What AI Will Do to Art
Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst believe the future doesn’t have to belong to slop.
Art
Did Marcel Duchamp Ruin Art?
If you hate contemporary art, everything you dislike about it can be traced back to him.
What Are Frederic Church’s Stunning Landscapes Trying to Tell Us?
America’s first art star remains a mystery.
The David Hockney Painting That Makes You Look, and Then Look Again
The tireless artist, who died this week, understood how to slow down time.
Where Dogs Go On With Their Doggy Life
Why are there so many canines in fine art?
How Raphael Made It All Look So Easy
A Met exhibition devoted to the Renaissance painter shows the artist letting loose.
A Strikingly Complex Portrait of a Founding Father
A new exhibition makes George Washington seem like anything but a saint. That’s a good thing.
Yet Another Wasted Met Gala
The evening squandered an opportunity to really make the case for fashion as art.
What I Saw Inside the Kennedy Center
I spent 10 months working at the institution because I thought I could help protect it. What I observed there is far worse than the public knows.
Masterpieces of the New Deal
Critics wrote the work off as kitsch for the masses. But a set of murals celebrating Social Security—now threatened with destruction—show that such sweeping judgments went too far.