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Five Shows to See in Tribeca Right Now
Caroll Dunham’s purple people, Mia Goldstein’s packaged art, and ethereal paintings by Giuseppe Francalanza and Christine Safa.
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Lawsuit Alleges Multimillion-Dollar Andy Warhol Fraud Scheme
A Florida family claims it spent over $6.7 million on over 200 forged works by the Pop artist.
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10 Art Shows to See in Chicago This Fall
Jill Mulleady's uncannily familiar scenes, Kate Hefferan's secret magic, the critical role of printed matter in prisons, a moving photographic tribute to Emmett Till, and more.
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Remembering Cat Frazier, Susan Michod, and Joel Snyder
This week, we honor a designer who changed the internet, a Pattern and Decoration painter, and one of the first photography professors in the US.
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Sandra George’s Portraits of Working-Class Dignity
The unsung Black British photographer’s work is the complete opposite of so-called poverty porn.
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Alma Thomas Opens Up Our Crowns
The cornrows of Thomas’s paintings, often inspired by her own garden, evoke the infinitely diverse ears of native corn and the sisterhood of braiders across the diaspora.
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FIT Exhibition Explores the Cultural Dialogue Between Dolls and Fashion
Featuring more than 170 objects, "Doll Dressing" examines the influence of dolls on fashion from the 18th century to today.
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Your Cheat Sheet to NYC’s Fall Art Fairs
From the classic Armory Show to Spring Break to an emerging art fair held in an Italian design showroom.
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The Counterpublic Triennial Pollinates a Budding St. Louis
The sweeping third iteration of this exhibition of public art is well-suited for a city both frozen in time and ripe for a wildly revitalized future.
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Elizabeth Holmes, But Make It Art
Turns out the art world is primed for “Why would I deceive you?” memes. Also: NYC museum workers authorize a strike.
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Staff at Three Major Museums Vote to Strike
An interview with Alfredo Jaar, a new craft supply lending program at the Brooklyn Public Library, and workers at the Whitney Museum, the Brooklyn Museum, and the American Folk Art Museum vote in favor of a strike.
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Met Museum Breaks Ground on New Modern and Contemporary Wing
Mexican architect Frida Escobedo joined museum leadership and elected officials to celebrate “la primera piedra,” or “the first stone,” of the forthcoming Tang Wing.
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10 Art Shows to See in DC This Fall
Carlotta Corpron photographs light, Ahn Chang-Hong unmasks Korean history, Black women reimagine Shakespeare, three mid-century New York artists paint by the sea, and more.
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Staff at Whitney Museum, Brooklyn Museum, and American Folk Art Museum Authorize Strike
“Staff should be able to afford to live in the city they work in,” said one of the workers organized with UAW Local 2110.
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Mildred Howard Enters History Through the Everyday
In her first museum survey, the Bay Area artist's vibrant, musical, and poetic world is on display, reflecting her own memory with collective histories in America.
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Why Would the Art World Deceive You?
We took the viral Elizabeth Holmes-Nathan Fielder meme and gave it the ol' Hyperallergic spin.
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Barbara Hammer Gets Her Due
A tribute for the late queer artist, 15 years of BlackStar Film Festival in Philly, and what two American doctors learned in Gaza.
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The Many Islands of “America”
A show on art from Cuba, Guam, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and their diasporas touches on themes of colonization, enslavement, migration, and more.
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This October, Experience Refract: The Seattle Glass Experience
Seattle’s glass festival returns with milestone anniversaries, fresh art, parties, demos, exhibits, and open studios with the vibrant theme Year of Celebration.
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Applications Open: IDSVA Low-Residency PhD Program for Artists and Creative Thinkers
Begin your PhD journey in summer 2027 with residencies in Rome, Spannocchia Castle, Arezzo, and Siena.
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Alfredo Jaar’s America
We interview the Chilean artist as an iconic work returns to NYC, Trump’s attacks against abstract sculptures, James McNeill Whistler’s musical paintings, and more.
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Alfredo Jaar Is Still Trying to Change the World
Four decades after his Times Square artwork challenged the definition of America, the Chilean architect calls himself “a pessimist with my intellect and an optimist with my will.”
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Another Abstract Public Artwork Faces Trump’s Senseless Ire
The president wants to replace José de Rivera's “Infinity” (1967) outside the National Museum of American History with a statue of George Washington.
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Member Event: ISCP Ground Floor Studio Visits
Join us on September 30 for an evening of studio visits and conversations with the NYC-based artists selected for the International Studio & Curatorial Program's Ground Floor Residency.
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James McNeill Whistler’s Music for the Eyes
A long-awaited Whistler retrospective at Tate Britain makes the case that every brushstroke, color, and omission serves the pursuit of harmony.
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Keith Haring Mural May Decide the Fate of Public Art in Philly
“We The Youth” (1987), painted on a wall co-owned by a real-estate developer, could become the city’s first outdoor mural on the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places.
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A Twisted Sculpture Lands on Manhattan's High Line
The inflatable cavatappi-shaped artwork, inspired by fashion house Bulgari’s serpent motif, will remain on view through New York Fashion Week.
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Madelon Vriesendorp’s Subconscious Cities
An exhibition explores the creativity and imagination of an artist whose way of seeing influences architects and artists.
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Activists Protest Bayeux Tapestry Sponsor’s Ties to Israeli Settlements
Demonstrators at the British Museum decried billionaire Igor Tulchinsky’s financing of a community center in an illegal Israeli settlement in the Occupied West Bank.
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Europe’s Art Theft Problem Is Much Bigger Than the Louvre
A wave of museum thefts is exposing the vulnerabilities of institutions struggling to protect irreplaceable collections after years of underfunding.
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Six Decades of David Hockney on View in Gloucester, MA
“Hockney Reproduction(s)" explores the artist's innovation through reproductive media at the Manship Artists Residency. Opens September 11, 2026
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Good Muslim Artist, Bad Muslim Artist
Artist Naeem Mohaiemen reflects on the day of the attacks, Channelle Chevelle Russel reviews Pope.L, and Brooklyn gets a craft supply library.
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The Battle of New York
Artists reflect on 25 years since 9/11, Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch calls it quits, and our list of art books to read this fall.
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Standing in the Shadow of No Towers
The struggle for immigrant rights and lives after 9/11 defined a generation of South Asian art and activism, even if it felt at times like we were trying to empty the ocean with a teaspoon.
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Brooklyn, Say Hello to Your First Craft Supply Library
Crochet hooks, thermal laminators, and button makers are among the 31 items now available to rent from the Brooklyn Public Library’s new lending program.
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15 Fall Art -Ennials, From St. Louis to Dakar
A photography show dedicated to NYC in the nighttime, an Indigenous-led arts festival honoring the Mississippi River, the first-ever Bienal de Yucatán, and more biennials and triennials to visit across the world.
