John Wilson Bears Witness
The Met has a union, John Wilson has a message, Ana Mendieta’s traces, and other happenings around the city this week.
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Yoko Ono’s Art Is an Exercise in Hope
By inviting viewers to participate in her work, she has consistently framed collective hope amid a cultural backdrop of suffering and pain.
One Year of Trump. The Time to Act Is Now, While We...
One Year of Trump. The Time to Act Is Now, While We Still Can. “We can’t count on change being brought about by elections when we can’t count on elections. We can’t count on the freedoms & resources we enjoy today to still be available to us tomorrow.”
Lydia Polgreen: In Minneapolis, I Glimpsed a Civil War. “Good’s killing was...
Lydia Polgreen: In Minneapolis, I Glimpsed a Civil War . “Good’s killing was emblematic of [the occupation’s] true mission: to stage a spectacle of cruelty upon a city that stands in stark defiance against Trump’s dark vision of America.”
A report from occupied Minneapolis: So, How’s the Occupation Going for You?...
A report from occupied Minneapolis: So, How’s the Occupation Going for You? “The physical machinations of the occupation are nearly impossible to avoid. ICE stops people randomly on the street. ICE rams cars, sometimes through intersections…”
Margaret Sullivan: With Democracy in Free Fall, the Media Must (Finally) Wake...
Margaret Sullivan: With Democracy in Free Fall, the Media Must (Finally) Wake Up . “It’s as if a five-alarm fire is consuming a city and the mainstream outlets are saying they might smell something burning…”
For Which It Stands…
Commemorating the 250th anniversary of the United States, this major loan exhibition at the Fairfield University Art Museum explores more than a century of artists taking on the American flag.
Reporting on Homeland Security’s seige of Minneapolis. “No one…is even really bothering...
Reporting on Homeland Security’s seige of Minneapolis . “No one…is even really bothering with the pretext that they’re here to make the city safer. This is Donald Trump’s revenge campaign, and they’re the foot soldiers.”
“Scientists have been forced to rethink the intelligence of cattle after an...
“Scientists have been forced to rethink the intelligence of cattle after an Austrian cow named Veronika displayed an impressive – and until now undocumented – knack for tool use.” And: “We don’t believe that Veronika is the Einstein of cows…”
Trump Targets New Deal-Era Art
The national myth of Grandma Moses, Lotty Rosenfeld's radical linework, and how will art institutions evolve in 2026?
A light from the periphery
The life of Indian physicist Satyendra Nath Bose illuminates how scientific genius can emerge from the most unexpected quarters - by Somaditya (Soma) Banerjee Read on Aeon
Richard Misrach on the Eerie Grandeur of Global Trade
"Rebecca Solnit considers the photographer’s recent work tracing histories of shipping routes and their impact on the natural environment."
Watch the Evolution of Paris Unfold in a Timelapse Video, from 300 BCE to 2025
Though it’s easily forgotten in our age of air travel and instantaneous global communication, many a great city is located where it is because of a river. That holds true everywhere from London to Buenos Aires to Tokyo to New York — and even to Los Angeles, despite its own
The empathy of instructions
It’s difficult to write directions. A user interface, a map or a recipe all require empathy. That’s because the person writing it knows something the reader doesn’t. In fact, that’s the only reason to do it. But because instructions exist to bridge this gap, we benefit by
Miles Davis Opens for Neil Young and “That Sorry-Ass Cat” Steve Miller at The Fillmore East (1970)
The story, the many stories, of Miles Davis as an opening act for several rock bands in the 1970s makes for fascinating reading. Before he blew the Grateful Dead’s minds as their opening act at the Fillmore West in April 1970 (hear both bands’ sets here), Davis and his all-star
This is a wild Bluesky thread (and bus ride). “they switched drivers...
This is a wild Bluesky thread (and bus ride). “they switched drivers at a rest stop and the new driver is telling everyone that they’re the ones on the wrong bus??” (Gotta be logged in to Bluesky to read, sorry.)
Activists Fight to Salvage the “Sistine Chapel of New Deal Art”
President Trump's plans to sell a federal building housing works of art about Social Security is an attempt to erase the country’s history, a new petition argues.
What the Smithsonian Won’t Say About Grandma Moses
The benign narrative of the beloved artist must be deconstructed, as she also embodies the US’s detrimental values.
Brass Bands
"I quite like the brass band version of ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’, but I’m not sure it’s what Freddie Mercury had in mind."
Uman’s Diasporic Abstraction
The artist paints the distance between the homeland you lose and the one you try to dream back into existence.
This Is the Year We Redefine Art Institutions
I sat down with curator eunice bélidor and arts administrator Dejha Carrington to discuss what have become reductive ideas about the role of art museums, my own included.
Lotty Rosenfeld Weaponized the Line
The Chilean artist knew that survival under authoritarianism requires both sustenance and nerve — something to live on and something to stand for.
