Banksy confirms Nottingham mural is his but Birmingham artist says it isn’t
Is Banksy behind this painting on a wall in Nottingham? (Picture: Tim Goode/PA) A mural of a little girl hula hooping with a bike tyre...
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The Empty Stages of N.Y.C.
Weather: Mostly sunny, with a high around 80. Partly sunny and mid-70s on Saturday, with a chance of a sprinkle. It’ll clear up, and warm...
At the Manifesta Biennial, a French City’s Tough Realities Go on Show
MARSEILLE, France — On the morning of Nov. 5, 2018, two residential buildings collapsed on the Rue d’Aubagne here, killing eight people and leaving a...
In Dark Times, I Sought Out the Turmoil of Caravaggio’s Paintings
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A New York Clock That Told Time Now Tells the Time Remaining
For more than 20 years, Metronome, which includes a 62-foot-wide 15-digit electronic clock that faces Union Square in Manhattan, has been one of the city’s...
The Artist Whose Medium Is Science
RIGHT NOW, SEVERAL hundred miles overhead, a golden urn with the face of a forgotten man is circling Earth, a passenger on a black satellite....
Mushrooms, the Last Survivors
The mushrooms sit on high, behind glass, above bottles of Armagnac and mezcal in a bar at the Standard hotel in Manhattan’s East Village. They...
Jacob Lawrence, Peering Through History’s Cracks
What might the image of treachery look like? Consider a painting of two men, one whispering into the other’s ear. The speaker, his face in...
Art About Waiting — and What It Takes to Endure
On the last day of September in 1978 — as the New York City newspaper strike dragged into its second month, Exile’s “Kiss You All...
5 Art Accounts to Follow on Instagram Now
Every month or so, when it’s been my turn to write this series, I’ve searched for a way to fit a comical, high-concept art project...