Ode to Yvonne Jacquette

Along with Lois Dodd and Sylvia Plimack Mangold, Jacquette successfully pushed back against Minimalism and Conceptual Art.

10 Art Shows to See in LA This Summer 

The city comes alive this summer with insightful and fun art events, including Alice Neel, Keith Haring, Myrlande Constant, historic panoramas, and more.

Richard Mayhew’s Visionary Mindscapes

Mayhew has not been embraced by the art world because the trajectory he has pursued challenges the categories to which Black artists are consigned.

Required Reading

This week, America’s toxic love for Tina Turner, the hype over UFOs, real-life “Mexico filter” in New York, and more.

On Being Black in Mexico 

How might the average Mexican visitor might perceive Frida Orupabo’s Fear of Fear, in a country where Afro-Mexicans make up roughly 2% of the population?

Trompe L’oeil With a Touch of BDSM

Sarah Palmer melds a formal device of trompe l’oeil with her content, which largely relates to the objectification of women and how women choose to present or stage themselves.