Anna Furman is a writer based in Los Angeles, covering arts and culture
July 2022
From ‘Barbies scissoring’ to ‘contorted emotion’: the artists using AI
Four creators share their Dall-E-generated images – and their hopes and fears about AI in art
February 2020
'The right has no trouble speaking their rage': artist Barbara Kruger on America in crisis
The conceptual artist has installed banners, billboards and stickers across Los Angeles for the city’s Frieze art fair
January 2020
'I want this book to be politically useful’: the explosive memoir exposing Silicon Valley
Unregulated surveillance, ruthless bosses, sexual harassment … after years working at tech startups, Anna Wiener is taking them on in Uncanny Valley
September 2019
San Quentin prisoners reframe photos to share their stories
Prisoners have annotated images through the decades – some brutal, some charming – in an exhibition in Berkeley, California
December 2017
How an exhibition of prayer rugs aims to stand up against Trump's travel ban
Artists, including Ai Weiwei, have designed 36 rugs that symbolize the importance of migration, stating that ‘borders themselves are a fiction’
November 2017
Rip it up and start again – Robert Rauschenberg: Erasing the Rules review
The multimedia magpie is the subject of a retrospective at SFMoma that unpacks his layered approach to pop art, photography and ephemera
July 2017
How art is being used to explore America's shameful legacy of lynching
A new exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum examines the history of racial persecution in the US while steering clear of explicit violence
May 2017
Burning Man's plane art: mile-high ambition or corporate takeoff?
A reconstructed Boeing 747 is a prominent piece at the festival, but some argue its six-figure budget makes it an egregious extravagance that doesn’t fit the vibe
April 2017
The first book interview
Durga Chew-Bose: 'I don't really believe in writing as catharsis'
Too Much and Not the Mood is a lyrical collection of essays considering the human heart from many angles. She explains why she writes without a plan
February 2017
Decoding Beyoncé's pregnancy pic: a remix of rococo and Flemish influences
It references European decadence, religious iconography and Latin American funerary traditions, painting her as a modern symbol of virtue and authority
January 2017
Nasty Women art exhibit aims at taking power back from Trump
A collection of pieces from more than 700 artists celebrates femininity and strength in the face of adversity
December 2016
Art Basel Miami: how the art fair landscape reflects Trump's America
The current US climate has led to a racially charged and overtly political range of artworks on display at this year’s show
November 2016
Unmentionable review – the Victorian sex manual revisited
Therese Oneill goes beneath the hoop skirts of Victorian women to reveal the truth about the ignorance and sexual repression that made their lives so difficult
October 2016
'Male gaze macarons' feature in the Artists' and Writers' Cookbook
Published by a Brooklyn bookstore, a collection of recipes and stories from everyone from James Franco to Joyce Carol Oates provides whimsical delight