In the United States, the historical formulation of the “self-taught artist” is loaded with assumptions about class, race, and mental health that have obfuscated the figure of the maker. Because these artists practiced outside of conventional art school, gallery, museum, and peer-exchange systems, their works have oftentimes been interpreted through the lens of their discoverers and collectors.
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For more than six decades, Yoko Ono has challenged the conventions of art by inviting the audience into the work itself—either by being part of the art or stepping on it. A new exhibition at The Broad museum in Los Angeles traces the evolution of her practice from the early Fluxus experiments of the 1950s through her sweeping participatory installations of the 2000s.
The allegorical manifestation of "the four continents" is a visual staple of Western art from the colonial period and the 18th century in particular. Used to uphold the idea of European superiority and justify colonialism itself, the iconography associated with each continent is deeply rooted in racism.
The Akron Art Museum is proud to present Kent Monkman: History Is Painted by the Victors, a sweeping exhibition of monumental paintings by internationally renowned Cree artist Kent Monkman. Through his bold and subversive lens, Monkman reimagines the genre of history painting to confront colonial narratives and offer urgent new perspectives on the past and present.
A quiet ceremony at the Canadian Conservation Institute in Ottawa marked a turning point in international cultural property law in recent weeks.
Nestled in the sagebrush-dusted mountains of northern New Mexico, more than 5,000 feet above sea level, is a small, quaint city constructed mainly of adobe and dating back to 1607 that just happens to be one of the world’s biggest and most vibrant art centers. Italy has a term for its urban cultural treasures—città d’arte, or art city.
The 82nd edition of the Whitney Biennial opened to the public on March 8, 2026. Curated by Marcela Guerrero and Drew Sawyer, Sawyer comes to the Whitney after several years at the Brooklyn Museum, and Guerrero took on her role in 2022—the first Latina to co-curate the Biennial. With press and VIP previews starting as early as March 3, the arts media was flooded with wildly varied opinions on this iteration, most leaning towards the negative.
Returning for its 22nd edition, SP-Arte 2026 featured 180 exhibitors including national and international art galleries and design studios, museums, independent spaces, and publishers spread across three floors of the iconic Bienal Pavilion, designed by Oscar Niemeyer, in São Paulo’s Ibirapuera Park, from April 8 to 12, 2026.
From the moment Pablo Picasso finished painting Guernica in 1937 for the World’s Fair as a response to the German and Italian bombing of Gernika, the over-25-foot canvas has functioned as both an artwork and an argument.
Riding the waves of history and biography, Annette Hur gives shape to passion, disillusion, longing, fear, and self-realization. Bridging her native South Korea and her adopted hometown of New York, she has embarked on a watery route from shore to shore, holding the extremities apart and in place, secured by an unbreakable psychological magnetism and the gravitational pull of the moon.
