On View ‘The Fastest Way to Make a Populist Into a Humanist Is to Listen’: Artist Olafur Eliasson on How His Latest Work Encourages Empathy The artist says his new show at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery in New York is meant to encourage audiences to take a breath. By Devorah Lauter, Mar 5, 2021
On View New York’s Artechouse Is Staging an Immersive Instagram-Ready Experience Despite the Pandemic—See Images Here Its current show is based on shimmering fractals. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 5, 2021
On View ‘I’m Not Making Fun of It… Well, Yeah I Am’: Watch Artist John Feodorov Use Humor to Examine How the West Co-Opts Shamanism As part of a collaboration with Art21, hear news-making artists describe their inspirations in their own words. By Caroline Goldstein, Mar 5, 2021
On View A Sprawling James Turrell Exhibition Presents One Artwork From Each Decade of the Artist’s Storied Career—See Images Here The artist creates whole experiences from often simple interventions. By Caroline Goldstein, Mar 3, 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 3, 2021
Shows & Exhibitions A Wildlife Habitat Has Cancelled Judy Chicago’s Smoke Sculpture for Desert X After Environmental Activists Raised Alarms A local writer had expressed her concerns about the work's potential environmental impact. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 1, 2021
On View Awol Erizku’s Strange, Striking Photographs Will Grace Hundreds of Bus Shelters Across New York and Chicago—See Images Here The Public Art Fund is bringing the artist's work to the streets. By Caroline Goldstein, Feb 25, 2021
On View A New teamLab Exhibition at One of the ‘Three Great Gardens’ of Japan Aims to Connect Visitors With the Bounties of Nature Our Show of the Week: Empathy Edition emphasizes the porous boundaries between people and the natural world. By Artnet News, Feb 24, 2021
On View A Group Exhibition in Upstate New York Examines Black Excellence in an Imperfect World—See Images Here The exhibition, curated by Michael Mosby, features the work of Marcus Leslie Singleton, Anthony Akinbola, and Sean Desiree. By Noor Brara, Feb 23, 2021
Shows & Exhibitions A Louisville Museum Is Staging a Show About Breonna Taylor With Help From Amy Sherald and Theaster Gates Taylor, a Louisville native, died nearly a year ago. By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 23, 2021
Shows & Exhibitions Why the Artistic Directors of the Gwangju Biennial Are Quarantining for Weeks (and Working Overtime) to Mount a Show Very Few People Will See Is this the biennial model of the future? By Kate Brown, Feb 23, 2021
On View A New Exhibition at David Zwirner Explores the Vital Similarities Between Two Titans of Modernism: Josef Albers and Giorgi Morandi Our Show of the Week: Empathy Edition explores how Josef Albers and Giorgio Morandi used color as a structuring and restricting element in their works, and how a better understanding of form can teach "visual empathy." By Artnet News, Feb 19, 2021
On View ‘They Come Back as Ghosts to Haunt Western Museums’: Watch Artist Michael Rakowitz Recreate Looted Artifacts to Give Them New Life As part of a collaboration with Art21, hear news-making artists describe their inspirations in their own words. By Caroline Goldstein, Feb 18, 2021
On View Meow Wolf Has Opened an Interactive Surrealist Supermarket in Las Vegas With Projects From Hundreds of Artist Collaborators The immersive installation tells the story of a fictional corporation exploring strange new technologies to possibly nefarious ends. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 18, 2021
On View In a Disturbing and Exceptional New Survey, the American Folk Art Museum Is Defining a New Genre: Outsider Photography "Photo Brut" includes some 400 works from the collection of French filmmaker Bruno Decharme. By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 17, 2021
