| Good morning. At the entrance of artist David Hammons’s latest exhibition in LA is an instruction to store your mobile devices in a case. Freed from this ever-present source of distraction, and equipped instead with a tiny LED flashlight emitting a blue glow, visitors plunge into the unknown. The spaces become “havens of strobed shadows, a cluster of blue lights separating and colliding over and over as if a choreographed dance,” writes Nereya Otieno. Reading her review today, I felt like I was walking alongside her in the shadows. In local news, New York University is pursuing disciplinary action against a student who expressed solidarity for Palestine in a commencement speech, prompting one critic to renounce her degrees from the school in disappointment. And as Eric Adams moves forward with a call for artists to help create a new gateway in Chinatown, some raise questions about its proximity to a future jail and the mayor’s inaction in the face of gentrification. A View From the Easel, Required Reading, and more below. — Valentina Di Liscia, News Editor | | |
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 | | His elegantly simple exhibition — just darkness and flashlights — prompts a rethinking of what we consider worthy art. | Nereya Otieno |
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SPONSORED |  | | | | Join TAAC on Governors Island for a series of exhibitions and programs in which artists, curators, medical professionals, and environmental experts respond to island ecologies. Learn more |
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Art critic Aruna D’Souza renounced her NYU degrees after the institution condemned a graduating student’s pro-Palestine speech and said it would pursue disciplinary action against him. -
NYC Mayor Eric Adams’s criticized plan to “beautify” parts of Chinatown is moving forward as the Department of Cultural Affairs begins to search for artists for the project.
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ART & MORE |  | | With its signature two-toned design and illustrations, the mock newspaper encouraged polite passenger etiquette and promoted local attractions. | Maya Pontone |
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SPONSORED |  | | | | Twelve intimate works created by Johnson over the past seven years are on view at the gallery from May 20 to 24. Learn more |
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 | | “There’s a Rauschenberg piece I like to sit with to reconnect with why I make art at all.” | Lakshmi Rivera Amin |
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|  | | This week: Joe Sacco on truth and art, the invention of “close reading,” a century of Mrs. Dalloway, Google gets a makeover, the biggest and smallest dogs meet, and much more. | Lakshmi Rivera Amin |
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ARCHIVE SPOTLIGHT: HILMA AF KLINT |  | | Hilma af Klint reminds us that institutionally approved narratives generally function as touchstones for conformists and the weak-kneed. | John Yau |
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|  | | She was an artist who believed in progress, in the evolution of humanity. | Sarah Glidden |
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TRANSITIONS | | Yu Nishimura is now represented by David Zwirner gallery.
Marcelle Polednik stepped down as director of the Milwaukee Art Museum. |
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AWARDS & ACCOLADES | | I-Hsuen Chen, Joyce Sahagun Garcia, and Yuuki Horiuchi are among the recipients of Asian Cultural Council’s Artist Grants. Read more on Hyperallergic.
Julie Fragar won the Archibald Prize from the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
Bonney Hartley, Tyson Houseman, Lehuauakea, Joleece Pecore, Rosy Simas, and Skye Tafoya are the 2025 Forge Project fellows.
Kapwani Kiwanga won the 2025 Joan Miró Prize from the Fundació Joan Miró in Barcelona.
Alison Saar received the High Museum of Art’s 20th annual David C. Driskell Prize.
Shirana Shahbazi won the Société des Arts de Genève Prize 2025. |
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