Books
A New Book Culls the Favorite Museum Pieces of World-Famous Artists
For It Speaks to Me, Jori Finkel asked 50 artists, from Marina Abramović to David Hockney, “to discuss a museum piece that intrigues or inspires them from their hometown.”
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Film
The Allure and Challenges of K-Pop’s Biggest Group
Bring the Soul follows the Korean boy band BTS on its recent world tour, showing the members' incredible grind and perseverance.
Music
Dive Into K-Pop With Five Essential Music Videos
Getting into the inexplicable sounds, powerhouse choreography, and high-concept narratives and visuals of K-pop can be intimidating. Here are some iconic music videos to help any newbie get started.
Books
What Happened When Fred Wilson Dug Beneath a Museum's Floorboards
The book Mining the Museum: An Installation by Fred Wilson published in 1994 has particular insights that go beyond institutional critique and into our individual complicities that are crucial to consider now.
Books
Living in a Renaissance Palace, an Art Historian Uncovers an Amazing Past
When an unexpected opportunity arose to spend her year living in the famed Palazzo Rucellai, Allison Levy seized on it.
News
Week in Review: Controversial Mural Will Be Preserved, Baton Rouge African American Museum Vandalized
Also, a wheelchair user criticized the Tate Modern for inaccessibility issues, a controversial monument to women’s suffrage will be redesigned to include Sojourner Truth, and more.
News
Vintage Labor Posters and More Just Sold for Over $500,000
Plus, works by Salvador Dalí and other Spanish artists will go to the Meadows Museum, and the Krannert Art Museum will house the portfolios of Hal Fischer.
In Brief
The Hidden Secrets of Leonardo da Vinci's "Virgin of the Rocks"
Advanced imaging techniques have revealed Leonardo's original design to be vastly different from the final product.
In Brief
Families and Survivors Oppose a Private Museum for Pulse Shooting
"Put people first. We care more about our survivors than educating tourists," says the group opposing the proposed museum.
Art
How Crafting and Welding in Rural New Mexico Shaped an Artist
The familiar world of her childhood, made strange by time, is the impetus for Paula Castillo’s new body of work.
Interview
The Filmmaker Who Investigated One Conspiracy, Only to Uncover Another
Director Mads Brügger talks to Hyperallergic about his new documentary Cold Case Hammarskjöld.
Announcement
VCUarts Professor Guadalupé Maravilla Awarded 2019 Guggenheim Fellowship
Multidisciplinary artist and assistant professor of sculpture, Guadalupé Maravilla, was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship to continue his exploration of border politics and his personal displacement.