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For Jonathan David Katz, the Story of American Art Is a Queer One

The scholar and curator argues that a list of the nation's greatest artists would largely mirror a list of its greatest queer ones. Through...

12.10.2026 150

Observer

Noah Berlatsky

10 Lesser-Known Anti-Totalitarian Novels

While Orwell and Atwood have become the default lenses through which readers process political darkness, a rich parallel tradition of...

27.05.2026 20

Observer

Noah Berlatsky

Critic Megan O’Grady On Art and Feeling Alive

After making space for herself in art, O'Grady wants to make space for the rest of us.

15.04.2026 20

Observer

Noah Berlatsky

In Chicago, Yoonshin Park Explores the Boundaries of the Book

The artist's latest exhibition dismantles the idea of the book, reconstructing it as a site where legibility, form and materiality negotiate meaning.

13.02.2026 60

Observer

Noah Berlatsky

At the Chicago Architecture Biennial, Radical Times Demand Radical Change

Most of the projects here argue that housing, design and—by extension—public investment must actively honor and sustain people’s histories,...

06.11.2025 30

Observer

Noah Berlatsky

‘Make Me Famous’ Reminds Us That Ed Brezinski, and All Artists, Deserve Better

It’s about how our insistence on framing genius as a yes or no question reliably and efficiently destroys the human beings who make art.

22.08.2025 30

Observer

Noah Berlatsky