Arts

This week, Brooklyn’s perpetual stew, the harms of “professionalism,” antique pencil sharpeners, Bratz respond to Barbenheimer, and much more.

The Guggenheim Bilbao’s retrospective of the rebellious 20th-century Viennese artist features over 120 works, but leaves us wanting more.

Tyler was put on death row at age 17 after a trial that was later deemed “unconstitutional” and “unfair.”

In her latest exhibition, what struck me immediately about Guérin’s work was that it neither looked like anyone else’s nor immediately disclosed its meaning. 

Artist Jose Bonell traverses and reinterprets the world of folk and fairy tales, challenging the myth of the one and only “soulmate” who comes to the rescue.

Even Big Bird roasted Elon Musk’s unimaginative and ridiculous rebranding.

Appel’s vertical and horizontal formats suggest a narrative that can be read, but what is within their borders resists understanding.

I imagine artist Linda Arreola wandering in her mind during lockdowns, just like me, asking how such a brutal world could continue.

Tom Burckhardt is a conceptual artist who has never defined himself as one because he knows the label is limiting.

The rediscovery of Juan Luna’s masterwork “Hymen, oh Hyménée!” offer a fresh opportunity to contemplate the role he played in the early formation of Philippine politics and culture.

Participants in a 12-day workshop led by photographers Yumi Goto and Paola Jiménez Quispe explored the medium as a conduit for memory and self-discovery. 

Mary Boo Anderson and Zoë Blair-Schlagenhauf started the unofficial program to “capitalize on this mecca of capitalism for more creative, authentic pursuits.”

Long before Greta Gerwig’s movie, artists were critiquing Barbie’s influence on women — and Mattel wasn’t happy.

From Native crafts to the influence of Augusta Savage to Kate Millet’s Art Colony for Women, the history of the region goes far beyond the River School.

This week, threats to Silk Road monuments, the origins of “the male gaze,” social commentary in Miyazaki films, and how to explain homophobia to your straight friends.

Peruvian artist Ana Sofía Casaverde visited the National Gallery of Art to see Monet’s “Woman With a Parasol,” an artwork she painstakingly copied with a needle.

Uchiyama’s question was how to capture the collision between nature and the manmade, the changing light and aging ruins she encountered in Sicily

Alf transformed rolls of toilet paper and paper towels into monolithic altars set against a backdrop resembling an Ellsworth Kelly geometric abstraction.

Home-o-Stasis is a community-driven exhibition about the lives and landmarks that make up Flushing’s unique ecosystem.

Chicago is a whole different vibe in the summer. Make the best of this season with shows featuring van Gogh, Mona Hatoum, William Estrada, and more.