Art & Architecture

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

Lip-Synching the Revolution
Fighting about art and identity, again.
Bradley WesterMar 11
- Art & Architecture
The Eagle and the Lion
An exhibition charts the ties between East Asia and Latin America, from the colonial era to the new Cold War.
Tim BrinkhofMar 10
Photography Gone to the Dogs
John Divola’s photographs of the Southern California desert in the late 1990s get a second wind thanks to Nazraeli Press’s reissues.
Andrew WittMar 8
- Art & Architecture
A Building Inside a Building [VIDEO]
A tour of the new Jean Nouvel–designed Fondation Cartier museum and its inaugural exhibition.
Michael KurcfeldFeb 28
- Art & Architecture
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