Events
Watch the New Documentary that Follows the Life of an Andy Warhol Brillo Box
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art is screening Lisanne Skyler’s Brillo Box (3¢ OFF) on July 30, before the HBO debut on August 7.
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Events
A Dance Performance Commemorates the Americans with Disabilities Act
On July 28, the Heidi Latsky Dance, a modern dance company that includes people with disabilities, will perform along the High Line and at the Whitney Museum’s outdoor galleries.
News
Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner May Own Up to $25 Million Worth of Art
The couple’s hobby of acquiring contemporary art is no secret, especially if you follow Ivanka Trump’s Instagram.
In Brief
The Getty Buys Trove Valued at Over $100M, Includes a Michelangelo and a Watteau
A new acquisition by The Getty augments their already significant collection of European Old Master works.
The Many Shades of Glenn Ligon’s Blue Black
In a new exhibition, Glenn Ligon explores the idea of “blue black” as it manifests not only in black identity but also in American culture.
Art
Degas and His Fascination with 19th-Century Hat Culture
The exhibit at the Legion of Honor Museum includes paintings by Impressionists, along with period hats and bonnets embellished with silk flowers, ribbons, plumes, and feathers.
News
Three Louvre Paintings Lost After Lightning Sets Fire to Museum on French Island
Three works on loan from the Louvre were among the works destroyed in the fire on the island of Tatihou in the Channel.
Articles
A Smog-Eating Bike May Soon Cruise Beijing’s Streets
Studio Roosegaarde is teaming with the Chinese bike-sharing program Ofo to bring bicycles that inhale smog to Beijing.
Art
Fernand Léger and the Rise of the Man-Machine
A major retrospective of the French artist’s work at the Centre Pompidou-Metz highlights how he anticipated the accelerating mechanization of human life.
In Brief
British Museum Uploads 3D Model of the Rosetta Stone
Now you can examine the 196 BCE stone stela in all its textural glory.
Required Reading
This week, we’re image-heavy as we explore the first modernist house in New York City, Google Streetview goes inside the International Space Station, fish farms from the sky, a Beyoncé wax figure that looks like Lindsay Lohan, and more.
Weekend
Weekend Words: Eight
“When you are eight years old, nothing is any of your business.”