June 23, 2023

Charleston Museum Honors a Journey of Grief and Grace

The International African American Museum, in a former slave port, is about more than slavery. It’s about survival and resilience. In Charleston Harbor, where the initiating […]
June 21, 2023

Hidden in a Mini-Mall in Flushing, a Home for Art

In a Queens neighborhood with a diverse community of East Asian immigrants, an unlikely exhibition in an unexpected place offers a sense of belonging. The flier […]
May 31, 2023

Pottery Workshops Fill Up as People Travel to Connect Over Clay

Pottery workshops like those at the Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts in Maine are filling up with people who want to connect with others instead of […]
May 29, 2023

For Freeman Vines, Guitar Making Is a Way of Life

Art of Craft is a series about specialists whose work rises to the level of art. Freeman Vines was chasing a sound. He couldn’t remember where […]
May 15, 2023

Hip-Hop’s Next Takeover: Bisa Butler’s Quilts

Art of Craft is a series about specialists whose work rises to the level of art. The textile artist Bisa Butler was working in her studio […]
May 3, 2023

Misha Japanwala, a Pakistani Artist, Reimagines Her Relationship With Shame and Bodies

With body castings of anonymized Pakistani women that resemble oxidized copper statues, Misha Japanwala hopes to create a time capsule of resisting gender violence for her […]
May 2, 2023

Doja Cat Made a Fashionably Feline Met Gala Debut

One could say she led the evening’s purr-ade of Choupette-inspired looks. While the real Choupette stayed home for the Met Gala on Monday, the stars came […]
April 16, 2023

Pharaonic Funkatizing at the Met Roof Garden

A monument has touched down on the Metropolitan Museum’s rooftop that a few decades ago I would never have dreamed of finding there: an architectural mothership […]
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 […]
April 1, 2023

Why Is Finland the Happiest Country on Earth? The Answer Is Complicated.

The Bright Side is a series about how optimism works in our minds and affects the world around us. On March 20, the United Nations Sustainable […]