Five DC Exhibitions You Can See Despite the Government Shutdown

Water With Water, “Save me from What?” (2019), digital prints of silk bomber jacket with neon embroidery, part of the exhibition Arab Pop Art: Between East and West at the Middle East Institute (image courtesy the artists) Amid a federal shutdown, an...

Four New York City Art Shows to See Right Now 

If patterns and performance were the only art options in town, there would still be plenty to see this week. You can find the latter, or archives of it, in one of the season’s major art events, MoMA Ps1’s newly opened survey of work by artist, performer, musician, and...

10 Exhibitions to See in Paris This Fall 

There is a distinctly patriotic flavor to Paris’s tentpole shows this fall. The Louvre is mounting what may be the most significant Jacques-Louis David exhibition in living memory, while the Petit Palais is doing his Napoleonic era contemporary Jean-Baptiste...

Five New York City Art Shows That We Love Right Now

Abstraction is in good form in art institutions at the moment. The Met’s current retrospective of midcentury Ojibwe artist George Morrison brings out a side of Abstract Expressionism that’s rarely discussed in art histories, and well worth seeing. Though still...

10 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles This October

Befitting the season, this month brings exhibitions that enable the barriers between art and life, and life and death, to fade away. A retrospective of the work of master altarista Ofelia Esparza showcases her iconic altars that helped popularize Día de los Muertos in...

10 Exhibitions to See in Upstate New York This October

Halloween isn’t the only thing bringing a chill to the air right now — but we put aside our fears and turn to the abundance of art. There’s much to see in Upstate New York this October: Echoes in Two Tongues at Convey/Er/Or Gallery in Poughkeepsie, for instance,...

Four New York City Art Shows to See Right Now 

Lorna Simpson, “Ice 8” (2018), ink and acrylic on gessoed wood (photo Julia Curl/Hyperallergic) Some of our favorite shows this week allude to communal histories and identities in innovative and beautiful ways. While John Yau looks at Indian-American artist Sangram...

Four New York City Art Shows to See Right Now

The home, the psyche, the mortal coil — it’s barely fall and artists are already alluding to the existential territory that encroaches as each year comes to a close. Perhaps introspection is just what we need right now; as AX Mina’s art tarotscope noted last week,...

10 Exhibitions to See in Chicago This Fall

As fall approaches Chicago and the temperatures tick upward one last time before the inevitable cold slump, the city enters into a rallying cry. Chicago Exhibition Weekend returns today, with 50 participants hosting concurrent programming across the city through this...

12 Art Books to Read This Fall

Autumn, in all its crisp color, has long been a muse for artists and poets — and for good reason. The shorter days and early darkness often cast a spell, encouraging us to spend more time indoors and chip away at our to-be-read piles. These 12 new and forthcoming art...

10 Art Shows to See in the Bay Area This Fall

After a long, rainy summer, the Bay Area art scene is beginning to thaw out, with galleries returning from summer vacation and museums kicking off the fall. The country seems to be spiraling ever further towards authoritarian chaos, but a small flame of resistance...

10 Art Shows to See in the Bay Area This Fall

After a long, rainy summer, the Bay Area art scene is beginning to thaw out, with galleries returning from summer vacation and museums kicking off the fall. The country seems to be spiraling ever further towards authoritarian chaos, but a small flame of resistance...