On View Long in the Shadows, ‘Lord of the Rings’ Author J.R.R. Tolkien’s Fantastical Artworks Are Now Being Shown for the First Time The author created many depictions of the magical world of Middle-earth. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 1, 2018
On View From Vatican Chapels to a Gay Culture Pavilion—See Highlights From the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale This year's theme is "Freespace" and the exhibitors tackle everything from politics to sex and religion at the biennial. By Caroline Goldstein, May 31, 2018
On View Street Artist Invader Has a New Muse: ‘The Dude,’ the Spaced-Out Hero From ‘The Big Lebowski’ The new "invasion" is one of 29 new mosaic works placed around Los Angeles to coincide with "Beyond the Streets." By Henri Neuendorf, May 30, 2018
On View A Rare Image of One of the Earliest Known Same-Sex Unions Goes on View at the Smithsonian The cut-out images of Sylvia Drake and Charity Bryant features in "Black Out: Silhouettes Then and Now." By Sarah Cascone, May 29, 2018
On View Conservators Just Discovered Hidden Details in a Tiepolo Masterpiece—and They’re Golden Restoring the centuries-old work required years of work from the NGA's conservation team. By Sarah Cascone, May 28, 2018
On View Alexander Calder’s Monumental Mobiles Appear Alongside His Artful Lifehacks at Hauser & Wirth’s Countryside Outpost From mobiles to an “unspillable” homemade ashtray, the show organized in collaboration with the Calder Foundation captures the spirit of the artist's life in his Roxbury farmhouse. By Naomi Rea, May 24, 2018
On View In Hawaii, Georgia O’Keeffe Found a Curious New Way to Look at Nature. An Immersive Show Lets You Mirror Her Journey A Hawaiian paradise comes to the Bronx. By Sarah Cascone, May 24, 2018
On View Selfie-Crazed Visitors Can’t Resist Touching the Art at Yayoi Kusama’s Show in Indonesia This is why we can't have nice things. By Sarah Cascone, May 21, 2018
On View The Met 3-D Scanned Three Suits of Armor for an Icelandic Artist’s Public Art Show at the Cloisters The high-tech project is a collaboration among Steinunn Thorarinsdottir, the Met's staff, and the New York Parks Department. By Sarah Cascone, May 17, 2018
On View 50 Years of Marina Abramović: See Works From the Performance Artist’s Giant Retrospective in Germany The sprawling survey show offers an uncompromising look at the artist's 50-year career. By Kate Brown, May 17, 2018
On View Plunge Into the Madcap Delirium of Chicago Imagists at a Brooklyn Brownstone With These Photos On view now, "The Chicago Show" is on display in a Clinton Hill brownstone, see pictures here. By Caroline Goldstein, May 16, 2018
On View See How Dan Colen Tackles the Anxieties of Adulthood and Mail-Order Catalogues in His Comeback Show at Lévy Gorvy "Mailorder Mother Purgatory" explores a post-bad boy Colen grappling with domesticity. By Caroline Goldstein, May 11, 2018
On View For It’s Turn at the Brooklyn Museum, ‘Radical Women’ Got a Makeover. Here Are 4 Artists Adding a New York Accent The Brooklyn Museum adds some New York flavor to the critically acclaimed show of formerly overlooked Latin American women artists. By Sarah Cascone, May 10, 2018
On View American Museums Ignored Him for Two Decades. Now, Julian Schnabel Is Back—and Bigger Than Ever At least, his paintings are bigger than ever. By Sarah Cascone, May 10, 2018
On View See the Divine Fashion From the Met’s Larger-Than-Life ‘Heavenly Bodies’ Show Fashion and Catholicism prove a match made in heaven. By Sarah Cascone, May 8, 2018
