Artist Tomás Saraceno Launches a Fuel-Free Solar Air Balloon, Breaking World Records
Saraceno’s balloon flew over the Salinas Grandes salt flat, making it the first time a human has flown without the use of any fossil fuels, only air and sun.
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Film
Mining Indigenous Myths and Languages to Contemplate Life’s Meaning
Sky Hopinka’s rapturous feature-length debut, małni—towards the ocean, towards the shore, which premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, elaborates on his previous explorations of Chinuk Wawa while hewing to a more linear structure.
Articles
Opportunities for Artists in February 2020
A list of opportunities for artists and creatives you can apply for this month.
News
45 Military Veteran Artists Urge MoMA to Divest From “Toxic Philanthropy” in Open Letter
“As veterans of the Gulf War and the ‘Global War on Terror,’ as well as working artists ourselves, this issue is very important to us,” the group wrote in its letter urging for a “realignment of values at MoMA.”
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Discover the Spirit of Japanese Woodcraft at Japan House Los Angeles
HIDA | A Woodwork Tradition in the Making explores the heart of Japanese craftsmanship and aesthetic sensibility through traditional Hida woodcraft techniques and products from forests.
In Brief
19-Year-Old Dies After Jumping From Vessel at Hudson Yards
Police immediately closed the 150-foot-tall structure to visitors on Saturday evening.
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Residency at John Michael Kohler Art Center Synthesizes Creativity and Technical Craft
Apply to the John Michael Kohler Arts Center’s 2021 Arts/Industry residency for the chance to explore the creative potential of industrial materials and techniques. Applications will be accepted through March 13.
Art
Activist Art With a Personal Touch
Songs in the Dark offers socially engaged vignettes on issues that are of clear personal importance to their makers, some of whom are activists outside of the art world as well.
Film
Why Have There Been No Great Women Cinematographers (According to Hollywood)?
As the Cinémathèque Québécoise pays homage to some of the notable women who have stepped behind the camera and “painted with light,” critic Justine Smith considers why their work is often underrecognized.
Articles
Channel Your Inner Architect With These Frank Lloyd Wright Building Kits
Atom Brick and the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation teamed up to create three custom model building sets that mimic Wright’s legendary properties.
Weekend
Required Reading
This week, Yale University scraps its art history survey course, diversity in book publishing isn’t looking great, designers debate typography, and more.
Interviews • Weekend
Beer With a Painter: Leslie Baum
“After the 2016 election, my work changed. I wanted to immerse myself in beauty and connect with something larger than the present moment, to not lose perspective.”