Art
In Praise of Painting's Ambiguity
The literalism of 1960s Formalism has been replaced by an insistence on the factual, which leaves little room for the imagination or for speculation.
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In Brief
Man Finds Authentic Egon Schiele Drawing in New York City Thrift Store
The shopper, a part-time art handler, found a 1918 Schiele pencil drawing in a Habitat for Humanity thrift store in Queens. The finding is valued at more than $100,000.
Film
Radical Migration Stories on the Road
NO EVIL EYE brings experimental film and politics to the forefront with a touring program currently screening in Brooklyn.
News
A Historical Marker Commemorating Emmett Till's Death Is Riddled with Bullets, Again [UPDATED]
This is the third historical marker to be damaged by bullets since it was erected in 2007. Now, three University of Mississippi students are facing a possible civil rights investigation after posing with guns next to the bullet-punctured sign.
Art
Mapping Boundaries and Free Space in Brazil
A series of maps elucidates both literal and metaphorical walls that limit equality and freedom in Brazilian society and Latin America at large.
Comics
What’s Luck Got to Do With Being Good at Art?
You're so lucky you can draw.
Art
Illustrating Spain in Transition Through Underground Comix
Ceesepe's retrospective at La Casa Encendida explores how the artist’s underground comics offer an alternative view of Spanish life under and after the dictatorship led by Francisco Franco.
News
Week in Review: Warren Kanders Resigns as Whitney Vice Chair, Safariland Tear Gas Used in Puerto Rico
Also, Forensic Architecture says it has found a bullet linking Kanders to violence in Gaza, Pope.L is seeking more than 100 volunteers to participate in a crawl across Manhattan, and more.
News
Artists No Longer Request Their Work to be Withdrawn from Whitney Biennial
In the wake of Warren Kanders's resignation from the board of trustees, the eight artists wrote to the museum curators permitting their work to remain in the galleries.
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Warren Kanders Resigns From Whitney Museum Board After Months of Controversy and Protest [UPDATED]
Warren Kanders's wife, Allison, simultaneously resigned from the museum's painting and sculpture committee. The news comes after months of protests and an emerging boycott, with eight artists withdrawing from the 2019 Whitney Biennial.
News
The Clearest Recordings of the First Moon Landing Sold for $1.82 Million
Plus: the photo archives of Ebony and Jet magazines have found their buyer, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York has acquired 45 new pieces.
In Brief
London Activists Fly a "Boris Blimp" to Mock UK's New Prime Minister
A nine-foot "Boris Blimp," inspired by by the bloated "Baby Trump" balloon, was flown in the skies of London during an anti-Brexit march.