An auction to benefit refugees displaced by the Islamic State in northern Syria and Iraq was launched today on the online platform Paddle 8.
December 4, 2014
Posted inPerformance
Dancing at the Speed of the Internet
MIAMI BEACH — There’s the whiff of grand ambition in MEEM 4 MIAMI, which is artist Ryan McNamara’s new version of his award-winning commission for the Performa 13 performance art biennial.
Posted inNews
Estonian Saunas and Mongolian Knuckle-Bone Shooting Merit Preservation, UNESCO Says
The smoke sauna tradition of Võromaa, Estonia, the cultivation and culture of the argan tree in Morocco, and Askiya dueling debate of Uzbekistan are all now officially recognized as unique parts of the world’s heritage. The traditions are among those UNESCO added to its Intangible Cultural Heritage list at its session last month in Paris, which concluded on November 28.
Posted inIn Brief
China Will Send Artists to Live and Work in Rural Areas
In an uncomfortable echo of the reeducation campaigns of Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution, Chinese President Xi Jinping has announced that artists, filmmakers, and TV staff will be sent to live and work in rural villages so that they will “form a correct view of art and create more masterpieces,” China’s official news agency, Xinhua, announced.
Posted inIn Brief
In Honor of the Death of Clip Art, a Brief Illustrated History of Clip Art
A major source of raw materials for board room presentations and net art projects is about to go dry: Microsoft announced on Monday that it is discontinuing Clip Art.
Posted inArt
Finding Room to Breathe (and Feel) at Art Basel Miami Beach
MIAMI BEACH — One of the things I find hardest about art fairs — particularly those held in convention centers and large exhibition halls — is their aesthetic. Bright, clinical white everywhere, with temporary walls set at perfect right angles and the gridwork of pipes and rafters floating high above. It’s hygienic enough to make you swoon over even the most banal abstraction.
Posted inIn Brief
British Artist Runs Against Politician Who Attacked Arts Education
Britain’s former secretary of education Michael Gove, who earned the ire of the art community when he proposed cutting the arts from core curricula at UK schools in 2012, will face a new opponent next time he runs for election in his local district: The artist Patrick Brill, better known as Bob and Roberta Smith.
Posted inPoetry
“tell him we are yesterday” by Robert Gibbons
Our poetry editor, Joe Pan, has selected a poem by Robert Gibbons for his series that brings original poetry to the screens of Hyperallergic readers.
Posted inArt
How Mosaics Are Shaping Haiti’s Future
When the 2010 earthquake hit Haiti, it leveled much of Jacmel’s colonial architecture, and the streets were given over to piles of rubble. In the wake of this disaster, visitors to the country’s cultural capital might be surprised to find that dozens of mosaics now enliven its walls, plazas, and public seating areas.
Posted inSponsored
Master of Arts in Teaching at Maine College of Art (MECA)
Consider teaching art! MECA offers a ten-month Master of Arts in Teaching that prepares you for the challenge of a lifetime.
Posted inArt
The Art in the Stars
People have been photographing the heavens ever since the invention of the daguerreotype. Alfred Stieglitz, Ansel Adams, and Minor White all, at one point or other, turned their cameras upward.
