Stewart Butterfield and Jennifer Rubio. Photo Olivier Simille Just two months after becoming a trustee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Jennifer Rubio, along with her husband, Stewart Butterfield, have pledged $23 million to the New York museum. Rubio is an entrepreneur who founded the ubiquitous travel brand Away, and Butterfield, who is on the …
An AI-generated image of a Pompeii victim’s last moments Pompeii Archological Park. In AD 79, Mount Vesuvius erupted, sending a cloud of ash and hot gas sweeping through the Roman town of Pompei. The writer Pliny the Younger—whose uncle, Pliny the Elder, died in the eruption—watched the catastrophe unfold from a vantage point across the …
DORAL, FLORIDA – APRIL 30: A statue of President Donald Trump is seen near the ninth tee during the first round of the Cadillac Championship 2026 at Trump National Doral Miami on April 30, 2026 in Doral, Florida. Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images A gold-leafed statue of Donald Trump is now standing at his Trump …
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Members of Pussy Riot and FEMEN outside the Russian pavilion at the Venice Biennale on Wednesday. Brian Boucher “Russia kills! Biennale exhibits!” “Disobey! Disobey! Disobey!” “Art for show, graves below!” “Blood is Russia’s art!” “Slava Ukraini!” Those were some of the chants from a few dozen protesters, some clad in pink balaclavas, some with bared …
Heidi Klum at the Met Gala. Photo Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images Though the Met Gala is held each year by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the glitzy event is known less for its engagement with art and more for tapping the fashion industry. That changed this year, in large part because the Met Gala …
Dana Awartani’s Saudi Arabia Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. Courtesy the artist and the Visual Arts Commission, Commissioner of the National Pavilion of Saudi Arabia When you enter the Saudi Arabia Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, the first thing you’re struck by is the scale of the project: tens of thousands of clay bricks slotted …
Trevor Paglen, Voyager, 2026. Photo Trevor Paglen/©Trevor Paglen/Courtesy the artist, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, and Pace Gallery, New York Every two years, Venice is activated with more art than is possible to see in a week. While much attention this year will be on “In Minor Keys,” the central show curated by the late …
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Production still from Raven’s Murderers Bar, 2025. ©Lucy Raven/Courtesy the Artist and Lisson Gallery After an inaugural edition last year, the AIR festival will return to Aspen, Colorado, in July with a program of performances, exhibitions, talks, and other events in the high-flying mountain town. The second edition, slated for July 27-31, will feature some …
A design for the Saudi Arabia Museum of Contemporary Art. Courtesy Saudi Arabia Museum of Contemporary Art The forthcoming Saudi Arabia Museum of Contemporary Art has received a $490 million construction grant from Diriyah Company, a real estate juggernaut that has previously thrown its support behind an array of resorts, a digital art institution, and …
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Treat a Stranger Grant recipients (from top left to bottom right): Samiya Bashir, Malcolm-X Betts, Agosto Machado, Jacolby Satterwhite, Christopher Udemezue, Pe Ferreira, Gavilán Rayna Russom, Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo), Mercy Kelly, and Keioui Keijaun Thomas. Courtesy Giorno Poetry Systems Giorno Poetry Systems, a nonprofit organization founded by the artist and downtown New York …
