Why Did Roman Baths Disappear?   

New research contests the myth that it was Christianity’s opposition to public nudity that led to the decline in large-scale bathing in the late Roman Empire.

The Typography of Change 

An exhibition at San Francisco’s Letterform Archive highlights typography’s role in iconic social movements from the 1800s through the present.

Art in the Attention Economy

If there is an object you have ever desired in your life, rest assured that someone in the advertising industry made money convincing you of exactly that.

Required Reading

This week, missed signs of previous life on Mars, the appeal of forged art, and why are blue whales singing in lower octaves?

Anne Harvey in a Club of One

There is the singular artist and then there is the more exclusive club that has only one member. Harvey belongs to the latter.

Your Concise New York Art Guide for December 2022

Your list of must-see, fun, insightful, and very New York art events this month, including art made during the first stock market crash, a homage to feline friends, and the 10-year anniversary of a crucial public art initiative.

Whose Stripe Is It, Anyway? 

Astrid Dick was told that she could not paint stripes because Sean Scully and Frank Stella have done so before her, a patently foolish statement.