Carol Bove’s Metal Textiles

Was the artist's Guggenheim survey a success? What's so "weird" about this year's Whitney Biennial? And other questions.

Good morning to you, and good riddance to Kristi Noem. If you're in the mood for some great art writing today, you've come to the right place. Read reviews by Aruna D’Souza and Seph Rodney of two of the most talked-about shows of the season: the Whitney Biennial and Carol Bove at the Guggenheim Museum. Also, enjoy our weekly community columns, including an update on Jersey City's ill-fated Centre Pompidou in Art Movements. Thanks for reading and happy Friday!

—Hakim Bishara, editor-in-chief

Latest Reviews

The Polycrisis Sublime of the Whitney Biennial

It felt like the world as I experience it: no clear path, but enough moments of beauty to convince me to put one foot in front of the other. | Aruna D’Souza

An Overfilled Guggenheim Retrospective Dulls Carol Bove’s Brilliance

A smaller survey would have allowed for something more meaningful than just showing what Bove has been doing for the past decades. | Seph Rodney

Olafur Eliasson: A symphony of disappearing sounds for the Great Salt Lake

As the lake’s ecological crisis worsens, the artist’s new site-specific installation in Salt Lake City renders audible what is increasingly at risk of vanishing.

News

• With negotiations in progress for the next contract ratification, Guggenheim Union workers rallied outside the famous rotunda during the opening reception for Carol Bove’s solo exhibition.
• You know that feeling of emptiness and exhaustion after a creative spurt? A new study has a name for this phenomenon — “creative hangover” — and some surprising findings.

Community

Art Movements: Anicka Yi Picks Up the Pace

The artist is now represented by Pace, along with three other galleries. Plus, NYC has a new culture commissioner, closures at art schools, and more industry news.

Required Reading

Iranian heritage sites, a Native artist’s anti-ICE beadwork, France’s Braille Museum, mapping Black-owned bookstores, the business behind America’s sauna frenzy, and more links from around the web.

A View From the Easel

In Brooklyn, artist George Seyffert transforms their law school notes into a medium, and Nimisha Doongarwal in Berkeley, California, weaves the studio into their everyday life.

Interdimensional Timelines: Hartford Art School Exhibits Liz Nielsen’s Photograms

As she concludes her term as the university’s Distinguished Chair in Photography, Nielsen’s “light paintings” are on view this spring in West Hartford, Connecticut.

ICYMI

First Impressions From the 2026 Whitney Biennial

Here’s what we liked, what we didn’t like, and what we’re still working through. | Lisa Yin Zhang, Hrag Vartanian, and Lakshmi Rivera Amin

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