Desert, Carlos Rosales-Silva Evokes What North American Art Looked Like Pre-Colonization Moving beyond the trap of "nopal art." By Barbara Calderón, Feb 3, 2021
Reviews Why the New ART CLUB2000 Retrospective Offers Lessons for Today’s Artists That Transcend Pure ’90s Nostalgia The art collective as conceptual "pose band." By Ben Davis, Dec 10, 2020
Reviews The Asia Society Triennial Has a Lot of the Same Problems Most Biennials Do. But It Also Crystallizes a New Trend in Art "We Do Not Dream Alone" gives a glimpse of "delegated handicraft" as a biennial style. By Ben Davis, Nov 25, 2020
Reviews ‘How Does Information and the Body Travel Now, When People Cannot?’: Frieze Live’s Experimental New Format Probes New Possibilities for Performance Art The fair's performance platform boldly experimented with physical performances for digital audiences. By Kate Brown, Oct 12, 2020
Reviews A Glossy Art Show at Berghain Nightclub Counters Cynical Expectations and Offers a Moving Love Song to Berlin The legendary venue has reopened with a 117-artist show. By Hili Perlson, Sep 9, 2020
Reviews Dominated by Female Voices and Queer Perspectives, the Berlin Biennial Amplifies the Plights and Triumphs of Marginalized Communities The 11th edition of the Berlin Biennale, "The Crack Begins Within" is open across various locations in the German capital. By Hili Perlson, Sep 8, 2020
Reviews Defying the Odds, Marina Abramović Presents the World Premiere of Her First-Ever Opera in Munich—Here’s What It’s Like The artist takes to the stage to die seven times in highly anticipated performance about celebrity, love, and inner crisis. By Dorian Batycka, Sep 1, 2020
