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Thomas Cole's Course of the Empire series.

Met’s Thomas Cole Show Highlights How an Immigrant Shaped American Identity

The images Thomas Cole painted are ingrained in our collective imagination as deeply as the figure of Uncle Sam and and appreciation for apple pie.
By Margaret Carrigan
Terry Adkins, Native Son(Circus), 2006/2015. Cymbals, armature, and additional technical components, 20 x 96 in.

Terry Adkins’ Sculptures Sing at New York’s Lévy Gorvy Gallery

Terry Adkins, who died of heart failure in 2014, was a musician as well as a sculptor. Lévy Gorvy Gallery shows a collection of his works that reflect on music.
By David D'Arcy
Installation view of Medardo Rosso at Thaddaues Ropac.

Medardo Rosso’s Magnum Opus Goes on View at Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac

'Sight Unseen' explores Medardo Rosso pivotal time in Britain, which brought forth his masterpiece, 'Ecce puer.'
By Margaret Carrigan
Installation view of Werken by Bernardo Oyarz'n 57th Venice Biennale.

Reflections on the Venice Biennale, Where Politics Is Unavoidable and Size Matters

By David D'Arcy
Eric Blum, DEVO in their signature hazmat suits, 1978.

Mark Mothersbaugh’s Singular Artistic Vision

By David D'Arcy
A look at the offerings for Free Comic Book Day 2017 at Sphinx Comics, including Secret Empire #1.

The Best and Worst of Free Comic Book Day 2017

By John Martin
Sumerian Golden Leaves Necklace, $450.00 ($405.00 Members). This gold, lapis lazuli and carnelian beaded necklace is based on a similar item from the Met’s collection which dated from 2600-2500 B.C. Mesopotamia. The original item was uncovered during excavations at the ancient city of Ur, and belonged to a woman who was once a servant to the king.

These Museum Stores Are the Best Place to Do Your Mother’s Day Shopping

By Alanna Martinez
Sharon Wild, from the series The Valley, 2001.

Why Larry Sultan’s Staged Pictures of Parents and Porn Stars Feel So Personal

By David D'Arcy
John Baldessari, Crowd Arm (Gold on Silver), 2016.

Can You Guess the Famous Artists Behind This Jewelry?

By Alanna Martinez
Station #13 (taken down), 2010.

Good Friday, Reconsidered

By Wayne Northcross
Pierre Huyghe's La Toison d'Or.

Is Dallas the New Miami?

By Julie Baumgardner
An attendee at the 2017 Queerness and Games Conference in Los Angeles, California.

In the Vast World of Gaming, a Con for All (Gay)mers

By John Martin
Vallon de Villeneuve's The Milkmaid.

Iranian Erotica and an Iconic Milkmaid: The Photography Show

By David D'Arcy
Institutions from MoMA to the Art Institute of Chicago will be hosting this spring's blockbuster museum shows.

Top 10 Must-See Museum Shows Opening This Spring

By Alanna Martinez
Suzanne Wright, 8 Shuttles, 2016.

A Whitney Houston-Inspired Art Show Puts Women Center Stage

By Alanna Martinez
Detail on a Wangechi Mutu piece at Barbara Gladstone.

Sculptor Wangechi Mutu’s Latest Show Falls Flat

By Bansie Vasvani
If you’re a human and you have a brain, then you probably like using your brain.

Seven Books That Will Change How You See the World

By Mark Manson
Manterruption courtesy of Kanye West.

‘Feminist Fight Club’ Is the Ultimate Career Advice Book for Young Women

By Meredith Lepore
Ms. Tint's Love Godess, (2012). (Photo: Walter Wickiser Gallery)

Reinvention: Francine Tint’s Abstractions Evolve at Walter Wickiser Gallery

By Piri Halasz
Kianja Strobert, <em>Untitled</em>, 2011 (Photo courtesy: Collection of Sam, Shanit and Alexys Schwartz)

Owning the Abstract: Kianja Strobert Taunts, and Sometimes Tops, Her Ab-Ex Ancestors

By Ryan Steadman
Iwan Wirth, Marc Payot and Manuela Wirth. (Photo courtesy of Hauser & Wirth, by Felix Clay)

Iwan Wirth Named the World’s Second Most Powerful Art Dealer

By Gallerist
Save the Press.

“Impressions From South Africa, 1965 to Now” at MoMA

By Maika Pollack

A Strange Anomaly: David Hammon’s ‘Homeless’ Art on the Upper East Side

By Adam Lindemann

Art Review: Patrick Jacobs Takes a Look at the Vision Thing

By Will Heinrich
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