Haunted by the Gray 

Aug 6, 2025

Amy Sherald, “As American as Apple Pie” (2020) in Amy Sherald: American Sublime at the Whitney Museum of American Art (photo Hyperallergic) Once, when I was involved in a romance that was slowly coming to a close, I described to my then-partner that I felt...

New York City Shows We Love Right Now 

Aug 6, 2025

If we need anything from art at this dire time, it’s faith and fun. The shows below encourage flights into the imagination or nurture hope for the future. Artist Tove Jansson and her Moomins creations are nothing if not beacons of warmth and inclusivity, while EJ...

The Visual Language of the Nuclear Age

Aug 6, 2025

On August 6, 1945, the United States detonated an atomic bomb on the populous city of Hiroshima, Japan, killing a quarter of a million people. Eighty years — almost to the day — since the devastation wreaked by that first nuclear weapon, Fallout: Atoms for War &...

For EJ Hill, Art Is an Act of Faith

Aug 6, 2025

There’s something about seeing a neon sign in daylight: The usual associations with seedy nightlife or unbridled consumerism are swept away by an otherworldly glow of light upon light. It can feel almost religious in the right context. That glow illuminates parts of...

Activists Denounce Plans to Reinstall Confederate Statue in DC 

Aug 6, 2025

The National Park Service (NPS) will restore and reinstall a bronze statue of a Confederate general that was toppled and burned during the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests in Washington, DC, the agency announced yesterday, August 4. The NPS said it will repair the...