2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (262+ words) A recent history of “disco balls” and its precursors; plus, Ed Simon on why we should be alarmed about Lonnie Bunch’s resignation. Also today, Ed Simon sounds the alarm about Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch's resignation. The museum leader dedicated his…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (286+ words) Justin Blinder's latest project examines New York City’s affordability crisis and makes the disparities felt on a physical level. This story was copublished with Next City, a nonprofit news organization reporting on solutions for more sustainable, accessible, inclusive, and equitable…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (152+ words) Despite her centrality to feminist art and film circles, Kleckner’s legacy was marginalized by structural inequities and compounded by mental and physical illness. This retrospective emerges from years of archival recovery centered on the Susan Kleckner Archives at the University…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (124+ words) His fractured portraits at the National Public Housing Museum reckon with memory, family, and a childhood shaped by Chicago’s Robert Taylor Homes. Nathaniel Mary Quinn: A Love Letter to My Mother continues at the National Public Housing Museum (919 South Ada…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (448+ words) Alan Michelson's public art installation “The Oyster” on Governors Island conjures up the overlooked history of Indigenous shell middens. The early 17th-century Dutch colonists were the first to note these large piles and many of them remained well into the…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (360+ words) A never-before-published interview with the late performance artist, police arrest anti-ICE protesters in DC, and an artist’s scented toilets for Frieze London. In the news, police arrest 16 protesters who carried portraits of people killed by ICE agents in a US…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (261+ words) “I am endlessly fascinated by porcelain.” Welcome to the 348th installment of A View From the Easel, a series in which artists reflect on their workspace. This week, Connor Czora mines the history of porcelain ceramics while teaching the next generation…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (388+ words) Remembering the pioneering performance artist, who died on Wednesday at 91. Plus: Trump gives two gilded statues in DC a makeover. For generations of students, Simone Forti expanded the possibilities of movement and medium. The choreographer, dancer, and performance artist died…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (290+ words) This week: remembering Betye Saar on her 100th birthday, saving a women’s sculpture garden, Emily Wilson breaks the internet, climate scientists on OnlyFans, and more. Filmmaker Shu Lea Cheang's Fresh Kill (1994), starring Erin McMurtry and my personal icon Sarita Choudhury, was…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (239+ words) The Italian-born choreographer and performance artist mixed boundless curiosity with a formal rigor across a broad creative spectrum that spanned New York, Los Angeles, and Rome. Simone Forti, the pioneering choreographer who bridged the worlds of performance, dance, and contemporary…...