In Brief
Dubai is a city of superlatives, so it is no surprise that the city will be home to a new project that is being trumpeted as both the world's largest mall and the world's first climate-controlled city.
Art
The most telling artifact in Energy That Is All Around is a letter artist Alicia McCathy received from her school, the San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI), back in 1992.
In Brief
Whatever you do, don't tell Sterling Bartlett's René Magritte–inspired tee what it can and cannot be.
Opinion
After yesterday's Renaissance GIFs post, which featured the work of James Kerr, our readers alerted us to two other curious projects that remix Old Master paintings.
News
David Zwirner gallery has confirmed Japanese conceptual artist On Kawara has passed away.
News
The militant group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has been destroying the artistic and religious heritage of Iraq and Syria as they continue to impose their fundamentalist Sunni doctrine on the lands they've occupied.
Art
This week, there's a lot of performance going on across New York, so we have prepared a shortlist of what is worth seeing. And may I suggest you check out the 10th Annual Hip-Hop Festival.
In Brief
Emoji translation is a fine art. The first masterpiece of the genre was undoubtedly Emoji Dick (aka Moby Dick in emoji) by Fred Benenson, but since then there have been varying degrees of success at translating the true essence of a text into a string of mostly adorable symbols.
Opinion
This week, letting art orgs die, Marina has a headache, criticism of Gehry's plans in Philly, LGBTQ issues at Manifesta 10, NYC's shadow transit system, copyrighting scents, and more.
Opinion
This week, Koons reviews, Facebook's emotional manipulation, artwashing, Native American map of North America, Prince's meme-inspired song, and more.
Art
If Armando Mariño's earlier art looked at the outside world with a critical postcolonial eye, his recent paintings probe visceral states of being tinted by melancholy and framed by a directness that feels intimate.
Opinion
This week, blurring lines between fine art and video games, Indonesian performance artist gets YouTube famous, abstraction's sameness problem, cartoonists and censors, smartcameras, Terry Richardson the predator, and more.