Arts

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.

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

Rocks, ducks, and a self-organized survey of Gingham are some of the things to see right now in four Chicago art galleries.

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.

Ceramic fried eggs, critiques of real estate, and a whole booth dedicated to female-identifying saints caught my eye at Untitled, NADA, and Art Miami.

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

Your list of must-see, fun, insightful, and very Los Angeles art events this month, including Bob Thompson, Aimee Goguen, Uta Barth, the Transcendental Painting Group, and more.

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

At this year’s show, I reflected on the lack of bilingual materials, the absurdity of art-fair gimmick, and the workers who make it all possible.

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.

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.

Paddy Johnson answers your questions about art fairs, visibility, and frustrating studio visits.

At the heart of What if the Matriarchy Was Here All Along? is the idea that matriarchy never really died but rather has transformed.

Whether Musk’s weird still life post was an act of trolling or an act of cringe is up to you, but the memes speak for themselves.

From art fairs to alternative spaces that may not be on your radar, here’s a run-down of what to see (and eat and sip) in Miami. No NFTs, we promise.

Ghenie’s paintings of Marilyn Monroe are a relentless representation of a howling, turbulent tragedy, a face broken into crude sideways slewings and gougings and gorgings of paint.

Suzanne Jackson’s paintings come to life, and find their way home, at the Arts Club of Chicago.

What feels like the right way to write about Roman Catholicism, or Christian iconography, to most art critics is heavily influenced by museum discourse, which is far from neutral.

A group exhibition at the Americas Society investigates ideas of paradise, approaching the Caribbean region as a product of the visitor economy regime.

Visual artists who incorporate psychedelics into their practices maintain a foundational understanding that there is more to reality than meets the eye.