This week: a new museum of Chumash history and culture, Sally Ride gets the doc she deserves, the future of fireflies, the beauty of “ugly” Instagram cakes, and much more.

“I like renting short-term studios in shared spaces — it makes me feel free.”

At the Brooklyn Public Library, an exhibition on queer Finnish artist Tove Jansson's beloved characters reminds visitors of all ages that justice and joy are within our grasp.

The beauty of Iranian brickwork, the murderous silence on Gaza, the truth about Coldplay, and the anglerfish that touched the hearts of millions.

“The work grows with the size of my space.”

This week: preserving Toni Morrison’s childhood home, graffiti artist Michael Stewart’s legacy, Gen Z stare discourse, a mini model of NYC, Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, and more.

“In Ghana, my favorite ‘museum’ isn’t a traditional building at all. It’s the local artists and artisans themselves.”

This week: Houston’s legendary muralist, the history of slo-mo in film, NYC art schools see an increase in applicants, whales speak with bubbles, Moo Deng turns one, and much more.

“I’m drawn to how things fold, hold, or blur together.”

This week: Coney Island’s mermaid parade, medical museums rethink their collections, anthropologists and curvy statues, a baby yak named Burrito, and more.

“Gardening keeps me preoccupied as my ideas continue to germinate.”

A new translation of a beloved Argentine comic, artists over 50 tell their stories, diasporic Puerto Rican art history, and more to enjoy by the seaside (or your A/C).

This week: the Black Arts Movement’s radical aesthetics, Gatsby boat tours, advice columns, Hot Girls for Zohran, Gen Z dumps glitter on ICE, and much more.

“Sometimes, I need to live with a piece to fall in love with it and get rid of any doubt that brews, a struggle many artists know well.”

From Glenn Ligon’s critique of society’s ills to Diane Arbus’s complicity in them, the solo shows below provide plenty of food for thought.

The artist’s Twice Seen explores visibility and perception, challenging us to refuse to turn one another into novelties.

“I can paint in my pajamas and at any time of day.”

This week: when Toni Morrison edited Barbara Chase-Riboud, trans women artists in Mexico, Jane Austen paraphernalia, a pigeon pageant on the High Line, and much more.

This week: art adorns the steps of the Brooklyn museum, animals as sculptors, Sly Stone’s musical revolution, lessons from Kurdish women journalists, flying zebras, and much more.

“I have come to welcome spontaneity.”

This week: Alison Bechdel has a new graphic novel, Noor Abdalla on facing motherhood alone, Nathan Fielder’s unhinged brilliance, a vegetable orchestra in London, and more.

“This space is a creative mess, and I like it that way. It feels alive.”

This week: archiving BLM protest art, Walt Whitman selfies, the legacy of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, being Black at art school, hummingbird evolution, and much more. 

“When the spirit moves me and the work goes well, I dance.”

“Central heating would be nice.”

This week: Mona Chalabi on animating hijabis, the history of screensavers, Mexican activists fight big tech, the flip phone revolution, Pedro Pascal cookies, and much more.

From ceramic alligators to Nordic traditions, artists focusing on personal concerns and identity are making some fascinating work.

Photographer Spandita Malik invited nine women in North India to embroider their own portraits, reclaiming domestic spaces as liberated havens for their inner worlds.

This week: Joe Sacco on truth and art, the invention of “close reading,” a century of Mrs. Dalloway, Google gets a makeover, the biggest and smallest dogs meet, and much more.

“There’s a Rauschenberg piece I like to sit with to reconnect with why I make art at all.”

“My studio currently stores all the supplies for the Queer Liberation March.”

This week: surviving as an artist in New York City, nostalgic ’90s ads, Mohsen Madawi walks free, the Northern Lights speak, a seven-year-old’s gallery opening, and more.

“You become part of the studio's rhythm, and in that negotiation, something shifts in the work.”

The art of Marsha P. Johnson, Yoko Ono reappraised, Jack Whitten’s studio notebook, a fictional curator’s Greece trip goes awry, and more to read this season.

This week: colonial photography through a Diné lens, Kikkoman soy sauce bottle design, Canadian nationalism on the rise, Australian twins become a meme, and much more.

“This workspace allows the out of doors to come in.”

This week: Lee Bul’s headless sentinels, Tracy Chapman on reissuing “Fast Car,” Viet Thanh Nguyen on the imperialism of American literature, biomorphic seawall designs, and more.

“I always joke that I am working diligently on my PhD — Projects Half-Done.”

This week: photographing auras, The Great Gatsby at 100, a dubious de-extinction project, the “cubs” of the Black Panther Party, art historical Drag Race, and much more.

“I start at 6am when the light is really beautiful.”

This week: Joan Didion’s archive, Studio Ghibli AI, academia capitulates to Trump, Kaveh Akbar’s call to action, Buy Nothing Facebook drama, balloon wigs, and much more.

“The hardwood floors are perfect for dance breaks during the day.”

Some respondents added that they will occasionally hate-read a negative review of an artist they vehemently dislike, which “just hits different.”

At once overwhelming and exhilarating, the IFPDA show in New York City is a trip through the gallerina looking-glass of prints from around the globe.

“My studio has tile flooring, which is forgiving when it comes to messes.”

This week: The forgotten Bloomsbury artist, Margo Jefferson’s incisive criticism, Elon Musk’s daughter speaks out, the benefits of thinking about aliens, mental health coffees, and more.

Catherine Murphy, Dorothy Hood, and David Kennedy Cutler are among the artists who are taking us off the path of the everyday and into the inexplicable this week.

This week: Remembering trans artist Miss Kitty Litter Green, a letter from Mahmoud Khalil, gamifying Spotify, the role of gossip, and wait — they paid him how much per article?

“I begin my studio day by putting a half-hour workout on the Peloton.”

Culling ancient works from the Asia Society’s collection, Rina Banerjee, Howardena Pindell, and Byron Kim look to the past to challenge ideas of identity and authenticity.