Art

EXPO finds new polish under Frieze’s wing, but its Midwestern spirit and hunger for connection still hold. Across booths, artists ask: Who gets to be seen?

In a world where choice is seen as a right, an onslaught of surface level options gives a sense of false freedom. Andrew J. Greene wants to know at what cost? 

Political turmoil and cultural heritage converge in Nina Kintsurashvili’s debut New York exhibition, in which the Georgian artist presents deeply referential paintings.

Since porcelain was introduced to the west in the 16th century, its craft has carried both the stories of and the prejudices toward Chinese culture. Today, a new generation of Asian women artists reckon with the medium’s past and reclaim its story at the Met.

In Chicago, ancient Roman sculptures remind us that we’ve always been chiseling away at our image.

Precious Okoyomon wields a poetic storm of invasive flora and resilient fauna, growing, changing, and decomposing. At the center of their frenetic energy, though, is a yearning for equilibrium.

What do Amish women, Civil War reenactors, and alienated young women have in common? Georgia Gardner Gray’s new paintings connect the dots.

Digital space is as consequential as you make it. The interplay between human and electronic thought is a point of intrigue for American Artist—all the better for its fantastical possibilities.

TEFAF Maastricht takes visitors on a journey between periods of human urge to create.

Life is a stage, this much Camille Henrot knows. As she contends with Amalia Ulman, the difference between routine and performance is just a line in the sand.

Two new chapters in long-running series by Mungo Thomson consider the infinite nature of collective human experience—and the impossibility of getting it all down on paper.

Joan Jonas has spent a lifetime weaving between mediums, spaces, and moments. Her new New York exhibition “Empty Rooms” reminds us that nothing ever truly disappears. 

In Arizona, Hank Willis Thomas’ mid-career retrospective asks: If society picked love over rules, would we be in a better place?

Desert X announces the artist lineup for its 2025 presentation, including site specific works by Sanford Biggers and Agnes Denes.

Isabelle Albuquerque marks the fourth generation of women artists. She sees them in the contours of her own body and how they manifest in her work, she tells her mother, Lita Albuquerque. Across time and space, a collective feminine force reverberates.

As Black history month comes to a close, Magdalena O’Neal reflects on the symbols of soul that pulse across the work of artists like Betye Saar and Nina Chanel Abney.

A survey at the Whitney Museum is a full-circle moment for Christine Sun Kim, who worked as an educator at the institution in 2007. In her artistic practice, she still finds herself occupying the same role—though there’s so much more to say.

For its bicentennial anniversary, the community-forward institution tells its history with a three-part exhibition.

The natural world shines through in Diana Al-Hadid’s new, labyrinthine works, in which intricate layers congeal into views of the trees and sky.

Paper founder and iconic downtown personality Kim Hastreiter reflects on her past through her many friends—as well as mementos from those relationships—in a memoir and art exhibition. 

The 16th edition of the Sharjah Biennial successfully tackles many themes even if at times it feels out of context.

With Los Angeles fresh on the world’s mind post-fires, the city’s art community utilizes Frieze to raise money for relief funds and support the local economy.

Bodies become landscapes and objects take on uncanny life in Tanya and Zhenya Posternak’s photography. Their latest exhibition in New York reimagines how we see the world.

More than half a century has passed since Peter Berlin defined gay imagery through his provocative self portraits. This week in LA, he enters the spotlight once again.