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SVA's Spring 2020 Continuing Education Courses Begin January 27
Courses are available in a variety of subjects including fine arts, film and video, photography, visual narrative, and more.
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Art
A Dürer Retrospective Celebrates His Remarkable Drawings
A show at Vienna’s Albertina reverses the more commonly held belief in art history that drawings are merely preparatory to paintings.
Art
Artists Find Power in Erasure
In Otherwise Obscured, effacement, redaction, and illegibility are positioned as tactics that artists can employ to combat, highlight, or heal sociopolitical invisibility.
Art
The Viral Artwork Emerging From Hong Kong's Protests
The ongoing movement immortalizes its actions and demands through crowdsourced imagery.
Interview
Learning Mindfulness From the Art of Victorian Dressmaking
YouTube dress historian Bernadette Banner talks to Hyperallergic about slowing down and putting oneself in the mindset of the past.
News
Week in Review: Artist Arrested For Supporting Hong Kong Protests; Picasso Portrait Vandalized in London
Also, a historical mural in Santa Fe is facing destruction, a “Rainbow Embassy” was opened in Arkansas, a man graffitied "Bird God" in huge letters on Brooklyn's Grand Army Plaza's arch, and more.
News
Artist Arrested in China on Charges of Supporting Hong Kong Protests Online
PEN America issued a statement demanding the immediate release of Chinese artist Yang Licai, who was detained by authorities in December.
News
Man Vandalized a Picasso Portrait of Dora Maar at Tate Modern
Shakeel Massey, a 20-year-old from north London, was arrested for allegedly ripping the $26 million painting. The damage to the artwork is being assessed by a Tate conservation team.
Art
In Los Angeles, an Otherworldly Space Preserves the Panorama
Since 2001, the Velaslavasay Panorama has kept one of cinema’s precursors quietly alive in one of the film capitals of the world.
Art
A Photographic Journey Through the Decline of Brick-and-Mortar Retail
Philip Buehler’s photographs are neither a nostalgia fest nor disaster porn, but an unsparing documentation of the decay that marks time and cultural change.
Art
A Worthwhile But Flawed Reconsideration of Orientalist Art
The British Museum's Inspired by the East asks its audience to rehabilitate Orientalist art without ever focusing on what made it problematic in the first place.
Art
This Former Engineer's Impressive Snow Art Will Blow Your Mind
With nothing more than just a pair of snow boots, his legs, and some intuitive math, Simon Beck has created hundreds of land art pieces around the world.