September 10, 2023

Salvation Mountain in California Searches for How to Save Itself

The folk art monument in the desert near the Salton Sea grapples with extreme weather, social-media-fueled tourism and its own tattering beauty. Salvation Mountain, a sculpture […]
July 13, 2023

When Spider-Man Met Jeff Koons

Our critic spots references to Hilma af Klint and Lichtenstein in “Across the Spider-Verse.” Koons, who inspired the film’s creative team, gets top billing with an […]
June 1, 2023

‘Transformers’ Statues Cause a Big Fight in Georgetown

A professor decorated a sidewalk in Georgetown with 10-foot sculptures of Bumblebee and Optimus Prime. The well-heeled locals were not pleased. The thing about putting a […]
April 10, 2023

Met Museum Commissions Bring Contemporary Art Front and Center

With a new wing years away, the Met will highlight cutting-edge art with Nairy Baghramian on its facade and Jacolby Satterwhite in the Great Hall. For […]
March 29, 2023

A Silversmith Who ‘Wields That Hammer Like a Magic Wand’

With thousands of strikes from tools of various sizes, Ndidi Ekubia shapes highly textured yet functional cups, bowls and vases. MANCHESTER, England — The intricate details […]
March 16, 2023

Kehinde Wiley’s New Exhibition Is a Chapel of Mourning

“An Archaeology of Silence” opens in San Francisco after a string of police killings of Black men. It offers a respite room to those needing a […]
February 13, 2023

A Vehicle for Social Justice, Bound for the Frieze Art Fair

Ruben Ochoa is using his family’s old tortilla delivery van to highlight the harassment endured by Los Angeles street vendors. LOS ANGELES — This beige 1985 […]
February 12, 2023

Ice Luges Are the Latest Party Novelty

Fueled by a desire for fun, hedonistic messiness and nostalgia, the liquor ice luge appears to be making a comeback at parties big and small. When […]
January 13, 2023

Turning Trash Into Poetry

Ser Serpas, a young artist known for kinetic arrangements of discarded furniture, opens up about her expressive way of processing the used world. PARIS — Compared […]
September 6, 2022

The Artist Who Throws Newton a Curve

COSTA MESA, Calif. — As a teenager in Brooklyn, Fred Eversley filled a pie pan with Jell-O and spun it on a turntable in his father’s […]