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Two New Art History Whodunit Novels Look to Paintings for Clues
Books by Laurent Binet and Inger Christensen raise the question: What makes a painting like a crime?
By Emily Cox
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Spring 2025: Wellness
The Felix Gonzalez-Torres Effect: Artists Weigh in on His Enduring Influence
The artist is currently the subject of “Always to Return,” an exhibition co-organized by the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery and the Archives of American Art.
As the Famed ‘October’ Journal Turns 50, This Reading List Charts Its Legacy
The quarterly journal has been a home for impactful and influential art history.
Photorealism, a Cast-Off Movement, Gets a 21st-Century Update
"Ordinary People: Photorealism and the Work of Art since 1968" is on view at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles through May 4.
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RomeA Caravaggio Retrospective Including Work Not Shown Since 1599 Proves His Style Gets Fresher with Age
Two thirds of Caravaggio's known works are now on view in Rome.By Max Norman -
BooksBob Flanagan Showed How Sex and Disability Turn the Body Inside Out
Life was going to turn Flanagan's body inside out whether he liked it or not. So he found a way to like it. -
SeattleIn His US Retrospective, Ai Weiwei Takes Old Ideas to New Extremes
Ai paints a picture of life under authoritarianism that feels too close for comfort.By Louis Bury -
New YorkAvram Finkelstein Changed the World. Now, at 73, He’s Getting His First New York Solo Show
Turning from activism to his personal life, Finkelstein asks how the body can be a locus to remake the world. -
LondonLeigh Bowery’s Tate Survey Exudes Grimy, Glamorous Hedonism
A complex and complicated retrospective showcases the outlandish style icon and performance artist. -
New YorkA Met Security Guard Gets an Off-Broadway Show
Patrick Bringley took his Met job to slow down time.By Rhoda Feng
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Interviews
Video: Arlene Shechet Brings Color and Humor to Her Monumental Sculptures
The artist discusses her new show of large-scale, boldly-colored sculptures, now on view at Storm King Art Center.
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Issues & Commentary
Is Art Criticism Getting More Conservative, or Just More Burnt Out?
What the writing of Dean Kissick, Jason Farago, and Sean Tatol says about our culture.
By Louis Bury
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