Art

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Everyone’s a Critic

From a list of accidental damage done to works of art since 2000, collected in Artifacts: Fascinating Facts about Art, Artists, and the Art World, which will be published this…

Stages of Grief

by William Deresiewicz,

What the pandemic has done to the arts

Slash Fictions

by Noah Sneider,

A vandalized painting and the legacy of Ivan the Terrible

From explanations given by the Chinese government for why certain artists and celebrities are banned from entering or performing in the country. Behaving badly in social lifeAssociating with countercultureUsing profanity…

The Lightness

by Catherine Meurisse,

A Charlie Hebdo cartoonist finds refuge from terror

Rallying Tries

From posters painted by North Korean artists and sold internationally by an Italian company. Read More

Outside the White Box

by Mark Kingwell,

Can art make anything happen?

Pakistan in Miniatures

by Sage Mehta,

Can the artists of Lahore keep violence at bay?

Wild Pigeon

by Carolyn Drake,

Art Beyond Politics

by Robyn Creswell, on August 26, 2014

At the New Museum’s latest show, Arab artists take up — and look past — regional politics to question their own modes of expression

Pie Fight Interior 2

by Adrian Ghenie, on March 12, 2014

Pie Fight Interior 2, a painting by Adrian Ghenie, whose work was on view last May at Pace Gallery, in New York City. © The artist. Courtesy Pace Gallery, New…

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