Robert Chandler The Sculptor of Flight With deep respect for his subjects—from birds to borders—Constantin Brâncuși got to the essence of their movement. July 16, 2024
Chantal McStay Wallow Around and Live! In her hypermediated performance pieces, the Argentine artist Marta Minujín invited audiences to lose their bearings. March 21, 2024
Lauren Kane New Money In the late Middle Ages, an emergent merchant class was forced into both a social and spiritual reckoning. January 7, 2024
Andrew Durbin Reverent Vulgarity Isa Genzken’s sculptures—precision-engineered, playfully assembled, or readymade—show a winkingly subversive artist engaged in a dire Dadaist game. October 26, 2023
Sam Needleman Down to the Wire The Venezuelan artist Gego worked in many mediums, but she achieved her most expansive effects in sculpture. July 16, 2023
Walker Mimms Curbstones on the Road to Modernism Labeled “naïve” for his quickly-hewn limestone sculptures, the Nashville stonemason William Edmondson was anything but. April 12, 2023
James Romm Pure Color At the Met, replicas of classical sculptures in their original bright colors aim to shift the public’s sterile notions of antiquity. October 20, 2022
Walker Mimms At Saul Steinberg’s Table The artist known for his playful, philosophical drawings also had a rich practice in sculpture, fashioning everyday objects in wood and paint. April 27, 2022
Nicole Rudick Her Language and Mine “Lately, I have written about artists and writers who engage directly with their own biographies.” December 11, 2021
Edwidge Danticat Remembering Michael Richards The young artist was among those killed in the September 11, 2001 attack on the Twin Towers, where he had a studio. Now, twenty years on, his work is enjoying its first major retrospective. September 11, 2021