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Announcement

Announcing the 2026 Rabkin Prize Winners

The Rabkin Foundation celebrates the creative and intellectual contributions of today’s art writers, with eight unrestricted awards of $50,000 each.

Opinion

Lonnie Bunch’s Resignation Is a Wake-Up Call

Trump was a necessary blunt instrument for the coordinated fascist assault on the United States, but a hammer no longer matters once a picture has been hung on the wall.

Interview

The Counterpublic Triennial’s New Kind of Public Space

“We think of our work as an invitation to do more, to take action, and to operate differently,” co-founder James McAnally told Hyperallergic.

In Memoriam

Remembering Jean-François Leroy, Lucien Smith, and Jibby Beane

This week, we honor the founder of an influential photojournalism festival, a fixture of NYC’s downtown art scene, and a fashionista and gallerist.

Feature

A Brief History of Testicle Art

Kacey Musgraves's viral disco balls moment points to a lineage of artists whose use of the genital form is camp-as-critique.

News

Striking Workers Shutter Three V&A London Locations

Unionized staff at the Victoria and Albert Museum staged a two-day strike last weekend, citing “Amazon-style” working conditions.

News

Trust in US Museums Grows Across Party Lines, Survey Finds

But the federal government’s threats to institutional independence could undermine these upward trends.

Feature

Women Painters Lead Brazil’s New Wave of Figuration

Panmela Castro, Agrade Camíz, Márcia Falcão, Maya Weishof, and Gokula Stoffel are five artists at the helm of the revival.

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Voices in Print: New Jersey Black Women Printmakers Shaping the American Narrative

The exhibition at Morven Museum & Garden in Princeton focuses on the contributions of Black women artists across generations.

Daily Newsletter

Lonnie G. Bunch Has Had Enough

The Smithsonian Secretary calls it quits amid White House political pressure, artist Lucien Smith dies at 37, and your weekly museum heist in Europe.

Books Newsletter

A New Batch of Art-World Novels

Satirical art-world novels, poetry collections, and biographies we’re reading this season, plus a review of Ann Patchett’s newest book.

New York Newsletter

An Art-Filled Fall in Upstate NY

Our Upstate fall guide, Julio Torres and Martine Gutierrez’s aquatic performance, Snoopy fashion show in Manhattan, and more.