Jan. 28, 1986, was a day that changed Rashid Johnson. He remembers the TV set being rolled into his elementary-school classroom in Evanston, Ill.He remembers watching with his classmates as the ...

For anyone familiar with contemporary art, Rashid Johnson is a recognizable name. His work, ... Like much of Johnson’s work, this 2011 video piece contains a quiet revolution.

Rashid Johnson's Revelatory Guggenheim Survey Lets His Art Remain Complex and Elusive Installation view of "Rashid Johnson: A Poem for Deep Thinkers," 2025, at Guggenheim Museum, New York.

These pieces exist within the same tradition that Johnson works in: conceptual art. But this work comes out of intuitive approaches less anxious about proving their relevance or rigor.

The versatile, restless, maddeningly guileful artist Rashid Johnson—whose career-spanning survey exhibition, “A Poem for Deep Thinkers,” is now up at the Guggenheim, inhabiting almost the ...

Jan. 28, 1986, was a day that changed Rashid Johnson. He remembers the TV set being rolled into his elementary-school classroom in Evanston, Ill.He remembers watching with his classmates as the space ...

NEW YORK — Why has no one previously suspended palms and other indoor plants in the rotunda of the Guggenheim Museum? Frank Lloyd Wright designed the building to include flora year-round. But it ...

Rashid Johnson and the Fine Art of Anxiety. Belinda ... J an. 28, 1986, was a day that changed Rashid Johnson. ... They bought six pieces for their show “30 Americans,” which traveled to ...

Rashid Johnson’s frustratingly uneven Guggenheim extravaganza Dotted with works of real power and beauty, the artist’s mid-career survey occasionally misfires. May 2, 2025 ...

How Rashid Johnson channeled anxiety into art, became wildly successful, and got a massive show at the Guggenheim. The artist is now preparing for a massive solo show at the Guggenheim.