Art
Humans Swallowed by the Extreme Geometry of Architecture
The work of Lebanese photographer Serge Najjar shows a striking mix of vibrant colors and stark architectural geometry.
Julia Friedman
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The Diverse Designs of "Do Not Disturb" Signs
As the son of a hotel manager, Edoardo Flores spent his childhood around objects many of us associate solely with the niceties of vacation.
Art
The New Urgency of Jacob Lawrence
The discussion used MoMA’s current Jacob Lawrence exhibition as a jumping-off point for considering a plethora of intersections between art, politics, and social justice.
Art
Revisiting an 18th-Century Illuminated Islamic Manuscript
One benefit of digitization is the return to the public, if only virtually, of religious and cultural artifacts often long hidden in the collections of institutions far from their regions of origin.
Art
Wim Wenders Trains His Lens on a Photojournalist
Wim Wenders co-directed The Salt of the Earth, a portrait of Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado, with Salgado’s son, Juliano Ribeiro. The film is both a comprehensive portrait of Salgado’s work and a meditation on the vocation of photojournalism.
News
Boston Unveils Finalists in Competition to Retrofit City for Rising Waters
Following on the heels of New York, London, and many other urban centers, Boston is the latest city to envision how best to manage the certainty of rising water levels due to global warming.
Art
The Men Who Manufacture Scientific Doubt
Merchants of Doubt, the latest documentary film by director Robert Kenner (Food, Inc., among others) uses a magician's sleight of hand as an allegory for the conning of the American public by a handful of corporate lobbyists and public-relations mercenaries.
Art
Competing Views of World War I: Eyewitness and Editorialized
A current exhibition at the Getty Research Institute selects visuals from World War I to illustrate how starkly the era's propaganda contrasted with the images of the conflict created by artist soldiers.
Art
A Simplistic Survey of Protest Art
Zero Tolerance at MoMA PS1 tackles an ambitiously broad subject: the intersection between protest and art.
Art
Portraits of Powerful Women on the Streets of Senegal
French street artist YZ has begun a striking new series of portraits in Senegal.
Art
Photographing the Humans of the Street
Photographer Mikaël Theimer’s project Humans of the Street chronicles a group often overlooked amid the hustle and bustle of city life: the homeless.
Art
The Good, the Bad, and the Cheesy at Pulse Art Fair
This past weekend’s Pulse New York offered many examples of uninspiring or downright cheesy contemporary art, interspersed with a few gems.