Opinion
When is a rainbow a bad thing? When it's ruining your carefully planned minimalist wedding reception booked at the Art Institute of Chicago, that's when! In this tale of horror, an installation by artist Pae White causes couples to reconsider hosting their weddings parties in the museum space.
Books
Reading through detained Chinese artist Ai Weiwei’s blog, recently translated by Lee Ambrozy and published as an eponymous book by MIT Press, isn’t fun, and it’s not for the faint of heart. A carefully selected culling of the artist’s massive production of posts between 2006 and 2009, the volume is
Art
Today is Art Museum Day! The unofficial holiday means deals at art museums all over. In NYC, the American Folk Art Museum, Bronx Museum and Museum of Art & Design are all free. Click through for others.
Opinion
The Burning House is a website and project that presents photographers showing what they would save from their house if it was on fire. If they could only grab a select few things, these artists choose notebooks, favored cooking utensils, special clothes and personal gear.
Art
Director of Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry Alison Klayman hit the Colbert Report last night to talk about the Chinese artist's arrest and his current situation. Click through for the video clip.
News
Though it faces a budget crisis and problems with a misdirected leadership, New York City's South Street Seaport Museum will remain intact and its working tall ships will stay moored in New York City Harbor rather than sent away for storage. Under a new plan, the museum's president and board of dire
Art
Seven on Seven is an annual conference hosted by Rhizome and the New Museum that pairs seven artists together with seven technologists to collaborate on projects created in a 24-hour period. The event's second outing was last Saturday, May 14. The first question that came to my mind while attending
Art
This past Friday May 13th marked Williamsburg 2:ND Fridays, a night of gallery openings and exhibition unveilings. I trekked around the neighborhood from the far north Causey Contemporary all the way down to Like the Spice gallery and checked out the shows. Here are my findings, in photo format.
News
At around 11:30 PM EST, the AP reported that detained Chinese artist Ai Weiwei was allowed a family visit with his wife Lu Qing at an undisclosed location. The artist is reportedly in good health.
Art
Can't figure out how to fill up your culture diet this weekend? We've got your back, with Williamsburg Gallery Night going down tonight and Man Bartlett's 140 hour-long Berlin performance streaming all weekend, plus Su Friedrich's MICROSCOPE Gallery opening and the Seven on Seven art-tech collaborat
Art
As part of the Festival of Ideas For the New City anchored by the New Museum, a group of major artists have sprinkled the Bowery with murals. In collaboration with the Art Production Fund, painters including Mary Heilmann, Richard Prince and Jacqueline Humphries created murals for the roll-down meta
News
Think Beijing's historic Forbidden City is pretty well guarded? Well, you'd be right, the place is infested with security. Yet that didn't stop a thief from grabbing $1.5 million worth of artifacts from the Palace Museum in the Forbidden City.