A Glimpse of Carrie Rudd’s Teenage Angst, Memorialized on Canvas
The rising Brooklyn painter often imbues her thick, cerebral, frenetic paintings with specific...
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Matthias Weischer’s Painterly Scenes of Vacant Spaces
Using egg tempera on canvas, the Leipzig-based painter renders desolate, disorienting interiors...
Stan Squirewell’s “Remixed” 19th– and 20th–Century Portraits
As a self-described child of the hip hop era, the collage artist re-fashions historical photography
Ryan Robichaux’s Hazy Musings on Masculine Tenderness
By creating dream-like renditions of masculinity through “acceptable” interactions like a...
Zhang Zipiao’s Fleshy, Psychologically Charged Still Lifes
Mesmerized by videos of gastrointestinal surgeries viewed over her mother’s shoulder as a child,...
Evan Paul English Untangles Queer Tensions
By subverting floral motifs and tropes of American domesticity, the Boise-born, Brooklyn-based...
For Gio Swaby, Love is Liberation
The textile artist celebrates the multifaceted power of her chosen medium, finding softness and...
ClownVamp Imagines a Cannon of Overtly Queer Impressionist Painting
The digital artist, whose recent exhibition, “Chester Charles: the Lost Grand Master,” was...
Jason Seife Meticulously Recreates Persian Rugs
Each hand-painted canvas by the Miami local is a reflection of his Middle Eastern heritage,...
For Grant Czuj, Home Is a Political Site
The formerly incarcerated artist invests a new series of house-shaped canvases with emblems of his...
André Hemer Studies the Sky
An amalgamation of skyscapes captured in Sicily, Indonesia, Thailand, and New Zealand, the...
At a Frenzied Frieze, ektor garcia Offers Moments of Pause
Installed on the eighth level of The Shed and realized with the support of Maestro Dobel Tequila,...
A Giant Scrotum Flower Whispering Words of Encouragement
Ensconced between states of reflection and acceptance, the American debut of Theresa Chromati’s...
Karin Davie Charts the Journey of Making Art and Ascribing Meaning To It
For “To Boldly Go Where No Man’s Gone Before,” her new exhibition spanning two New York City...
Ricardo Cabret Softens Our Tech-Driven Tensions
The Puerto Rican painter and computer engineer allows his two spheres of practice to inform one...
Jo Fish Stretches the Body’s Athletic Potential
The Michigan-born artist’s De Kooning–like collages entangle anthropomorphic forms within...
Seffa Klein Spins Cosmological Webs
The rising Franco-American painter’s cerebral abstractions serve as vortexes into the sublime,...
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...
Filip Custic Wades Into the Subconscious
The Spanish-Croatian artist has welcomed superstars like Rosalía and Lil Nas X into his pristine...
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...
Pow Martinez’s Painterly Figures Are Very Online
In a particularly gripping new canvas on view at Silverlens New York, the Manila-based artist...
Robin Rhode Choreographs a Woman-to-Bird Metamorphosis
In a surreal series of photographic prints, the South Africa–born artist choreographs a fluid...
Lisa Edelstein Paints Unedited Everyday Moments
The decorated “House” actress, who discovered watercolors during the pandemic, throws it back...
Nicole Wittenberg’s Simple Scenes Paint an Otherworldly Stillness
The New York painter, who often spends summers sketching midcoast Maine’s luminous sunsets,...
Antonio Obá’s Serene Rumination About Earthly Existence
Within a wider body of work wrestling with his Brazilian identity, the painter illustrates a search
Tesfaye Urgessa’s Poetic Canvases Invite Closeness and Compassion
With intimately intertwined figures rendered in smooth brushstrokes and muted hues, the first...
You May View Nature Differently After Seeing Sarah Meyohas’s Holograms
By illuminating jewel-like clusters of glass panels with a spotlight, the crypto art pioneer and...
A Surreal Snapshot of Chaotic-Good Partygoers
Anything goes in the ascendant painter Maggie Ellis’s frenetic, Goya-esque canvases, one of which
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...
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...
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...
Jean-Pierre Villafañe’s Paintings Piece Together Eternal Nights
The self-taught painter channels his architectural background to distort perspectives in his...
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...
Oscar yi Hou Reveals the Complexity of Asian-American Identity
In his richly layered portraits, the British-born Cantonese painter and UOVO Prize winner surrounds
Yukimasa Ida Crystallizes Memories of a Sacred Landscape
After a spiritual journey to Spanish dolmens, the Japanese painter captures the landscape’s...
Robert Peterson’s Intimate Portraits of Black Peace and Strength
Flipping the script on how Black families are often portrayed, the Oklahoma-based painter lovingly...
An Electrified Canova Masterpiece Oozing With Homoerotic Heat
Cheekily nodding to a Neoclassical statue’s covert portrayal of same-sex desire, up-and-coming...
Nate Lewis’s Dancing Figures Awaken a Sense of Healing
Propelling his signature paper-carving techniques to new heights, the former critical-care nurse...
Egyptian-Honduran Artist Jackie Milad Pays Tribute to an Avant-Garde Feminist Poet
With her 11-year-old son's drawings interwoven throughout, the mixed-media piece dedicated to...
A Vivid Robe Empowers Zadie Xa’s Ancestral Past
The Sobey Art Award winner explores the Korean peninsula’s pervasive pagan spirituality before...
Paola Pivi Weaves Landscapes of Reverie
Delivering a welcome dose of whimsy during turbulent times, the Anchorage-based artist transforms...
