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 […]
March 30, 2023

Ryder Ripps Is Calling Out Kanye West and Bored Ape Yacht Club for Antisemitism.

Over his 15-year career, the artist and creative director Ryder Ripps has built websites for the likes of Kanye West, who is now known as Ye, […]
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 […]