Art
Not long ago, artist Jerry Vile placed a giant Crisco can in front of the "Monument to Joe Louis," a giant sculpture of a fist in downtown Detroit, as a lewd but hilarious and spot-on commentary on the city's bankruptcy. Local media glommed onto the stunt immediately: it was a welcome break from the
Art
I suspect most of us take the designs of our cities and streets for granted, at least when they're working the way we want them to. But planning a single street requires myriad decisions. A nifty new web app called Streetmix, made by the current fellows of Code for America, lets you think about and
Interview
You can put many things in a museum — paintings, sculptures, skeletons, interactive displays illustrating mathematical concepts — but what about activism? How do you exhibit it while also keeping it, or insisting that it is still, alive? Those are questions facing Bill Di Paola and Laurie Mittelmann
News
Petroglyphs in western Nevada have been identified as the oldest of their kind in North America. Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder conducted a study that dates the rock carvings to between 10,500 and 14,800 years ago.
Art
This week, three excellent film series are underway, plus YouTube wars, a talk, an opening, and a sound art experience.
Art
There was a time, before collectors, parties, fairs, and celebrities, when artists were drawn to the tranquility and beauty of the Hamptons, the sense of community that could be created there. One of those artists was Dan Flavin, who began spending his summers in Bridgehampton in 1972 and bought a h
Opinion
A few weeks ago, the news broke that British newspaper the Independent on Sunday was cutting its cultural critics. Not just visual art, mind you: theater, music, TV, etc. The paper would lose all of its professional critics, and the arts section, until then called "The Critics," would be renamed. Th
Art
Short answer: it's awesome. And it's currently on view at Cue Art Foundation. Curated by Katie Cercone, the exhibition Goddess Clap Back: Hip-Hop Feminism in Art brings together various artists who, in their work, subvert the tropes of mainstream hip-hop: the unabashed consumerism and celebrity wors
Art
I first saw the work of artist Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt earlier this year at MoMA PS1. The exhibition, appropriately titled Tender Love Among the Junk, nearly left me breathless: not only was it comprised of several rooms of quirky, colorful, astounding works, but the richness of the art — its layers
Opinion
In May, we broke the story that Amazon was planning to add art to their online offerings, and yesterday the deed was done: the company's Fine Art store (beta) was born.
Opinion
Today and yesterday were glorious days in New York: August had come, the sun was shining, the weather was just right. They were the type of days that make you want to frolic, or skip or swing. And so it happened, when I clicked on a link in a tweet by pioneering net artist and critic Olia Lialina, t
Opinion
Eighty-five years ago today, Andrej Varhola, Jr., was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He would go on to become the famous Andy Warhol, whose artwork decorates the walls of museums and, most recently, Perrier bottles. In honor of that birthday, the Andy Warhol Museum has set up a live webcam feed o