Cara Despain Excavates the Buried Injustices of Cold War Artifacts
Reckoning with the reverberations of uranium mining and atomic weapons testing in her home region...
Patrick Quarm Peels Back the Layers of Navigating Fraught Social Spaces
With an array of vivid textiles sourced in Africa, the Ghanaian-American artist weaves together a...
Eto Otitigbe’s Blueprint for Excavating Unseen Histories
Seeking to bring history’s repressed narratives to light, the Philadelphia artist meticulously...
A Monumental Photobooth That Captures Queer Intimacy
Drawing from coexisting feelings of anxiety and catharsis, Chloe Chiasson ruminates on what was...
Wu Tsang’s VR Film and Sound Installation Takes Viewers on a Journey Through the Eyes of a Whale
At the Venice Biennale, the filmmaker, visual artist, and MacArthur 'Genius' Fellow flips the...
Emotions Flow Through Inès Longevial’s Evocative Portraits
The ascendant French artist’s introspective drawings capture fiery feelings and fleeting...
A Fantastically Frenzied Mosaic of Nostalgia, Faith, and Tragedy
A highlight of Cameron Welch’s latest solo outing, the monumental “Fugue State” collages...
A Regal Headdress Comes Alive With Relics of BIPOC Activism
On view at two solo shows in Massachusetts, intricate handmade collages by Helina Metaferia shaped...
Kevin Sabo’s Fussy Divas Can’t Be Bothered
With subtle shade and drag-like flair, the Richmond up-and-comer lets his freak flag fly when...
A Resplendent Rendering of Stephen Thorpe’s Interiority
By layering visuals of ornate rugs and lush wallpaper into an architectural corner, the British...
Mario Navarro’s Witty Musings on Modernist Legacies
With a dash of humor, the Brooklyn artist imagines random objects—a traffic cone, lipstick, and...
Harold Mendez’s Photographic Tribute to a Beloved Artist
During a cultural exchange trip in search of Cuban printmaker Belkis Ayón’s final resting place,
Joy Yamusangie’s Fictional Jazz Club Traverses Themes of Gender, Race, and Identity
Inspired by the life of Billy Tipton, the talented American jazz artist who lived secretly as a...
Liz Liguori Paints With Light
By exposing photosensitive paper to the ephemeral movements of light through space, the former...
Heidi Hahn’s Plaintive Portraits Reveal a Spectrum of Emotion
Through deft use of texture, the Brooklyn painter renders her own experiences—privacy,...
Hana Yilma Godine Imagines Scenes of Transcendent Repose
Drawing on everyday scenes from her hometown of Addis Ababa and often using traditional fabrics...
Dominic Chambers Illuminates Black Bodies at Meditative Leisure
Part of the New Haven artist’s latest series that depicts Black subjects in states of restful...
Auguste Wibo’s Provocative Phalluses Are Dripping With Intrigue
By adorning silicone-cast phalluses bulging from their canvases with Prince Albert piercings by...
In Miami, Kathia St. Hilaire Envisions the Divine
Using her novel technique of reduction relief printing, the up-and-coming painter renders a...
Jeffrey Meris Draws Power From Reclaimed Roofing Materials
Using asphalt roofing paper scattered across the Bahamas after storms, the up-and-coming sculptor...
Becky Suss Recalls the Formative Interiors of Her Childhood
Part of a series that recalls the artist’s childhood bedroom, a new painting on display at Art...
Marcellina Akpojotor Meditates on Generational Legacy
Using images from history and her family archive, the Nigerian artist renders densely layered...
Ben Evans Illustrates Poolside Melodrama
At once playful and plaintive, the ascendant painter’s cartoonish rendition of a tennis match...
Baseera Khan Uses Artifacts as Armor
Appearing at the New York artist’s solo exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum, a new “performance...
Jen Stark Brings Her Trippy, Technicolor Dream World to Life
Using augmented reality and projection mapping, the Los Angeles artist envelops the William Vale...
Claudia Wieser’s Interactive Stage of Human Experience
Clustered at the vista where the Manhattan Bridge frames the Empire State Building, “Rehearsal”
At the Olympics, a Robotic Installation That Traces Athletic Movements
Analyzing video footage from different Olympic sports, four robotic arms programmed by Jason Bruges
Daniel Gibson Embeds His Roots Into Sun-Soaked Landscapes
For his latest solo exhibition at Almine Rech, the Angeleno artist infuses personal histories into...
Across 12 Soaring Glyphs, Hayal Pozanti Traces the Written Word
A permanent commission at New York’s recently unveiled Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library sees...
A Technicolor Textile Work Woven With Totems of Queer Existence
One standout piece from Brian Kenny’s latest solo exhibition sees the New York artist stitch...
A Leather American Flag That Articulates Our Current Anguish
Reimagining the stars and stripes using black leather and metal rivets, Bond Hardware’s Hitch...
A Mural That Travels Through Space and Time
Debuting alongside an exhibition of his plaster glass furnishings, Patrick Naggar adorns the facade
At Maison Margiela, Marco Brambilla Reinvents a Duchamp Masterpiece
To kick off Frieze Week, the celebrated video artist transforms a Marcel Duchamp painting into a...
In Charcoal, a Clamorous Fever Dream of Americana Subtleties
Sketched during the recent election cycle, Anna Park’s riotous “Hero Mentality” mimics the...
A Luminous Pavilion Where Breathing Flows Freely
At a meditative new installation by Ekene Ijeoma, viewers inhale and exhale within a giant circle...