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Trump’s National Park Service removed a bright-blue Joel Shapiro sculpture from outside the Kennedy Center without giving a reason, prompting questions about what could have made the work objectionable. The article also highlights Teju Adisa-Farrar’s piece on Black American natural dyeing traditions,

This article examines the overlooked history of natural pigment-making in Black American craft traditions, from indigo and mudcloth to the work of George Washington Carver. It argues that these environmental practices deserve greater preservation, study, and recognition within institutional archives.

ICE seized more than 22,000 ancient artifacts in Florida last month, making it the largest recovery in an ongoing antiquities smuggling probe in the state. The objects, ranging from Greco-Roman coins to mosaic frames, are believed to have originated from sites across

The author reflects on Joaquín Torres García’s 1943 “América invertida,” a work that reshaped her thinking about history, geography and the United States’ role in Latin America. The essay connects the inverted map to her novel Short War and to her effort

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has asked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to order the removal of 40 Palestinian memorials in the Occupied West Bank, following the destruction of a monument by Zvi Sukkot, a fellow member of Smotrich’s Religious Zionist Party. Netanyahu condemned

China withdrew from the Gwangju Biennale on September 3 after organizers restored the title “Taiwan Pavilion” to a group show of Taiwanese artists. The move follows a dispute over naming that escalated between Taiwan, China, and the biennale in mid-August.

In the 353rd installment of A View From the Easel, Rujuta Rao discusses her portable, modular studio and how she sets it up in public spaces across New York City. She also describes her circular working process, late nights, and how her

A viral Instagram moment about a young Chicago finance worker enjoying an apparently perfect day is followed by reflections on art-world headlines, workplace friction, and a late-afternoon walk in the park. Hakim Bishara closes by echoing the same sentiment: life, under the

This fall brings a crowded slate of art books, and the editors have narrowed the field to 15 titles worth reading. Highlights include a catalog on Kent Monkman’s response to a Vermeer painting and essays by Elizabeth Alexander.

A reflection on Moustafa Farroukh’s pine trees and Vahan Tekeyan’s sonnet traces Lebanon’s wounds, endurance, and the danger of reducing the country to either resilience or hedonism. The piece links personal memory, Armenian history, and the aftermath of the Beirut Port explosion