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
On View An Oxford Museum May Have Accidentally Kept a Rembrandt Painting Languishing in Its Basement for 40 Years, New Tests Suggest The painting had been dismissed as a copy in 1981. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 31, 2020
Art & Exhibitions ‘The Crisis Was Already Here’: Manifesta 13 Co-Curator Stefan Kalmár on How the Pandemic Has—and Hasn’t—Changed the Show Kalmár, who is also the director of the ICA in London, outlines this year's edition, which takes place in Marseille. By Kate Brown, Aug 31, 2020
On View Can a Colonial Museum Decolonize? Colonial Williamsburg’s Art Museum Just Used a $42 Million Renovation to Update the Story It Tells The art museums at Colonial Williamsburg are reopening with a new renovation—and new research into the origins of their collections. By Caroline Goldstein, Aug 27, 2020
On View ‘I Don’t Work Based on Fiction’: How Colombian Artist Doris Salcedo Uses the Absurd to Illuminate Real-Life Tragedy As part of a collaboration with Art21, hear news-making artists describe their inspirations in their own words. By Caroline Goldstein, Aug 27, 2020
On View Self-Taught Artist William Scott’s Fantastical Utopian Visions Get Their First New York Show in Over a Decade—See Them Here The California artist's new show is now on view at Ortuzar Projects in New York. By Caroline Goldstein, Aug 26, 2020
Art & Exhibitions Two Years Ago, Curators Conceived of a Riga Biennial as a Reply to Apocalyptic Narratives. They Had No Idea Just How Relevant It Would Be The second edition of the Riga Biennial of Art is one of the lone events to draw the art world out of hiding this summer. By Hili Perlson, Aug 24, 2020
On View Susan Chen’s Richly Layered Portraits of Asian Americans Make Their New York Gallery Debut—See Images Here The show marks the artist's debut at Meredith Rosen Gallery. By Caroline Goldstein, Aug 21, 2020
On View ‘Anything Can Become Material for Art’: Watch Artist Pedro Reyes Turn Guns Into Musical Instruments and Marxist Theory Into a Puppet Show As part of a collaboration with Art21, hear news-making artists describe their inspirations in their own words. By Caroline Goldstein, Aug 20, 2020
Art & Exhibitions The Belgian Pop Artist Evelyne Axell’s Career Was Cut Tragically Short. Now, Her Work Is Getting New Life in a Show at a Swiss Monastery Museum Susch is spotlighting the feminist artist's daring career. By Kate Brown, Aug 20, 2020
On View Top Contemporary Artists Put Their Stamp on Flower Paintings in This Beautiful Bouquet of a Group Show at Karma Gallery—See It Here Flowers of every size, shape, and color are a'bloom at the New York gallery. By Caroline Goldstein, Aug 18, 2020
On View A New Gallery Show Scrutinizes the Legacies of Anti-Feminist Women, From Ayn Rand to Kellyanne Conway Michelle Vaughan's "A Movement of Women" features 40 portraits of conservative women paired with some of their more questionable quotes. By Caroline Goldstein, Aug 13, 2020
Art & Exhibitions ‘This Has Made Us Reflect on Who We Are’: The Met Celebrates Its Anniversary With a Sweeping Exhibition Surveying 150 Years of Its History The Metropolitan Museum of Art's long-awaited 150th anniversary exhibition is almost upon us. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 13, 2020
Art & Exhibitions With Nightlife Shuttered, the Legendary Berghain Nightclub Is Turning Its Dance Floor Into a Showcase of 80 Berlin-Based Artists The notorious nightclub is partnering with the Boros Foundation, one of the city's most renowned art collections. By Kate Brown, Aug 12, 2020
On View Street Artist Kenny Scharf Painted 250 Unique, Expressive Faces on the Walls of Jeffrey Deitch’s Los Angeles Gallery—See Them Here There's a face for every mood. By Caroline Goldstein, Aug 11, 2020