Julie Mehretu, Claire Valdez, Arthur Jafa

Meet the New York artist running for Congress, and some advice to art school graduates.

99% might be enough (or not)

A 100-foot long boat that’s 99% complete is going to sink before it leaves the dock. That gaping hole is more than enough to do it in. On the other hand, a baked ziti that’s 99% as good as the best baked ziti ever made is exactly good enough to serve in any setting. Mediocrity

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10 Contemporary Artists Reckoning With Fatherhood

Immigrant dads, absent dads, flawed dads, fellow artist dads, adopted dads — these artworks explore all that a father figure can be.

Culture • 19h

Insomnia and the Secret Life of Ideas: Kafka on the Relationship Between Sleeplessness and Creativity

Where we go when we go to sleep and why we go there is one of the great mysteries of the mind. Why the mind at times refuses to go there, despite the pleading and bargaining of its conscious owner, is a greater mystery still. We know that ever since REM evolved in the bird

Culture • 20h

15 Art Shows to See in Upstate New York This Summer

James Turrell’s luminous visions, Agnes Martin’s nonconformist heroism, Anicka Yi’s micro-organic experiments, and much more.

Culture • 22h

Georgia O’Keeffe the Wanderer

A new documentary presents the artist as a perpetual voyager, generously highlighting her lesser-known work and combating myths about her relationship with Alfred Stieglitz.

Culture • 23h

Rosalie Favell and the Search for Herself

“I came out as a lesbian before I came out as an Indigenous woman,” the Métis artist told Hyperallergic.