Sketches from a Magical, Multimedia Opera Set in a Soaring Cathedral
Anthony Roth Costanzo has made it his mission to make classical music appealing to broader and younger audiences. It worked.
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A Kiss in a 1898 Silent Film Is the Earliest Cinematic Depiction of Black Love
The film, Something Good–Negro Kiss, subverts the corrupt racism imbued in the history of American minstrelsy. The film will join the Library of Congress’s National Film Registry for its significance in American culture.
Art
A Public Art Trail Through One of India’s Ancient Cities
The new Bhubaneswar Art Trail cuts a path through the city’s Old Town district, leading visitors to exhibitions in schoolrooms, temple complexes, gardens, and private residences.
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Classes Begin January 28 at the School of Visual Arts Division of Continuing Education
From one-day workshops to semester-long courses, take the opportunity to immerse yourself and be inspired.
News
Mexican Anti-Migrant Video Goes Viral, Before Artists Reveal It as Satire
Last year, a group of artists and activists developed a project satirizing Mexico’s mistreatment of the migrant “caravan” from Central America. When media outlets started broadcasting their satirical video, it triggered an outcry against what many cast as hypocritical racism and bigotry. Does it matter that the video was fake?
A Wily French Artist Refreshes and Reinvigorates Giacometti
Our Rooms, a small but striking cross-gender and cross-generational show, successfully pairs Annette Messager’s work with Alberto Giacometti’s at the new, intimate Giacometti Institute.
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Best of 2018: Our Top 15 Brooklyn Art Shows
Here are our favorite Brooklyn shows of 2018, brought to you by the writers and editors of Hyperallergic.
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In Dubai, an Exhibition Probes the Oil Industry’s Impact on Middle Eastern Society
In the Jameel Arts Centre’s inaugural exhibit, 17 artists explore how the discovery of oil in the Arab region has both harmed and benefited the people living there.
Weekend
Required Reading
This week, Crazy Rich Asians flops at the box office in China, artists are quitting Instagram, an LA mural sparks debate, and more.
Art • Weekend
The Multiple Personae in Edward Burne-Jones’s Paintings
The Pre-Raphaelite artist mixed horror and decadence to create a feeling of unnaturalness.
Art • Weekend
The Parallel Worlds of Philip Guston and Saul Steinberg
Guston and Steinberg are unclassifiable figures who satirized political figures, artists, poseurs, and American consumerism.
Art • Weekend
Mark Grotjahn Checks All the Boxes
One or two of the paintings in Grotjahn’s latest show might be interesting to look at, but a giant gallery space full of them becomes overbearing and tedious.