When Melissa Joseph welcomed me warmly into her Midtown studio this fall, she immediately invited me to try needle felting — the process she uses to create what she calls her “paintings in felt.” Feeling self-conscious, I procrastinated as long as possible, asking...
Following a court ruling late last month, the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) will reinstate federal grants previously cancelled under the Trump administration. The IMLS committed to restoring all grants last week after a US District Court judge in...
In case the weather didn’t clue you in, it’s that time again — the season of year-end lists! From Amy Sherald and Caspar David Friedrich’s very different takes on the sublime to the art historical interventions of Deborah Kass and Alexis Rockman to...
This past Friday, December 5, the Archdiocese of Boston asked St. Susanna Parish in Dedham, Massachusetts, to remove its nativity scene. The crèche features the shepherds and the Wise Men, but no Holy Family — no Jesus, Mary, or Joseph. In their place is a sign that...
The Master of Design in Communication Design (MDes) at the University of Arkansas School of Art, housed in the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, is now accepting applications through January 15, 2026. This two-year, terminal degree prepares students for a...
An artwork’s position in the museum, both spatially and interpretively, matters. It was this architecture of visibility that fueled critic John Yau’s landmark essay “Please wait by the coatroom” (1988), titled after the corridor where the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)...
Independent: Nnena Kalu wins the Turner Prize 2025 in ‘seismic’ moment for award
Maas Lab is een samenwerking tussen de rivier de Maas, TAAT en SoAP Maastricht. Het is ontstaan uit een gedeelde nieuwsgierigheid naar hoe een daadwerkelijke samenwerking met de Maas – een meer-dan-menselijk entiteit – onze menselijke kijk op entiteiten en...
This fall, the University of California, Irvine, and Orange County Museum of Art completed their amicable merger, creating a new entity: the UC Irvine Langson Orange County Museum of Art. Today, the new institution named its first director, Kathryn Kanjo, who...
The Turner Prize, England’s most high-profile art award, has named Nnena Kalu as its 2025 winner. She will take home £25,000 (about $33,300), while the three other shortlisted artists will receive £10,000 ($13,000). Kalu is officially the first-ever learning-disabled...