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Exterior view of the Studio Museum in Harlem's new building, 2025. Courtesy Studio Museum in Harlem. Photo: Albert Vecerka/Esto.
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The Studio Museum in Harlem opens a new home, featuring Tom Lloyd and neighborhood soul
Matthew Wexler Nov 7, 2025 0

After 7 years away, Studio Museum reclaims its Harlem corner with bold new digs. The capital of Black America gets…

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MONUMENTS exhibit at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA and The Brick.
Art
In Downtown LA, MOCA’s ‘MONUMENTS’ turns America’s toppled past into urgent art
Matthew Wexler Nov 5, 2025 0

Downtown LA's MOCA hosts decommissioned statues alongside new works. "MONUMENTS" asks: Who deserves to be remembered, and who deserves to…

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"Cats and Dogs" by Stephanie H. Shih.
Art
In ‘Living Here,’ 26 artists refuse to be your model minority
Matthew Wexler Oct 25, 2025 0

"Living Here" at UNLV refuses monolithic Asian narratives, where 26 artists explore identity and what it means to belong in…

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(l-r) "Here's To Life," Al Johnson; "Oracle," Sanford Biggers; "Fiori di Como," Dale Chihuly.
Art
The Las Vegas Strip’s secret art scene hides in plain sight—if you know where to look
Matthew Wexler Oct 24, 2025 0

Skip the casino losses and high-priced museum admission. Las Vegas hotels feature world-class art from Dale Chihuly, Sanford Biggers, and…

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"Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas Light Trail."
Art
The New York Botanical Garden goes gothic with ‘Tim Burton’s Nightmare Before Christmas Light Trail’
Matthew Wexler Sep 18, 2025 0

The New York Botanical Garden brings "Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas Light Trail" to life through Nov 30.

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"Tan Tan Bo, aka Gerotan: Scorched by the Blaze in the Purgatory of Knowledge," 2018. Takashi Murakami. ©2018 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
Art
From Louis Vuitton to a spectacular Hall of Dreams: Inside artist Takashi Murakami’s CMA retrospective
Matthew Wexler Aug 14, 2025 0

Takashi Murakami's retrospective at Cleveland Museum of Art transforms nuclear war and natural disasters into a spectacular, immersive experience with…

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"mistikôsiwak (Wooden Boat People): Welcoming the Newcomers" by Kent Monkman
Art
How artist Kent Monkman is refuting the Romantic view of the “vanishing race”
Matthew Wexler May 31, 2025 0

The Denver Art Museum presents "History is Painted by the Victors," the first major solo exhibition by Kent Monkman.

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"Penn's Treaty" by Edward Hicks
Art
Revisionist history at The Met
Matthew Wexler Mar 18, 2025 0

A viewing of Edward Hicks' 1847 painting "Penn's Treaty" rubbed me the wrong way. Here's why.

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Firelei Báez’s untitled (“Tabula Anemographica seu Pyxis Navtic”).
Art
Objects may be closer than they appear
Matthew Wexler Jan 14, 2025 0

A cherub siting at the Whitney thanks to artist Firelei Beaez.

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Kristen Chenoweth in "The Queen of Versailles."
Reviews
‘The Queen of Versailles’: Even Kristin Chenoweth can’t save this Broadway house of cards
Matthew Wexler Nov 9, 2025
Bobby Moreno, Bartley Booz, Cricket Brown, Donetta Lavinia Grays, Jeff Biehl, and Bruce McKenzie in "The Burning Cauldron of Fiery Fire."
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Anne Washburn’s ‘The Burning Cauldron of Fiery Fire’ needs more time to simmer
Billy McEntee Nov 9, 2025
Exterior view of the Studio Museum in Harlem's new building, 2025. Courtesy Studio Museum in Harlem. Photo: Albert Vecerka/Esto.
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The Studio Museum in Harlem opens a new home, featuring Tom Lloyd and neighborhood soul
Matthew Wexler Nov 7, 2025
The cast of "44 The Musical."
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Yes we can: ’44 The Musical’ makes politics laughable again
Ryan Leeds Nov 6, 2025

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