Books
Birdsong is a collective of artists, writers, printmakers and publishers, but it's also a zine press, and it's also a cultural moment. You may have noticed editor-in-chief Tommy Pico's place on the L Magazine's “Young New Yorkers Who Are Better Than You” feature. Self-consciously confessional, diari
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When I was 13, I got my entrance into modern art through a book that explored the development of modernism artist by artist and piece by piece. My favorite artist from that book? Pablo Picasso, of course. That early art-viewing experience still makes it inspiring to watch the artist paint in this vi
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Renowned art historian Leo Steinberg died on March 13. The iconic academic, lecturer and critic left behind a legacy of books, papers and comments that have been memorialized in recent days. Here are a collection of reactions to Steinberg's passing, as well as archives of articles and talks.
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At the Winfield House in London, US ambassador to England Louis B. Susman and wife Marjorie are using their diplomatic powers for artistic good, showcasing modern American artists in the Neo-Georgian space. What's interesting about this display of American artistic diplomacy, with Mark Rothko, Ellsw
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Movie preview? Nope, this slickly produced video is an exhibition trailer for New Image Sculpture, an upcoming show at San Antonio's McNay Art Museum. Featuring Brooklyn artist Jade Townsend, the video is a great introduction into what looks like an interesting exhibition.
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A New York Times Magazine profile of Pritzker Prize winning-architect Peter Zumthor shows the his work engaging with the spirituality of space and human history, and exploring the most basic aspects of our sensual experience. The profile highlights Zumthor's buildings as a return to the humanistic,
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Social media has brought the art community huge benefits, chief among them the ability to easily share artistic creations, whether it's through Twitter, Facebook or a group Tumblr. But is the possibility of easy creation and publishing diminishing our drive for making more ambitious works?
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What's your sign? Chinese artist and international icon Ai Weiwei will be bringing his own custom-designed set of Zodiac sculptures to New York City's Plaza Hotel from May 2 through July 15, reports the New York Times. The works seem harmless, but they have a historical context that gives them a dee
Art
Video art is still in the process of establishing itself. Despite the fact that art has been created through the medium over the course of the past century, it’s still hard to pin down what forms video art can take, and what vocabulary we use to talk about it. At New York University’s 80WSE gallery,
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MIT's Media Lab just rolled out a new logo. The trick is that this logo isn't just one image, or anything you'd expect from traditional branding. It's actually a self-generating logo with over 40,000 possible variations, including thousands of shifts in colors and composition. Now, is there such a t
Books
Dutch photojournalist Geert van Kesteren’s Baghdad Calling is unique in photojournalism first for its innovative use of the book medium, a compendium of newsprint interspersed with smaller, glossy pages with text and photos. But the content of the book is just as surprising as the format it comes in
Art
A solo exhibition of works by Mark Lombardi at Pierogi gallery in Williamsburg, feels very timely. Maybe I'm into the paranoia-inducing conspiracy charts because New York's just-ended art fair week, our own glimpse into the vastness of the international art world, reminded me that there are whole we