The artist Joan Linder makes exhaustive, panoramic drawings of toxic and radioactive sites in the United States, gathering a record of government indifference as she goes.
February 15, 2017
50 Years of Indigenous Fashion at the National Museum of the American Indian
Native Fashion Now brings together works by 67 designers and artists from the US and Canada who are melding generations-old practices and contemporary couture.
Meditative Light Art with Dark Undertones
At the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Tatsuo Miyajima uses light to reflect on the transcendent, spiritual, and experiential aspects of time.
Thousands of 1960s Architecture Slides Go on View at LAXART
In the late 1960s the West Coast media collective Environmental Communications shot hundreds of thousands of slides of the everyday and alternative architectures around them.
Responding to Human Remains with Crocheted Skeletons and Beaded Organs
Sabrina Small and Caitlin McCormack explore the life and decay of the human body in sculptural fiber art at the Mütter Museum in Philadelphia.
Apply for the Tyler School of Art’s Summer Painting and Sculpture Intensive
The Tyler School of Art’s Summer Painting and Sculpture Intensive is a non-credit, post-baccalaureate-style residency suitable for BA and BFA seniors, recent graduates, and professional artists.
A New Cultural Plan for NYC Runs into Objections from Artists
The Department of Cultural Affairs is devising a plan for June 2017 that would manage and organize New York City’s resources for arts and culture.
A Newly Discovered Photograph of Harriet Tubman Heads to Auction
A new photograph of Harriet Tubman adds to the visual record of this renowned African American.
In Protest of Trump’s Travel Ban, Davis Museum Will Remove All Art Made or Donated by Immigrants
From tomorrow until Presidents’ Day, the Davis Museum at Wellesley is deinstalling or shrouding all of its art by immigrants as a statement against Trump’s travel ban.
‘Julia Jacquette: Unrequited and Acts of Play’ Opening at the Wellin Museum of Art
The exhibition will be on view at the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art from February 18–July 2, 2017.
Why Victorian Men Had Glorious Beards
The Age of the Beard at the Florence Nightingale Museum in London examines through photographs the Victorian mania for elaborate facial hair.
Learn to Spot Unknown Archaeological Sites from Space
GlobalXplorer relies on crowdsourcing and high-resolution satellite imagery to protect and identify archaeological sites around the world that are currently unknown.