Our May 14 issue—the Art Issue—is now online, with Jed Perl on the Whitney Biennial, Fintan O’Toole on the president’s precarious sanity, Nicole Rudick on June Leaf’s unique vision, Clare Bucknell on know-it-alls, Julian Bell on Joseph Wright of Derby, Dennis Lim on low-resolution cinema, Elaine Blair on the Guerrilla Girls, Mark O’Connell on a death in London, Martin Filler on David Adjaye’s demons, Nick Laird on the complete Seamus Heaney, Rosa Lyster on the evaporating salt lakes, Susan Tallman on Manet and Morisot, poems by Paul Muldoon and Fiona Sze-Lorrain, and much more.

Jed Perl
Art for Our Age of Chaos

The 2026 Whitney Biennial and the New Museum’s exhibition “New Humans; Memories of the Future” are attempts to respond to a world full of darkness, trauma, and strife.

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Susan Tallman
Manet and Morisot: Game On

An important exhibition showcases a painterly repartee that altered the trajectory of the two artists’ work and, by extension, modern art itself.

Nick Laird
‘The Music of What Happens’

Seamus Heaney’s complete poems, following on editions of his letters, prose, and translations, confirm the extent of his achievement.

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Coco Fusco
A Vital Unconscious

Wifredo Lam’s paintings spring from a unique synthesis of European modernism and Afro-Cuban consciousness.

Martin Filler
The Rise and Fall of David Adjaye

Three high-profile buildings by the eminent Ghanian British architect have just been completed, but allegations of sexual misconduct have severely damaged his prospects for future commissions.

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