As this year comes to an end and we prepare for next year, let’s take a moment to look back allergicThe hottest releases from 2024. From our coverage of the Paris Olympics to the U.S. presidential election, this year has provided plenty of fodder for art discussions, memes, and more. We’re proud of our coverage of the arts world this year and have published many stories that will resonate with you.
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allergicThe 20 most popular stories of 2024
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1. Olympics drag scene gets Christian art history right by Emma Sislick
Critics of the opening revealed their ignorance of Christianity’s pagan roots and the real reasons behind their outrage at the show.
2. The anonymous labor of a New York henna artist Author: Uzma Afrin
“I don’t think many people see henna as an art or service that’s really in demand or valuable,” said 29-year-old henna artist Sabeen Marghoob.
3. MoMA closed as more than 500 protesters infiltrate atrium in support of Palestine by Rhea Nayar
Organizers unveiled a banner that read “MoMA Trustees Fund Genocide, Apartheid, and Settler Colonialism.”
4. Dark Clouds Approach Mark Rothko Author: Anthony Mayanladi
A retrospective in Paris has such beautiful views that visitors may miss how the artist tiredly backed himself into a corner.
5. That time Carl Andre wrote me a letter by Coco Fusco
He copyrighted the letter and ended it with “For your reading only,” as if to say: Don’t even want to show this to anyone.
6. What are those giant painted heads floating on the Seine? by Rhea Nayar
Some of the Louvre’s most famous works provided the inspiration for a series of semi-submersible installations for the Olympics.
7. Nan Goldin opens up about censorship at Berlin show Author: Hanno Hauenstein
“I felt rejected by the museum,” the artist said of the Neue Nationalgalerie in the first interview published in English. allergic.
8. Five roadside folk art wonders in rural Wisconsin Author: Isabella Segalovich
Hidden in the grassy hills of Midwestern states are countless intense and unique lights.
9. Caravaggio makes darkness visible Author: Ed Simon
In his violent, carnal visions, sparks of divinity may shine even within the darkest reaches of our fallen reality.
10. Artist crushes Tesla with giant Olmec head sculpture Maya Pontone
Chavez Marmor tells allergic He wanted to “smash an object that represented an evil figure like Elon Mollusk.”
11. Artist paints on abandoned high-rise building to “create Los Angeles graffiti history” Author: Matt Stromberg
“It’s a fucking skyscraper playground,” said one artist who helped mark the unfinished luxury development, which has at least 27 floors.
12. William Kentridge saw the universe in a pot of coffee Debra Bremer
Artist narrates allergic About how the COVID-19 quarantine led to creating a streaming series entirely within the confines of his studio.
13. How memes unraveled Trump’s image as martyr by Hakeem Bishara
While cultural critics salivate over the former president’s media savvy, meme makers are here to burst their bubble of dishonesty.
14. Monument to beheaded female artist at University of Houston by Rhea Nayar
It was unclear whether the attack on the Shazia Sikander sculpture was related to protests by the anti-abortion group, which had previously condemned the sculpture as “evil”.
15. Orhan Pamuk’s Secret Paintings of Time Author: Qavi Akbar
Poet Kaveh Akbar talks to the Nobel Prize-winning Turkish novelist about his collection of diaries and drawings, writers who make art, and the joys of writing fiction.
16. A memetic tribute to Luigi Mangione by Issa Farfan
Generation Z’s dissatisfaction with the alleged assassination of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO and their contemporaries’ dissatisfaction with the U.S. health care system has led to cynical reactions.
17. My grandma’s tablecloth is no joke Author: Elena Canagy-Lukes
When will arts institutions finally respect the artistic talents of our predecessors?
18. Gladiator II’s Insidiously False History Author: Sarah E. Bond
This film portrays Africa and Africans as rebellious, uncivilized, and most importantly outside the scope of the Roman Empire, which is incorrect and dangerous.
19. Hildegard of Evergarden Bingen Author: Ed Simon
The 12th-century mystic continues to attract followers from Catholic clergy and New Age gurus, Christian traditionalists and radical feminists.
20. Can Santa Fe’s Indian Market escape the settler gaze? Author: Sháńdíín Brown and Zach Feuer
Although it was a center for Aboriginal artists, SWAIA has not entirely escaped its white settler origins with an obsession with Aboriginal authenticity.
