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Celebration, Resilience and Creative Brilliance: Inside the Museum of the African Diaspora Afropolitan Ball
Corinne Dixon, Pandora Thomas and Nicole Dixon. Photo: Drew Altizer The crown jewel of this year’s Nexus: SF/Bay Area Black Art Week was the Museum of the African Diaspora’s...
What the National Gallery’s Closure Says About the Politics of Culture in America
The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., is federally funded and has ceased operations and canceled all programs until the shutdown is resolved. Photo by Bill O'Leary/The Washington...
Curator Karen Comer Lowe’s Five Artists to Watch
Karen Comer Lowe has spent more than two decades shaping how audiences experience Black art in and from the American South, and her curatorial path has taken her from...
Teresita Fernández Maps the Infinite in ‘Liquid Horizon’ at Lehmann Maupin
Teresita Fernández, Liquid Horizon 4, 2025. Solid charcoal, sand, and mixed media on aluminum panel. Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin, New York, Seoul and London. Photo by Studio...
AMD Inks Huge Compute Power Deal With OpenAI, Mirroring Nvidia’s Move
OpenAI’s Sam Altman and AMD’s Lisa Su testify before the Senate on May 08, 2025 in Washington, DC. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Nvidia may be dominating the graphics...
MacKenzie Scott Donates $50M to Nonprofit Boosting Native Student Scholarships
Angelique Albert has headed the Native Forward Scholars Fund since 2017. Courtesy Native Forward Scholars Fund When Angelique Albert, CEO of the Native Forward Scholars Fund, received a call...
Disney’s Once-Unstoppable Franchises Are Showing Signs of Fatigue
The Mandalorian & Grogu at Celebration Stage during Star Wars Celebration Japan Day 1 on April 18, 2025, in Chiba, Japan. Christopher Jue/Getty Images for Disney There’s a scene...
Brilliant or Blank? ‘Art’ Frames Love-Hate Bromances on Broadway
James Corden, Neil Patrick Harris and Bobby Cannavale star in Art, now on Broadway. Photo by Matthew Murphy Since the inciting event of Yasmina Reza’s Art involves the valuation...
Jodhpur Arts Week Edition 1.0 Centers Craft in Contemporary Practice
Chila Kumari Singh Burman, Dad’s Ice Cream Van, 2020. Courtesy Chila Kumari Singh Burman Jodhpur Arts Week, which launches its Edition 1.0 next month, is a contemporary art festival...
Alishan Is Taiwan’s Most Serene Escape—And the Scenic Train Ride Is Just the Start
Alishan. YS/Unsplash The lively night markets, colorful temples and neon-lit streets in Taiwan’s cities are an obvious hit with visitors, but venture beyond the urban sprawl, and you’ll discover...
