Art & Architecture

"Art is making something out of nothing and selling it." — Frank Zappa

We Are Not Removed from Our Process
Excerpts from Larry Sultan’s posthumous selected writings, ‘Water over Thunder,’ offer a new lens on his artistic process, sense of place, and pedagogy.
Asha Schechter, Larry SultanFeb 21
- Art & Architecture
The Artist Is Present (Online)
Sophie Bishop’s new book tracks the pressures artists face to conform their ‘brands’ to the demands of the algorithmic boss.
Sarah BrouilletteFeb 20
- Art & Architecture
- Economics and Finance
How to See Like a 17th-Century Friar
A major new study puts the visual paradoxes and optical illusions of baroque art at the heart of theological debates of the Counter-Reformation.
Emanuele LugliFeb 13
- Philosophy & Religion
- Art & Architecture
Mama Don’t Take My Chromophobia Away
Pantone’s 2026 Color of the Year is selling us a white fantasy.
Lida Zeitlin-WuFeb 4
- Art & Architecture
- Cultural Studies
Letter to the Editor: Jake Milgram Wien Responds to Johanna Drucker
The author of ‘Paul Landacre: California Hills, Hollywood and the World Beyond’ underscores the universality of the artist’s engraved landscapes and refutes a critic’s claims that Landacre participated in racism associated with Americans’ westward expansion.
Jake Milgram WienJan 30
- Art & Architecture
- History
Our Animals and Other Family
An exhibition inspired by John Berger asks us to reconsider human-animal relations.
Max L. FeldmanJan 29
- Art & Architecture
Outward Signs of Inner Mysteries
Eric Gudas on the work and afterlife of the misunderstood photographer Diane Arbus.
Eric GudasJan 5
- Art & Architecture
Paint, Personae, and the Mysteries of (Not) Making It
Jeff Stimmel considers the art and tumultuous life of Chuck Connelly.
Jeff StimmelDec 26, 2025
- Art & Architecture
Mute Thought
Thomas Waller on Lygia Clark at Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin.
Thomas WallerDec 24, 2025
- Art & Architecture
Ta-Ta for Now
Sophie van Well Groeneveld visits a Wolfgang Tillmans survey, the final exhibition at Centre Pompidou before its renovation.
Sophie van Well GroeneveldDec 21, 2025
- Art & Architecture
- Politics
Contact High: Anselm Kiefer at 80
Ranbir Sidhu visits two recent exhibitions of Anselm Kiefer in Greece and the Netherlands.
Ranbir SidhuDec 17, 2025
- Art & Architecture
Beginning to See the Light
Rowland Bagnall dives into the early work of Stephen Shore, newly collected by MACK.
Rowland BagnallDec 13, 2025
- Art & Architecture