On View

“Ebony G. Patterson: … while the dew is still on the roses… ”Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, North Carolina What the museum says: Jamaican-born artist Ebony G. Patterson’s “neo-baroque” works “address violence, masculinity, ‘bling,’ visibility, and invisibility within the post-colonial context of her native Kingston and within black youth culture globally. This exhibition focuses on […] More

“Desire: A Revision from the 20th Century to the Digital Age”Irish Museum of Modern Art What the Museum Says: “From the beginning of the 20th century to now, ‘Desire: A Revision’ develops through the lens of the Eurocentric male gaze of the Surrealist artists and their influence in shaping artistic depictions of desire in contemporary […] More

The photographer An-My Lê was born in 1960 in Saigon during the height of the Vietnam War. She knew nothing else growing up. “War was a part of life for us…it’s something we take in stride,” she told Art21 in an exclusive interview back in 2007. She and her parents fled Vietnam, eventually landing in the […] More

New York’s latest pop up museum isn’t about ice cream, pizza, or rosé. It’s called Sex Workers’ Pop-Up, and it’s promoting the global campaign to support sex workers’ rights, featuring more than 50 works by 22 artists—17 of whom have backgrounds in sex work. “Sex work is really misunderstood, misrepresented, and stigmatized, so it was important […] More

Long before he represented the United States at the Venice Biennale, won the MacArthur “Genius” Award, or had collectors paying eight figure sums for his artworks at auction, Los Angeles-born artist Mark Bradford loved to watch his mother working as a hairdresser. One of the most vital tools in that profession, the young Bradford soon learned, […] More

Armory week is officially here, and with a gust of warm weather, it’s a perfect time to scope out some of the talent on view at the galleries. To help navigate, here’s a brief guide to some of the exhibitions opening this week. “Mimi Lauter: Symphony No. 1” at Blum & PoeMarch 3–April 18, 2020 […] More

What shoes should one wear to meet Christian Louboutin? That’s what I was wondering as I made my way to interview the designer behind the red-soled heels favored by celebrities and royalty, and who is now the subject of a sweeping exhibition at the Palais de la Porte Dorée in Paris.  The show, titled “L’Exhibition[iste],” contains […] More

For the artist Joan Jonas—a virtuoso dancer, composer, and sculptor—drawing serves as both a conditioned mode of practice, and sometimes as a final product. “It’s like practicing the piano,” she said in an exclusive interview with Art21 back in 2014. “The first ones that I do often don’t come out, so I have to practice […] More