Art
Representations of Listless, Deadening, Corporate Office Life
Using cubicle partitions obtained from the Texas Department of Education in Austin, Jessica Vaughn’s setup resembles a planned office airlifted from the 1980s.
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Opinion
Grate Job, Guys: Cornell Fine Arts Library Privileges Architecture Over People
Architect Wolfgang Tschapeller says the library was designed with books in mind — but the grated floors fail to account for slushy snow boots, skirts, assisted mobility devices, and more.
Art
Challenging Censorship, One Meticulous Artwork at a Time
Xie's latest exhibition at Asia Society Museum grapples with the long history of book banning in his home country of China.
Film
HBO's Watchmen, Politically Uncertain But Magnetic In the Moment
If the show's analysis of racial tensions ends up falling apart, it will definitely be a case of too much liberalism on the brain.
News
Artemisia Gentileschi Rakes in $5.3 Million; Souls Grown Deep Announces Four Museum Acquisitions
Also, the New York Public Library purchased 153 Virginia Woolf-related items, an 18th-century Senegalese saber has been returned by France, and more.
Art
Feminist Video and Performance Art Thrives on TikTok
Teens are dancing to messages from their abusive exes, continuing the legacy of artists like Ana Mendieta and Suzanne Lacy.
Announcement
Bard MFA Fall 2019 Information Session Takes Place on Campus on December 6
Join the conversation and learn more about Bard MFA’s unique interdisciplinary low-residency program. Applications are due by January 7, 2020.
Art
In Northern New Mexico, Weaving Is a Way of Life
The Española Valley Fiber Arts Center is working in support of a generative, living tradition of storytelling through textiles.
News
23 Arrested and 10,000 Artifacts Seized in Crackdown on Archaeological Trafficking Ring
A sophisticated organized crime group used bulldozers and advanced metal detectors to excavate ancient artifacts in southern Italy, and deployed facilitators across Europe to traffic them.
Art
Peeling Back the Layers of Alina Szapocznikow's Bodily Sculptures
As a new exhibition at Hauser & Wirth demonstrates, part of Szapocznikow's extraordinary accomplishment as an artist was her ability to represent what many after World War II felt was unrepresentable.
In Brief
Court Rules That Picasso’s Electrician Stole 271 of the Artist’s Works
Pierre and Danielle Le Guennec's Picasso stockpile was estimated to be worth €70 million (~$77.5 million).
Podcast
The Realities Facing Art Schools Today: A Conversation With RISD President Rosanne Somerson
The Rhode Island School of Design is one of the world's premiere art schools, but that doesn't mean it doesn't face the same challenges all universities and colleges confront. We talk to the head of RISD to learn about how they're adapting.