3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (684+ words) The Brooklyn Rail One of the earliest works in Peter Acheson’s first solo exhibition at Anton Kern Gallery—he has previously been included in two of their group exhibitions: Love Poems (2025) and Analog (2026)—is Four Levels (1983–84), a 9-by-11-inch painting on…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (170+ words) Grace Roselli, Michelangelo’s Twisted Sister. Oil on canvas, 84 × 60 inches. Born in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, Roselli grew up in New Jersey: one of six kids with a father who was an FBI agent and an artistically gifted mother who never had…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (430+ words) Rembrandt van Rijn, The Sampling Officials of the Amsterdam Drapers’ Guild (The Syndics), 1662. Oil on canvas, 109 ⅘ × 75 ⅖ inches. I doubt many commentators would seriously argue with that view today. And is that because they don’t quite trust the sincerity of Rembrandt’s…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (842+ words) Rail: It seems that much of your work resists a single, authoritative narrative. Within the context of Brazilian history, one could even read these paintings as a form of counter-history. Is that how you see them, or was this direction…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (388+ words) He is plotting the size, color, and direction of a plane in the picture in relation to his sensation. Maybe he’s still using a plumb line even though he’s invalided at this point. And then how the striped wallpaper surrounds…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1342+ words) The Brooklyn Rail This essay was originally published in Ursula magazine's spring 2026 print issue, and is also available on Ursula's website. “One truly understands only what one can create.” The steady rise of global nativism since 2016 has given rise to…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1147+ words) Works on Paper 2011–2026, Wyatt Kahn’s second exhibition at Rodder, is a sprawling fifteen year survey that includes drawings, watercolors, and prints. The variety of work offers a simple but important reminder: that artistic evolution does not have to be linear,…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1789+ words) The Brooklyn Rail Visiting an unfamiliar city and trying to get a hold of it means walking the streets and looking up, talking to the locals over food and in front of art in the light of day and over…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (1604+ words) Critically, on that first journey, Durham’s hands held a camera, a new portable Kodak Brownie which she bought for herself shortly before departure. That camera traveled with her on her first visit and all that followed. A substantial number of…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (656+ words) Amari-Grey Johnson, where every tree grows there’s a memory (2020). Courtesy the artist. Prologue: Where The Difficulty Is (2026) When We [the black trans user] leave the sites of Our exploitation – when We protect Our selves and bodies – We suffer the rage…...