Art
A New TV Show Looks at Family Albums Across the USA
The PBS series Family Pictures USA suggests that “sharing photographs reminds us of our common roots and strengthens connections with our friends, families and neighbors.”
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Art
The Art Handler Who Saved the Emancipation Proclamation From Drowning in Mountain Dew
Calder Brannock was told he was just transporting an empty vitrine from the National Archives in DC north toward New York. That wasn't the full truth.
News
Week in Review: The Danger Epidemic in Art Handling, AOC Commissions Green New Deal Art Posters
Also, a drag show for performers with Down syndrome was canceled by a Republican congressional candidate, an organization is offering free art supplies to NYC teachers, and more.
News
The Art Institute of Chicago Acquires Nearly 500 19th-Century American Photographs
Plus, David Bowie's Tintoretto will resurface in Venice, and the University of Michigan-Dearborn opens a new art center.
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Top Fashion Brands Cancel Shows at the Shed Over Board Member's Ties to Trump
Michael Kors, Vera Wang, and Rag & Bone have withdrawn from New York Fashion Week shows hosted at the Shed, according to the New York Post.
Film
The Best Experimental Shorts at the Toronto International Film Festival
The festival's vaunted Wavelengths section features films about different concepts of performance.
News
See the Majestic Displays at India's First Contemporary Sculpture Park
The park presents the works of 23 artists in an expansive 18th-century fortress in Jaipur.
Announcement
Marfa Live Arts Presents Domina de Bardo by Saint Profanus
A one-night-only, audience-immersive installation housed within Marfa’s oldest central architectural feature, the Presidio County Courthouse, on September 21, 2019.
Art
The Implicit Threat of Being Designated a World Heritage Site
Since the World Heritage List was first started in 1978, there has been a persistent link between inclusion on the list and forced relocation of residents, who are typically poor or marginalized.
Announcement
Applications Are Open for the David Prize Through December 1
The new, no-strings-attached prize will award $200,000 to five people making New York a better place to live.
Art
The Art Handler Who Fell Down an Elevator Shaft
The first thing his gallery colleagues asked when he emerged from the elevator: Was the art okay?
Art
The Vernacular of Space Through Images of the Moon
The Met's exhibition shows us that our cosmos is divided between the pictured and the real, and that the character of the pictorial asserts a powerful influence over our conception of the actual.