Installation view: Sterling Ruby’s “Atropa” at Sprüth Magers in New York. Photo: Genevieve Hanson American artist Sterling Ruby has long engaged not only with the chaotic condition of…
Read more Sterling Ruby’s “Atropa” Is a Quiet But Profound Reflection on EntropyDean Majd. Photo: Zach Hussein For much of photography’s history, male portraiture preserved a degree of emotional distance, presenting men as stoic, authoritative and restrained. Dean Majd has…
Read more Dean Majd’s “Hard Feelings” Expands the Emotional Register of MasculinityNunu Hung at Nunu Fine Art Taipei. Courtesy Nunu Fine Art In a city like New York, where cultural capital is theoretically abundant, the gallery world can still…
Read more Nunu Hung’s Year of Ambition, Intellectual Depth and Unapologetic OpennessRahaal unfolded across three pavilions (an exhibition space, a salon and a library) in the historic nature reserve of Zekreet, Qatar, just miles from Richard Serra’s monumental East–West/West–East.…
Read more In Qatar’s Zekreet Desert, Sheikh Mohammed Rashid Al-Thani Welcomes AllUnder Francesco Bonami’s direction, By Art Matters has embraced a curatorial model that favors instinct, experimentation and intellectual risk. Photo: Qingshan Wu, courtesy of By Art Matters Late…
Read more Francesco Bonami’s Case Against Trend-Chasing in the Museum BusinessMia Westerlund Roosen’s Heat (background) and Conical (foreground), both from 1981, on view at Nunu Fine Art. Photo: Martin Seck, courtesy the artist and Nunu Fine Art Multidisciplinary…
Read more Mia Westerlund Roosen’s Ongoing Material InquiryAt Donum Estate, art, wine, and land are conceived as a single living system shaped by stewardship, regeneration, and long-term vision. Photo Robert Berg | Courtesy Donum Estate…
Read more How the Donum Estate Cultivated a World-Class Sculpture GardenAnita Lam. Courtesy Anita Lam Artist Anita Lam didn’t set out to reinvent the zoo, but after reading John Berger’s Why Look at Animals?, she found herself rethinking…
Read more With “Happy Zoo,” Anita Lam Makes a Case for Artistic EnvironmentalismOscar Murillo. Photo by Tim Bowditch, courtesy the artist. Copyright © Oscar Murillo Those art aficionados who aren’t in Doha this week are likely in Mexico City for…
Read more Oscar Murillo Reflects On Building a Body of Work That Resists Linear TimeMorgan Buck, We’re the Only Winners, 2025. Acrylic on canvas, 20 x 31 inches. Photo: Mario Gallucci; Courtesy the artist and ILY2 These days, Morgan Buck doesn’t make…
Read more Morgan Buck Sees A.I. as a Rare Chance to Reimagine CreativitySteven Drozd, the former co-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist of the Flaming Lips, has given his first interview on his sudden exit from the band. He told FOX23 News Tulsa’s…
Read more Steven Drozd Says Flaming Lips Exit Followed His Decision to Stop TouringStokes describes her position as the ligature connecting curatorial research, programming and public discourse across two distinct museum ecosystems. Portrait by Kelvin Bulluck, museum image © Henrik Kam,…
Read more Between MoAD and SFMOMA, Cornelia Stokes Charts a Unique Curatorial PathOn a chilly December evening, the sounds of Lucy Liu’s filmography echoed through an upper Manhattan cineplex. Liu had arrived for a post-screening Q&A in support of her…
Read more Lucy Liu on Mental Health, Motherhood, and the “Very Limiting” Hyphenate Hollywood Should RetireInstallation view: “Aiza Ahmed: The Music Room” at Sargent’s Daughters. Photo: Nicholas Knight, courtesy of Sargent’s Daughters, New York In a year defined by market calibration—especially on the…
Read more Aiza Ahmed Exposes the Fragile Theater Behind the Male GazeThe Prototype Festival brings together new works that reflect Beth Morrison Productions’s long-standing commitment to innovation in opera and music theater. © Douglas Mason After Beth Morrison earned…
Read more Beth Morrison On Reshaping the Boundaries of Contemporary OperaThe architect behind landmark cultural projects at the British Museum and the AlUla Contemporary Arts Museum discusses reimagining museums as evolving, participatory spaces. Kimberly Lloyd, Courtesy of LG—A…
Read more Lina Ghotmeh Is Reimagining Cultural Architecture for a Connected WorldBradley Cooper, Will Arnett, Laura Dern and Andra Day at a special Q&A panel at Angelika Film Center in advance of the film’s theatrical release. Photo by John…
Read more Will Arnett and Andra Day On Midlife Reckonings and Movies Without VillainsA candid look at modern bakery economics from one of NYC’s most watched shops. Alexander Stein This Q&A is part of Observer’s Expert Insights series, where industry leaders,…
Read more What It Really Takes to Build Staying Power in New York’s Frenetic Food SceneThe founder of Arts Economics discusses how globalization, new wealth demographics and online sales are reshaping the balance of power in the art world. Paul McCarthy, Courtesy of…
Read more Clare McAndrew On Why the Art Market’s Future Lies Beyond the $10 Million SaleZoë Buckman’s “Who By Fire” is at Mindy Solomon through January 10, 2026. Photo: Zachary Balber Brooklyn-based Zoë Buckman has made her name through a bold approach to…
Read more Zoë Buckman’s Intimate Embroideries Claim Space for Memory, Grief and Jewish Identity