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A Surreal Snapshot of Chaotic-Good Partygoers

Anything goes in the ascendant painter Maggie Ellis’s frenetic, Goya-esque canvases, one of which

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With Prison Yard Soil, Jared Owens Paints the Inhumanity of Incarceration

The curator of a powerful Miami Art Week exhibition with Silver Art Projects and Art for Justice...

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At COP27, Climate Reparations and Existential Artworks

Two weeks of tense negotiations at the UN’s annual climate conference created an unprecedented...

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Didier William Imagines the Complexities, Fears, and Joys of Parenthood

Depicting a family overlooking a cliff as electricity surges through the sky, one of the Haitian...

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Inside Newark Liberty Airport’s Artful Reinvention

Layqa Nuna Yawar and Karyn Olivier enliven the airport’s soon-to-open Terminal A with artworks...

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At Faena Art’s Annual Gala, Mismatched Patterns and Cultural Exchange

On Nov. 10, Faena Art held its annual gala at Faena Forum Miami Beach. In addition to an evening of

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Cristina BanBan’s “Mujeres” Exist On Their Own Terms

Imbued with intimacy and poise, the Spanish painter’s fleshy portrayals of the female form share...

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Museums Are Tapping Ex-Military Pros to Prevent Climate Protests

As climate activists continue to deface priceless artworks with tomato soup and mashed potatoes in...

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Scenes From the Art Students League of New York’s Annual Gala

On Nov. 7, the Art Students League of New York hosted its annual gala at the Museum of Modern Art...

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Why the Art World Is Embracing WeChat

With more than a billion monthly users around the world, art-world institutions are flocking to...

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Jean-Pierre Villafañe’s Paintings Piece Together Eternal Nights

The self-taught painter channels his architectural background to distort perspectives in his...

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Seven Luminaries Shine at the National Portrait Gallery

Newly commissioned portraits of Ava DuVernay, the Williams sisters, José Andrés, and more will...

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Refik Anadol’s Swirling Abstractions Will Soon Illuminate MoMA

The Turkish-American digital artist plugged more than 138,000 images and text materials from two...

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The Rubell Family Collection Enters a Former D.C. Schoolhouse

Three years after greatly expanding their presence in Miami, Mera and Donald Rubell transform an...

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Kevin Brisco, Jr.’s Sensual Canvases Conjure Twilight Memories

Capturing the haziness seen and felt after sunset in a dimly lit room, the Queens-based painter...