Art
Annie Leibovitz, Wu-Tang Clan, and the Aura of Expensive Art
Photographer Annie Leibovitz's latest work of art is a book — a book that measures more than two feet high, runs to 476 pages, and comes with its own tripod, designed by Marc Newson.
Jillian Steinhauer
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85,000 Historic Newsreels Released on YouTube Tell a Fascinating Story
Yesterday, British Pathé, known for its newsreels, announced that it had uploaded its entire collection to YouTube, making for a widely available trove of historic footage and a fascinatingly nerdy way to spend Friday afternoon.
Art
One Artist's Plan to Save the US Postal Service
The United States Postal Service is in crisis: hemorrhaging money, searching for ways to fix the situation and being blocked by Congress, inching towards privatization. What can any of us do about? Not much, except send more mail. That's the idea behind artist Jennie Ottinger's new project, called,
Opinion
A Compendium of Comic Maps
The best fiction often succeeds because its creator has constructed a convincing world. By that I don't mean a place that seems realistic, but rather a world that's believable because it's been thought through — pages of notes, characters described down to their beauty marks, the relationships betwe
Opinion
Sculpture of Homeless Jesus Sparks Controversy
When it comes to religious art, depictions of Jesus tend to feature him as saintly, reverential, floating above mere mortals or healing them with his touch (or he's a baby). But a sculpture by artist Timothy P. Schmalz shows Jesus as a homeless man wrapped in a blanket, asleep on a bench.
Opinion
Kids Pay Homage to Jim Dine
Before the frustration and jadedness come, before galleries and museums and auction houses, before art history exams and conceptual art and identity politics, there is the simple joy of making art.
Art
Celebrating the Art of Documentary
Just as the history of cinema is filled with questions and contestations — did the Lumière brothers invent motion pictures, or does the Edison company's kinetoscope deserve the credit? — so too is the history of documentary.
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Guggenheim in Brouhaha Over Bellicose Bilbao Banner [UPDATED]
A building owner in Bilbao, Spain, will remove a large artwork made by artists Mike Bouchet and Paul McCarthy from public display after pressure from the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao. The digital print on vinyl banner features inverted images of the Bilbao institution embellished by the artists to look
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Detroit Creditor Offers Bid for Museum Art
After a pension committee last week demanded a more thorough review of the value of the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) collection, one of the city's largest creditors has now lined up four investor groups willing to pay up to $2 billion for part of that collection.
Art
Artist Continues Battle with Penguin Books over Satire
Miriam Elia, the artist accused of copyright infringement by Penguin UK for her children's book parody We Go to the Gallery, is auctioning off the remaining 10 copies of her first edition run on eBay.
News
Pastor Convicted for Selling Fake Damien Hirsts
Kevin Sutherland, the Florida pastor on trial for attempting to sell counterfeit Damien Hirst works, has been convicted in New York State Supreme Court. Jurors found Sutherland guilty of attempted grand larceny in the second degree.
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National Exhibition Will Fill US Billboards with Art
Five American art museums and the Outdoor Advertising Association of America will mount a nationwide public art exhibition this summer. Art Everywhere will bring reproductions of some 50 artworks from the museums' collections — chosen how else but through an online public vote — to billboards, subwa