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US Tourist Reportedly Vandalizes Jesus Statue in Jerusalem Church
“You can’t have idols; it’s in the second commandment,” he screamed before being arrested.
Pedro Reyes Explores Disarmament in DIRECT ACTION at SITE Santa Fe
The Mexican artist confronts gun violence and nuclear power through sculpture, print, performance, and video work.
Call for Applications: Inspiration Lab Artists-in-Residence at University of the Arts
Ten artists will receive studio space and access to faculty, staff, students, workshops, and programming at an arts institution in the heart of Philadelphia.
What Do New Yorkers Think of Anish Kapoor’s “Mini-Bean”?
Manhattan now has its own, downscaled version of the artist’s famous Chicago sculpture, oddly squished under a luxury condo tower.
Concerns Over Proposed Nine Mile Canyon Road Expansion
Increased oil tanker truck traffic would “seriously degrade” the experience of viewing the canyon’s Indigenous rock art, said one advocate of the site.
Onsite Gallery Presents more-than-human
The media artworks in this show at Toronto’s OCAD University tell a tale of symbiosis, intersections, and more-than-human relationality.
Required Reading
This week, AP Style Twitter goes wild, the “enshittification” of TikTok, and did people actually come flooding back to New York City after COVID?
What Is Happening in Tigray?
Scores of cultural heritage sites are in ruins amid a fragile truce and an ongoing war of narratives.
Human/Nature: Pathways from Art to Environment
Join the New-York Historical Society on February 10 for a virtual conversation about our changing relationship to the natural world with Julie Decker, John Grade, and LaMont Hamilton.
Imprisoned Iranian Filmmaker Declares Hunger Strike
Jafar Panahi was arrested last July, after he participated in protests at the notorious Evin prison.
“Fuck Carl Andre” Apparel Sold to Benefit Domestic Abuse Victims
Designed by artist Christine Egaña Navin, the items will be offered by Project Art Distribution at this weekend’s NADA Flea Market.
RISD Continuing Education Offers 170+ Online Courses for Adults and Teens
Spring programming includes certificates for adult learners, RISD’s pre-collegiate online certificate, and new teen courses.
Cézanne Saw the Nobility of an Apple
The French painter felt he had to rise to the challenge of one question above all things else: What exactly is it to be a modern artist?
Susan Philipsz Evokes the Holocaust Through Absence
Philipsz’s haunting sound and video artworks serve as a poignant witness to the lives and artistry of victims of the Holocaust.
Not knowing what to do with Obama’s inauguration, I’d chose the US Embassy in Morocco and decorate it with limited editions meant to appease the minds of art hoarders (err… collectors).
Most of us are guilty of the same sins, but at various levels.
Instead of amassing muscle cars, I’d buy some rights to distribute the Shark Tank TV show, to mingle with the likes of Mark Cuban and learn how the business world works.
Considering that anyone with $180 million to spare probably makes at least some of their fortune from slave labor:
You could pay your slaves $6 an hour for 30 million work hours (whether they’re sewing the clothes your company sells or building your condos in Dubai, whatever)
Well, the only two options that are not going to happen are demolition of the abandoned houses in Baltimore and laptop all students and teachers in Idaho. Which only goes to show that there is too much money in all the wrong places. Another option would be to employ 4% of unemployed artists in the US.