LAWRENCE WESCHLER

At Long Last: With Robert Irwin in Marfa, 2016 and Good Talk: Weschler and Irwin in Conversation at Chinati in Marfa, October 1, 2007

Kim Fay in Detroit: Adnan Charara and Dalia Reyes at Detroit Contemporary
Why Is Gen Z So Obsessed With Fran Lebowitz? Explores the enduring and intergenerational appeal of the 73-year-old writer and consummate New Yorker

Betye Saar Commission Debuts; Betye Saar, 'Drifting Towards Twilight', 2023. The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Video: Betye Saar: Drifting Toward Twilight

Ayaan Hirsi Ali : Why I am Now a Christian; 'Atheism Can't Equip Us For Civilisational War'

See the Work in Sydnie & Haylie Jimenez 'Southern Hospitality' at Charlie James Gallery

Art d’Egypte and the Rise of ‘Big Desert Art’; Public exhibition at the Pyramids of Giza offers sun, sand and monumental landscapes with a dash of Burning Man
Marie Laurencin’s Portraits of Sapphic Pleasure; “Why should I paint dead fish, onions, and beer glasses? Girls are so much prettier,” said painter Marie Laurencin (1883-1956)

'Benevolent Beings: Buddhas and Bodhisattvas from South and Southeast Asia', at the Norton Simon Museum

Inside the 2023 LACMA Gala, Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Kim Kardashian, and More of Hollywood’s Art-Loving Royalty; The Los Angeles museum’s annual fundraiser has become an A-list must-hit and this year was no different. So how did it get here?

Kim Fay in Detroit: 'Curiosities' at Annex Gallery

Photographer Eirik Johnson 'The Light That Gets Lost', an exhibition accompanied by a sound installation by the Seattle-based artist at Koplin del Rio, Seattle
Matt Stromberg: Ben Caldwell, an LA Renaissance Man, Gets His Due; KAOS Theory: The Afrokosmic Ark of Ben Caldwell takes readers on a vibrant tour through the life of the filmmaker, activist, and transmedia futurist

Exhibition: 'We’ve Been Dreaming About a Magical Jungle' Group Show with Clayton Campbell
Julia Friedman: Ballet is Woman; On 'The Rite,' choreographed by Lincoln Jones and performed by American Contemporary Ballet

'68/99' by Robby Herbst
THREADS: OUR NEW MAGAZINE

Threads of Potential – The Market For Textiles By Women Artists

East Sussex institution hails the pioneering queer couple who changed textiles; Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft is displaying an exhibition that pays homage to the unsung influence and secret history of Hilary Bourne and Barbara Allen
John Waters at the Academy Museum
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ARE YOU ON THE POWER LIST?

The Observer's Most Influential People in the Art World Today; Pulse of the Art Market; Unflinchingly Optimistic; You'll Be Shocked!

Radcliffe Bailey, Artist Who Found Black History in the Everyday, Dies at 55 of Brain Cancer

Brice Marden: Larry Gagosian Celebrates the Unmatched Life and Legacy of Brice Marden

Ed Ruscha Bigger than Actual Size; Sassy, Reverent, Diffident, Disarming: An Unprecedented Survey of The Artist’s Career Is An Enticement Into Looking At The Unremarkable

Yoko Ono and the Women of Fluxus Changed the Rules in Art and Life

Painter Anj Smith on Plumbing History to Make New Art; On the occasion of her show with Hauser & Wirth in New York, the British painter discusses the process of making art

The Landscape Painters Who Invented Norway
Peter Plagens: ‘Made in L.A. 2023: Acts of Living’ Review: Hitching a Ride With California Artists; Hammer Museum’s sixth iteration of its survey show includes painting, sculpture, weaving and even a tour of Los Angeles neighborhoods in an old Volvo

Julia Rooney 'Blueprint' at Band of Vices
Carolina Miranda: Studio Visit with Painter Tidawhitney Lek

Julia Friedman: Faking Hope: AI Art as Propaganda; There is a new contender for the most effective weapon in the propaganda wars: photorealistic, generative AI art

Book Review: 10 Years Later – “Banksy in New York” at MCL in Berlin

Brooklyn Street Art Images of the Week
BRAVING OPPRESSION

Braving Oppression: Cuban Artist’s Message of Defiance From Prison: “There rises within me a rebellious spirit, that does not allow me to resign myself,” says Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara ahead of the third anniversary of the Cuban government’s crackdown on the San Isidro movement

Kay WalkingStick's Art Powerfully Asserts an Indigenous Presence in the American Landscape

Thin Strips of Colorful Vinyl Spill Over Derrick Velasquez’s Wooden Sculptures

Kim Sweeney: Saturated Collisions, Honolulu New Painting Invitational 2023

All the New Yorker Cartoons of the Week!
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LETTERS FROM THE EDITOR, No. 7

Gordy Grundy: A Quick Announcement, We Are Suspending Publication Through the Holidays. Why?
Ezrha Jean Black: Kim Jonesat “Walking Home" at The Box

The Man Behind 250 Masks; Inside The Sizable Collection Amassed By The Artist Marcel Dzama, Whose Work Plays With Disguise

How Artist Marcel Dzama Brings Surrealism to the Stage; Ahead of his commission for the Performa biennial, artist Marcel Dzama spoke to Artnet's art critic Ben Davis
PHOTOGRAPHER DAIDO MORIYAMA

Sizzling Hunks, Street Smash-Ups And Kabuki Rebels: The Dazzling Photography of Daidō Moriyama

Major Daido Moriyama Retrospective In London Highlights His Early, Influential Experiments

NEW FICTIVE ART

Gar Is the Most Influential Modernist Artist You’ve Never Heard Of; Doug Meyer’s new show about a fictional artist includes an extensive backstory and a life’s worth of work. At what point does invention intersect with reality?

Chinese Artist Chen Ke Celebrates the Women of Bauhaus in a Colorful, Mixed-Media Paris Debut; Artist's Paris gallery debut "Bauhaus Gals—Theatre" is on view at Perrotin

How Georgia O’Keeffe’s Brief Refuge in Bermuda May Have Inspired Her Fateful Move to New Mexico; O'Keeffe created 14 drawings during her stay on the island, two of which are in the collection of Masterworks Museum
MONSIEUR NOUAR

Monsieur Nouar: Le Bon Mariage, Cliquez Ici!
BEST OF THE WEEK with JERRY GOGOSIAN

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