Beer With a Painter: Melissa Joseph

Beer With a Painter: Melissa Joseph

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...
Museum Grants Terminated by Trump Reinstated After Court Order

Museum Grants Terminated by Trump Reinstated After Court Order

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...
New York: Best of 2025

New York: Best of 2025

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...
Anti-ICE Nativities Take a Stand Against Trump’s Cruelty

Anti-ICE Nativities Take a Stand Against Trump’s Cruelty

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...
Wifredo Lam No Longer Waits by the Coatroom

Wifredo Lam No Longer Waits by the Coatroom

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)...
Maas Lab @ Borgharen

Maas Lab @ Borgharen

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...