Shows & Exhibitions Police Detained Artist John Sims Without Warning in the Middle of the Night. He’s Taking His Power Back With a New Body of Work The new series is entitled "A Near Death Residency." By Shirley Ngozi Nwangwa, May 28, 2021
Shows & Exhibitions 17 Marvelous Highlights From the 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale, Where Hope and Optimism Abound Take a peek at the show. By Sarah Cascone, May 28, 2021
On View A Marble Skull Displayed for Centuries at a German Castle Turns Out to Be the Work of Bernini, Researchers Have Discovered The skull, made for Pope Alexander VII, is included in the new Dresden show “Bernini, the Pope and Death." By Taylor Dafoe, May 28, 2021
Shows & Exhibitions The Artist Who Dumped 31 Tons of Carrots at Goldsmiths Last Year Is Back With a Museum Show (and, Yes, It Involves Many Perishables) The artist has flooded a museum in Leeds with a milk lake. By Sarah Cascone, May 28, 2021
Shows & Exhibitions ‘I’m Talking to the World While Painting on It’: Watch Artist Katharina Grosse Transform Vast Spaces Into Three-Dimensional Paintings As part of a collaboration with Art21, hear news-making artists describe their inspirations in their own words. By Artnet News, May 27, 2021
Shows & Exhibitions ‘An Artist Is a Visionary’: Cameroonian Artist Barthélémy Toguo on Why He Began Making Art About Viruses Well Before 2020 Toguo is the first contemporary African artist to have a solo show at Paris's Quai Branly museum. By Anna Sansom, May 25, 2021
On View Sean Scully Opened His Studio to the Public to Showcase the Gripping Paintings He Made During Lockdown—See Them Here His exhibition “The 12 / Dark Windows” is currently on view in two locations—his Chelsea studio and Lisson Gallery. By Katie White, May 21, 2021
Shows & Exhibitions Mark Bradford, Carrie Mae Weems, and 10 Others Will Make Art Reflecting on the Legacy of the Great Migration for an Ambitious 2022 Show The show is being co-organized by the Mississippi Museum of Art and the Baltimore Museum of Art. By Artnet News, May 20, 2021
Shows & 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 20, 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 20, 2021
Shows & 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 19, 2021
Shows & 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
Shows & 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
Shows & 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
Shows & 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
