LGBTQ Pride month is now. Every day in June, we are celebrating the community by featuring one queer art worker and asking them to reflect on what this moment means to them. Dessane Lopez CassellJune 29, 2020 The month of June is a time to celebrate LGBTQ communities. It’s a moment to reflect on the… More Queer Art Workers Reflect: Julieta Salgado Is Dancing and Celebrating as Much as She’s Protesting

Tate describes documentary photography as: “a style of photography that provides a straightforward and accurate representation of people, places, objects and events, and is often used in reportage.” Aesthetica selects five examples from the archives, expanding upon this definition through architectural images, portraits and conceptual projects. These features provide a window into experiences across the globe. Oliver Wainwright, Inside… More Aesthetica Archives: Documentary Photography

As the future of art in San Francisco feels ever more precarious, Darryl Smith’s collection is a striking window into a different time. Theadora WalshJune 29, 2020 TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, New Mexico — The 801 gallery, in the city of Truth or Consequences (known as T or C), sits across from a chain-link fenced cemetery.… More As San Francisco Art Institute Faces Likely Closure, This Gallery Is a Time Capsule of Student Work

BY MAXIMILÍANO DURÓN June 29, 2020 1:05pm VIEW GALLERY10 Images A new exhibition across the five boroughs of New York City will showcase what local artists have been creating during the coronavirus lockdown. Beginning today, that exhibition, titled “Art on the Grid” and organized by Public Art Fund, features works by 50 New York–based artists, some of… More Artists Respond to Coronavirus Pandemic, Ongoing Protests in Massive Outdoor Exhibition Across New York City

By The Paris Review June 29, 2020 THE ART OF DISTANCE n March, The Paris Review launched The Art of Distance, a newsletter highlighting unlocked archive pieces that resonate with the staff of the magazine, quarantine-appropriate writing on the Daily, resources from our peer organizations, and more. Read Emily Nemens’s introductory letter here, and find the latest unlocked archive pieces below. “As we move… More The Art of Distance No. 15

BY CLAIRE SELVIN June 29, 2020 3:34pm The otherworldly, madcap scenes that the Belgian surrealist René Magritte painted have baffled and amazed art historians for nearly a century. Magritte’s works often strike an uncanny balance of eeriness and tranquility, horror and whimsy, with apples, bowler hats, obscured or disjointed faces, and tufty clouds among his most… More What Do René Magritte’s Dreamlike Paintings Mean? Five Curators Offer Their Analyses

BYTessa Solomon, Claire SelvinJune 29, 2020 5:27pm Monday, June 29  NYC Institutions Form Latinx/POC Arts ConsortiumEight New York City–based arts organizations have formed the Latinx/POC Arts Legacy Consortium in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The consortium—comprised of the Bronx Academy of Arts & Dance, Bronx Documentary Center, Caribbean Cultural Center and African Diaspora Institute, El Museo del Barrio, Pregones/Puerto Rican Traveling Theater, The Clemente Soto… More ARTnews in Brief: New York Institutions Form Latinx/POC Arts Consortium—and More from June 29, 2020