News
Protesting the World’s Biggest Arms Fair with an Art Show
Art the Arms Fair, a pop-up exhibition in East London, runs concurrently with the massive Defence and Security Equipment International fair happening nearby.
Benjamin Sutton
In Brief
Documenta Organizers Call Report of €7M Deficit “Speculations and Half-Truths” [UPDATED]
The organizers of Documenta 14 claim that allegations of overspending are not based on facts and may be used to compromise the exhibition's independence.
In Brief
Debtumenta: Governments Step In to Save Documenta from €7 Million Deficit
As Adam Szymczyk's Documenta 14 draws to a close, its organizers have incurred a whopping deficit largely due to the cost of mounting exhibitions in Germany and Greece.
Film
Revisiting a Devastating 1900 Hurricane in an Experimental 3D Film
PROTOTYPE, artist Blake Williams's first feature, is a non-narrative journey through the aftermath of the Great Gavelston Hurricane shot in crisp 3D.
Art
Photoville Returns to Brooklyn with Over 70 Exhibitions in Shipping Containers
The annual pop-up village of shipping containers is bringing more than 70 photography exhibitions to Dumbo this year, along with a slew of special programs.
In Brief
"Monkey Selfie" Dispute Ends as PETA and Photographer Reach Settlement
Photographer David Slater will donate a quarter of any revenue from the viral "monkey selfies" to charities working to preserve the crested macaque's habitat in Indonesia.
Art
Decoding Techno-Orientalism in Science Fiction
The AC Institute is hosting a series of screenings that will examine the pervasive exoticization of Asian people and cultures in science fiction.
Art
Giant Cuttlefish Make Sweet Love in New York's City Hall Park
Katja Novitskova has unleashed enlarged and playfully juxtaposed scientific images throughout the Lower Manhattan park.
News
Art Provocateurs Hang “Ku Klux Klowns” in Virginia’s Capital [UPDATED]
The anonymous art collective Indecline hung eight clowns dressed in KKK robes from a tree in Richmond, Virginia.
In Brief
The Persistence of DNA: Test Shows Dalí Wasn't Tarot Card Reader's Father
The results of a paternity test carried out after the artist's remains were exhumed in July show that María Pilar Abel Martínez is not his daughter.
Art
Freezing and Smashing Trump's Words in a Glassblowing Studio
On September 8 at UrbanGlass, a multidisciplinary performance will symbolically freeze, remix, and replay Trump's overblown rhetoric.
In Brief
National Endowment for the Humanities Pledges $1M for Cultural Institutions Hit by Hurricane Harvey [UPDATED]
Organizations in FEMA-designated disaster zones will have until December 31 to apply for emergency grants of up to $30,000.