Former Met President Daniel Weiss to Lead Philadelphia Art Museum
Changes have been coming to the Philadelphia Art Museum (PhAM) as quickly as the leaves have fallen this month, most recently with the appointment of…
In the Shadow of Ruth Asawa
I’ve been thinking about Ruth Asawa’s shadows. They’re surprising, not shaped how you might expect: While one of her sinuous hanging basket sculptures might be…
The São Paulo Biennial Is the Calm Before a Storm
SÃO PAULO — At the pre-opening of the 36th São Paulo Biennial on September 5, a spiritual procession filled the austere Cecilio Matarazzo Pavilion in Parque…
40-Year-Old David Wojnarowicz Mural Resurfaces, Only to Be Hidden Again
“Hey, there’s some kind of painting there on that wall!” The Kentucky architect Moseley Putney remembers the precise moment in September 2022 when a carpenter…
Twenty Years of Life in Chinatown
Picture this: You are a set of clothes hangers strung out on a rooftop clothesline, placed there by a family trying to extend their supply…
Refik Anadol’s Soulless AI Tribute to Leo Messi
Refik Anadol set himself up for failure. For his latest work, the artist best known for his shapeshifting AI installation at the Museum of Modern…
Why Take a Selfie in 2025?
I thought my days of writing about selfies were over. My book The Selfie Generation (2017) had done its job: It chronicled the form’s rise…
20 Must-See Art Shows in New York City This Summer
Summer in the city is an Italian ice from a cart, lounging in the park with a book and a tallboy, taking the scenic route…
Free Clinic Teaches Angelenos How to Repair Damaged Art
LOS ANGELES — Art conservation is usually thought of as a specialized practice that happens behind closed doors — tucked away in museum basements or…
Joiri Minaya Upends the Allure of Exoticization
PHILADELPHIA — In a bucolic corner of the Schuylkill River in southwest Philadelphia sits the oldest continuously operating botanical garden in North America. Bartram’s Garden, named…
