Utilitarian public baths and pools once filled the world’s cities, but now new expensive spas are taking their place. Has even bathing become a luxury?

Utilitarian public baths and pools once filled the world’s cities, but now new expensive spas are taking their place. Has even bathing become a luxury?

My documentary screens this week at one of the spaces that inspired it, I'll be part of an upcoming exhibit, and you can now get a copy of the zine I made.

In her textile-based practice, she calls attention to what holds a piece together or the ways some works seem ready to come apart.

In her first US retrospective, she becomes museum specimen, interrogator, colonial queen, and more to expose the systems that produce them.

Alexis Clements uses Alison Bechdel’s new graphic novel “Spent” to meditate on the predicament of the creative artist today.

Filmmakers Jessica Dimmock and Zackary Canepari examine the booming market a troubling new market.

Through his narrative art, Douglas reminds us that every story contains the potential for history to take another course.

A show at The 8th Floor gallery in Manhattan extracts the politics of landscape.

The second edition of the show embraced unexpected artworks, price transparency, and a spirit of community among galleries from the region.

A water-themed, lesbian-centric group exhibition in Staten Island explores the sea’s long association with a feminine force.

Sharing my work in new ways and bringing writers and filmmakers together to build community.

It took an imperial war for the country to settle on a nickname.

Scientists today still make use of Mary Banning’s research, examining the same mushrooms that she located, preserved, and packed away for posterity.

Her intimate photographs of women include humor and playfulness, and speak to her closeness to her subjects.

Phyllis Birkby harnessed her knowledge and lesbian feminist politics to encourage countless people to reimagine their built environments.

This commercial undertaking works hard to present itself with an institutional veneer, making claims that it “fosters a sense of shared responsibility” in the art world.

The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them

Exposure at Ulterior Gallery might not offer the quick answers our ever-shrinking attention spans demand, but much in this show is worth a second view.

Letter-writing, art historical affairs, Mickalene Thomas: All About Love, and more artsy titles on love in all its forms.

By Alexis Clements, February 10, 2025

A mini-retrospective of the feminist collective raises the question: What can be learned from this work that applies to today, and is this an effective method of making change?