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Street Artist Blu Destroys 20 Years of His Work in Bologna to Protest an Exhibition
On Saturday night, the renowned and mysterious Italian street artist Blu went on an art-destroying spree through the streets of Bologna.
Carey Dunne
In Brief
New Artificial Nose Sniffs Out Art-Harming Pollutants
When 90 years' worth of original drawings and sketches from Walt Disney Animation Studios traveled internationally for the first time this summer, they were accompanied by a newfangled protective device: an optoelectronic "nose."
In Brief
What’s in a Frame? Your Selfies and #FoodPorn, Thanks to a New App
New York-based Eli Wilner is one of the art world’s most renowned framers.
Art
70 Years of Jules Feiffer's Expressive and Satiric Art
Out of Line: The Art of Jules Feiffer, a recent book by Martha Fay, now takes the cake for presenting "more Feiffers than have ever been discovered together in one spot before."
In Brief
Can a Computer Program Discern the Value of an MFA?
To MFA or not to MFA? The debate about the value of an Master of Fine Arts degree rages on in the art and literary worlds.
Art
The Transgender Women Activists of Color in Andrea Bowers’s Iconic Photos
CeCe McDonald is one of the activists featured in Whose Feminism Is It Anyway?, a solo show of work by Los Angeles–based artist Andrea Bowers, now on view at Andrew Kreps Gallery.
Art
Photographs of the Relics Kurt Cobain Left Behind
In 2007, the Estate of Kurt Cobain commissioned Los Angeles–based photographer Geoff Moore to shoot the objects that the late Nirvana frontman left behind.
In Brief
Meet Song Wig, a New Way to Plug into Wearable Tech
And the prize for most stylish new wearable tech device goes to: Song Wig, which will make you look like a futuristic Baby Spice.
Art
Space (or Iowa City) Is the Place: Inside the New Center for Afrofuturist Studies
Iowa City, a UNESCO City of Literature and home of the renowned Iowa Writers’ Workshop, has a thriving art scene. But, much like the rest of Iowa, this art scene is overwhelmingly, blindingly white.
Art
Photochroms Capture Belle Époque Germany in Color
Whether it offers an image of a sun-drenched beach or a pristine ski slope, the picture-postcard has become a photographic genre unto itself, synonymous with escapist fantasy.
In Brief
Sad Keanu Wrote Sad Poetry for a Sad Art Book
Keanu is Sad, a wise meme once said. Now, Sad Keanu is part of an art book, called Shadows, that incorporates the sad thoughts (penned by the Hollywood actor himself) he pondered while eating that sad sandwich on that sad bench.
Art
Feminist Zine Makers Discuss Their Illustrated Sex Dreams, Queer Armenian Mag, and More
From illustrated sex dreams to a guide to “queering herbalism” to comics about the trans Armenian-American experience, the fourth annual NYC Feminist Zine Fest was a showcase of radical, DIY intersectionality.