Art
Vice President-Elect Mike Pence Made Strange Comic Strips While in Law School
Is there anything to be understood from Mike Pence’s law school comic strips?
Carey Dunne
Opinion
Why Donald Trump Might Not Be All That Good for Art
The argument that "post-election pain" is good for art is cold comfort.
In Brief
In Response to Trump's Election, Artist Asked the Whitney Museum to Turn Her Work Upside-Down
“Left Right Left Right (1995), a piece by Annette Lemieux at the Whitney Museum that consists of 30 images of raised fists, has been turned upside-down at the artist's request.
News
After Election, Miami Fair Flip-Flops on Hosting Anti-Trump Art Project
The day after the election, the art collective T.Rutt was informed it would no longer get to show its anti-Trump bus and flag works at the Red Dot Fair in Miami.
News
Artists Respond with Devastation, Then Determination, to the Election of Donald Trump
The shock after Donald Trump's election has turned to anger and determination, a galvanizing desire to fight for change and a better world than the one the President-elect plans to create.
Art
Maps Made to Look Like Cuts of Meat
In Japan, drawing this kind of visual comparison between two objects is at the root of the concept of mitate (見立て), which has been used in traditional art practices, like ukiyo-e prints, for centuries.
Art
A Photographer Turns His Back on the World’s Most-Visited Attractions
Over four years, Oliver Curtis traveled to the world’s most-photographed tourist sites, from the Parthenon to the Hollywood sign, and took pictures while facing the “wrong way.”
Art
Photographing the Enchanted Belongings of Dead Celebrities
Assigning value to a cheap, everyday thing that a famous person happened to use can be explained in part by what psychologists call the “law of magical contagion.”
Art
From Kass and Kruger to Koons, Artists Overwhelmingly Endorse Clinton for President
Hillary Clinton appears to be artists' favorite in the 2016 US presidential election, while her opponent Donald Trump has not been endorsed by a single well-known artist.
Art
The Unsettling Art of Making Hyperrealistic Baby Dolls
A new short documentary shows Kate Charles, a sculptor who crafts elaborate and hyperrealistic babies known as "Reborn Dolls," at work.
In Brief
Mexican Architects Imagine Trump’s Border Wall as a Pink Homage to Luis Barragán
A group of interns at architecture firm Estudio 3.14 created 3D renderings to visualize Trump’s proposed Southern border wall as a tribute to Mexican architectural heritage.
Art
A Performance Counters Violence with Meditations on Empathy
On November 6, the Moving Company will stage a new performance, in which mover Ruby Onyinyechi Amanze will dance in cement shoes and yellow-feathered knee pads, while Tina Wang and Mor Mendel joust with fly swatters.