Art
Enchanting and Unsettling Art that Imitates the Natural World
The Nature of Things, a two-woman show in Brooklyn, explores the boundary between life and death, between the natural and unnatural.
Daniel A. Gross
Art
Oldest Known Portraits of an African American Couple, Found Under a Bed, Star in New Documentary
The 1841 portraits by Franklin R. Street have been shown at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and appear in the new documentary The Montiers: An American Story.
Art
A Book Fair Where Visitors Collaborate with Cartoonists
For those who can't draw to save their lives, have no fear — more than a dozen artists will be on hand to help.
Interview
The Corniness and Complexity of Grant Wood
Steven Biel, who wrote a book about the ironic journey of "American Gothic," considers the Grant Wood retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art.
News
Tanzania Joins International Movement Demanding Return of Human Remains in Germany
Tanzanian activists, and at least one government official, want Germany to repatriate the skull of a chief who was killed after fighting German colonists in East Africa.
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10 Years Ago, Stephen Hawking Unveiled a Clockmaker's Monument to Time
Time, according to a sculpture by John C. Taylor, doesn't pass. It is devoured.
Art
A Filmmaker Takes a Road Trip to Tell Stories of Caregiving
CareForce One Travelogues focuses on an American experience that's not often in the foreground of popular culture: caregiving.
News
How Smell Tests Can Help Museums Conserve Art and Artifacts
UK chemists even followed their noses to the Tate, where they tested three decades-old plastic sculptures.
Art
Art on Paper Folds Together Elegance and Unruliness
With 85 galleries this year, the New York art fair devoted to works on paper explores the large and small, the personal and political.
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The Arts Contributed a Staggering $763 Billion to US Economy, According to New Data
That's 4.2% of the US economy — more than the entire GDP of Switzerland.
Music
The Soaring Audio-Visual Art of Andrew Bird’s Live Show
With Echolocations, the folk musician and indie rocker has made site-specific performances a part of his live tour.
Art
An Annual Feminist Editing Session Takes on Wikipedia’s Gender Problem
For the past five years, a room full of laptop-lugging feminists has staged an “Edit-a-thon" to broaden the Free Encyclopedia.