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Video: Pakistani American Artist Shahzia Sikander On Reimagining Painting Traditions From Around the World

From a studio in Brooklyn, the artist discussed work of the kind that figures in her retrospective on view in Venice.

By Christopher Garcia Valle

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Shahzia Sikander’s Luminous Art Explores East and West, Past and Present, Order and Chaos

By Emily Watlington
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Video: Venice Biennale Artist Jeffrey Gibson on Painting and Paying Tribute to Indigenous Cultural Legacies

By Emily Watlington

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Shahzia Sikander’s Luminous Art Explores East and West, Past and Present, Order and Chaos

By Eleanor Heartney

Joyce J. Scott’s Beaded Sculptures Confront Racist Tropes

By Andy Battaglia

Tomashi Jackson: Here at the Western World (Professor Windham's Early 1970s Classroom & the 1972 Second Baptist Church Choir), 2023, acrylic, Yule Quarry marble dust, and southern Colorado sand on paper bags, canvas, and textile with PVC marine vinyl, brass hooks and grommets on a handcrafted wood awning structure, 87 by 114 by 9 1/2 inches.

Tomashi Jackson Probes American Democracy in Her Multilayered Work

By Francesca Aton

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Video: Pakistani American Artist Shahzia Sikander On Reimagining Painting Traditions From Around the World

From a studio in Brooklyn, the artist discussed work of the kind that figures in her retrospective on view in Venice.

By Christopher Garcia Valle

Issues & Commentary

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JULY 13: A view from inside the "Vessel" in Hudson Yards in Manhattan on July 13, 2022 in New York City. The "Vessel" was completed on 2019 by architect Thomas Heatherwick. (Photo by Roy Rochlin/Getty Images)

Thomas Heatherwick: The Architect of Our Neoliberal Hell

Heatherwick structures read like desperate, failing attempts not to be boring, via some whiz-bang trick.

By Andrew Russeth

Video: Pakistani American Artist Shahzia Sikander On Reimagining Painting Traditions From Around the World

Shahzia Sikander’s Luminous Art Explores East and West, Past and Present, Order and Chaos

Video: Venice Biennale Artist Jeffrey Gibson on Painting and Paying Tribute to Indigenous Cultural Legacies

In Print

Summer 2024: Icons

Shahzia Sikander’s Luminous Art Explores East and West, Past and Present, Order and Chaos

Joyce J. Scott’s Beaded Sculptures Confront Racist Tropes

Tomashi Jackson Probes American Democracy in Her Multilayered Work

Reviews

Rachel Cusk’s New Novel Dissects Motherhood and Making Art

Navajo Artist Melissa Cody Reclaims a Sacred Symbol That the Nazis Weaponized

Claire Bishop’s New Book Argues Technology Changed Attention Spans—and Shows How Artists Have Adapted

Why Carla Accardi Abandoned Abstraction for Activism—and Then Came Back

Jay Lynn Gomez’s Tableaux About Transitioning Show Life Under Construction

In Prismatic Paintings, David Huffman Pays Homage to Black Panther Protests of His Youth

Videos

Video: Pakistani American Artist Shahzia Sikander On Reimagining Painting Traditions From Around the World

Issues & Commentary

Thomas Heatherwick: The Architect of Our Neoliberal Hell

Newswire

Serena Williams’s Former L.A. Estate Can Be Yours for $13.5 Million

Eddie Redmayne, Jonathan Groff, Daniel Radcliffe and More Hit The Carlyle for the Tony Awards After Party

I’m convinced that I know when Marvel will release Spider-Man 4

WNBA Team Values: Las Vegas, Seattle Lead, Average Hits $96M

The Best Yoga Mats for Any Practice, According to Instructors

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Serena Williams’s Former L.A. Estate Can Be Yours for $13.5 Million

Eddie Redmayne, Jonathan Groff, Daniel Radcliffe and More Hit The Carlyle for the Tony Awards After Party

I’m convinced that I know when Marvel will release Spider-Man 4

WNBA Team Values: Las Vegas, Seattle Lead, Average Hits $96M

The Best Yoga Mats for Any Practice, According to Instructors