News
Italy to Offer Tax Deduction for Book Buyers
The Italian government has unveiled a master plan for attracting foreign investment, and for some reason, it includes a tax rebate for people who buy books!
Jillian Steinhauer
Art
Subway Street Art Gets on the GIF Train
Artists Jilly Ballistic and Ryan Seslow have recently started creating their own version of GIF-iti.
Opinion
Online Museum Celebrates Pioneering Black Animation
Think of trailblazing black TV shows, and The Cosby Show immediately comes to mind. But before the Cliff Huxtable, there was Fat Albert, Bill Cosby's beloved animated creation that became famous for his catchphrase, "Hey, hey, hey!"
News
LA MOCA Debuts Online Comedy Series
Why would a contemporary art museum launch a web comedy series? Well ... why not, I guess?
Art
A Deep Dive into Digital Art
Some people spend Christmas Eve going to mass or sitting around a tree; others spend it eating Chinese food and going to see a movie. If you don't have any family or friend traditions to adhere to, or if you do but want an escape, one possibility I'd recommend is to spend this late afternoon/evening
Art
Art Rx
Many galleries have closed their doors for an end-of-the-year break, but that just means it's a good time to visit museums or see movies.
News
Italian Library Ransacked by Its Own Director
Another day, another depressing story about the deterioration of cultural patrimony in Italy. The subject this time? The Biblioteca dei Girolamini, a 16th-century library in Naples that was systematically looted by its director.
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Pussy Riot Members Go Free [UPDATED]
After the passage of an amnesty bill in the Russian parliament last week, Maria Alekhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, the two imprisoned members of Russian punk protest band Pussy Riot, have been freed.
Performance
The Unremarkable Death of Marina Abramović
Marina Abramović, as you may have heard, is dead. She has died at the age of 67 and is being celebrated at the Park Avenue Armory with a production by pioneering theater director Robert Wilson, called The Life and Death of Marina Abramović. She is also starring in the show, quite alive, alongside Wi
News
Lines for Kusama's Infinity Room Devolve Into Mobs Outside David Zwirner
Chaos has broken out in front of David Zwirner gallery on West 19th Street, where people have been lining up to see Yayoi Kusama's “Infinity Mirrored Room — The Souls of Millions of Light Years Away,” part of her exhibition that closes tomorrow, since 7 o'clock this morning. A long line has turned i
Opinion
China Has Almost 4,000 Museums
We've been reading about the boom in Chinese museum building for years now, and this week The Economist joins the slew of Western outlets that have reported on the craze. The piece offers an update on the situation, including a look at the latest numbers.
News
NY Court Ruling Allows Auction Sellers to Remain Anonymous
The New York Court of Appeals has ruled in the case of Jenack v. Rabidazeh, reversing a lower court's decision and allowing sellers of objects at auction to remain anonymous.