For The Better

Hyperrealism and small-scale painting dominate at the Art Dealers Association of America’s annual fair.

The volume of problematic artifacts Locke uncovered in the British Museum’s archives illustrates the fundamental importance of objective historical research.

Throughout her career, she collaborated with scientists, doctors, and animals, blurring the boundaries between art projects and scientific experiments.

At the Wende Museum, contemporary art is cleverly interspersed among archival surveillance artifacts.

This week, self-clicking computers, Saif Azzuz’s hymn to Indigenous plants, RIP Bed-Stuy Aquarium fishies, ugly Renaissance babies, Diwali-ween, and more. 

“Music is a crucial part of my routine, guiding me into an unconscious, fluid state where ideas emerge freely.”