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This March, thousands of tourists milling through the neon-lit chaos that is Times Square will encounter something a little in between the frenetic advertisements and fast-fashion stores. At first glance, what they find might look like a full-size, fully-stocked grocery store. In and of itself, this isn’t unusual for a city of around 8.6 million […] More
“Portraying Pregnancy: From Holbein to Social Media” at the Foundling Museum, LondonThrough April 26, 2020 What the Museum Says: “Until the 20th century, many women spent most of their adult years pregnant. Despite this, pregnancies are seldom apparent in surviving portraits. This exhibition brings together images of women—mainly British—who were depicted at a time when […] More
For the artist and native Californian Andrea Zittel, every aspect of her life is an opportunity for discovery and creation. The artist, who has lived in Joshua Tree’s desert landscape east of Los Angeles for more than 15 years, has fully integrated her art practice with her daily life, incorporating design as a way to […] More
Seated atop a big anamorphous rock in AlUla, an ancient oasis in the Medina region of Saudi Arabia, is an electric blue sculpture of a woman seated in the meditative yogic position called “lotus.” Her legs are crossed while her hands extend out with her palms open on either knee. Her eyes are closed as […] More
Don McCullin is not afraid of the dark. The 84-year-old British photographer, who is famed for his haunting images, is best known for his salient photographs of war and conflict, taken around the world. For 60 years, he has reported on battles and destruction, chronicled starvation and inner-city poverty, and traveled the world working for […] More
A striking exhibition of 18 artists from the African continent looks at how appearances sometimes point to deeper truths. “Now Look Here: The African Art of Appearance,” on view at a pop-up space in Amsterdam through February 23, showcases works by Tabi Benny, Blinky Bill, and Omar Victor Diop alongside 15 other artists in a presentation organized by Renny […] More
For the first time, the American artist Paul McCarthy is having a survey dedicated entirely to his drawings and works on paper, opening this February at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles. A provocateur who is best known for his performance and video art, McCarthy’s work is often grotesque and sarcastic, deriding American icons by […] More
When two Russian soldiers arrived to the Auschwitz concentration camp on January 27, 1945, the guards were gone but 7,000 survivors remained, including many children. Now, one of those children, Marta Wise, is among 75 subjects in a poignant new photography exhibition that captures the portraits of Holocaust survivors. The show, “Survivors – Faces of […] More
