A new documentary explores the artist’s sly conceptual works, and what it means when white people try to own something Black.
Category: Art
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The Met Walks a Fine Line on Karl Lagerfeld: Judge the Clothes, Not the Man.
“The Line of Beauty” focuses on dualities in the dazzling work of the legendary designer, but it is coy about the controversies.
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A Chill Hotel in Every Way But One
The architect of the beachfront Hotel Terrestre, in Mexico, refused to incorporate air-conditioning.
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A House That Is as Green as It Gets
A down-to-earth couple in California asked for a structure that was guaranteed to be net-zero energy.
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Misha Japanwala, a Pakistani Artist, Reimagines Her Relationship With Shame and Bodies
With body castings of anonymized Pakistani women that resemble oxidized copper statues, Misha Japanwala hopes to create a time capsule of resisting gender violence for her new gallery show.
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The Painter Who Inspired a New Ballet
For Christopher Wheeldon’s return to New York City Ballet, he asked the artist Kylie Manning not just for backdrops and costumes but to, as he says, “form a dance within her world.”
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Tiny Homes for the Formerly Homeless
A program that builds small energy-efficient houses in the backyards of Seattle residents is helping to address a persistent problem.
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An Architect Known for Building Castles in the ‘Vegetable Kingdom’
A man of many hats, Emilio Ambasz practiced green architecture long before it was fashionable.
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Harnessing Earth and Fire to Create Natural Vessels
Mitch Iburg, a ceramic artist, goes to great lengths to ensure that his pieces are easier on the environment.
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Katy Hessel Wants to Rewrite the Story of Art, Without Men
Hanging out at MoMa with Katy Hessel, a British art historian, podcast host and curator of the Great Women Artists Instagram account.
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Can the Arts Be a Way Out? Or In?
Over several days last week in Florence, Italy, experts in the arts met at the Art for Tomorrow conference to talk about the challenges, demands and opportunities they face.