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CULTURE CLUB
Topical Cream’s Tenth Anniversary Gala Honors Camille Henrot

On April 19, Topical Cream held its 10th Anniversary Gala at the Angel Orensanz Foundation in New...

ARTIST STATEMENT
Seffa Klein Spins Cosmological Webs

The rising Franco-American painter’s cerebral abstractions serve as vortexes into the sublime,...

Partnership
The Power of Storytelling in Multigenerational Art Collecting

Experts from PURE Insurance, Christie’s, and UBS Private Wealth Management on possible...

ARTIST STATEMENT
Theo Pinto’s Illusory Canvases Glisten in the Arabian Desert

Accompanying a show at Dubai’s 1x1 Gallery is a triptych of portal-like canvases the Brazilian...

Art
Hip Hop’s Victory Lap Around the Art World Peaks in Baltimore

With “The Culture: Hip Hop & Contemporary Art in the 21st Century,” the Baltimore Museum of Art

ART
For Cj Hendry, Art Is Not a Spectator Sport

The New Yorker by way of Brisbane has made a name for herself by staging solo shows in which the...

OPINION
The Enraging Banality of MTV’s “The Exhibit”

Despite the network’s proven history of engaging with contemporary art—see Andy Warhol’s...

FILM
The Broad-Strokes Approach of “Paint” Blurs Bob Ross’s Legacy

Owen Wilson stars as a Bob Ross knock-off in Paint, a film that taps into the late TV painter’s...

ART
Carl Craig’s “Party/After-Party” Gets an Encore

After a pandemic stint at Dia:Beacon, the godfather of Detroit techno brings an evolution of his...

ART
Sage Ni’Ja Whitson Illuminates Our Fear of the Dark

At Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s EMPAC media center, an installation by the multimedia...

ARTIST STATEMENT
Filip Custic Wades Into the Subconscious

The Spanish-Croatian artist has welcomed superstars like Rosalía and Lil Nas X into his pristine...

FILM
London’s Grenfell Tragedy Gets the Steve McQueen Treatment

Captured in a helicopter six months after the deadly fire, the director’s eerily silent footage...

Museums
What’s Going on With the Met’s “Blood Antiquities?”

A damning investigative report laid bare the dodgy details about the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s

ARTIST STATEMENT
Adjei Tawiah’s Exquisite Ode to a Close Mentor’s Legacy

A standout among the lucid, melancholic canvases featured in the emerging Ghanaian painter’s...

EXHIBITION
This Clever New Gallery Collapses Creative Boundaries

Setting out to break whatever barriers remain between art and design, International Objects debuts...