A version of this essay originally appeared in Reframed, the Art in America newsletter about art that surprises us and works that get us worked up. Sign up here to receive it every Thursday. The drawings in Marian Zazeela’s exhibition at Artists Space in New York look like words being born. Most of them areContinue Reading

The Vatican has tapped Italian provocateur Maurizio Cattelan for its Venice Pavilion. The Vatican revealed on March 11 that Cattelan will create an outdoor installation that incorporates works by eight artists; it will be located at the Giudecca Women’s Prison. Inmates at the prison will help create several of theContinue Reading