In Brief
Disgraced Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein's Art World Connections
Convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein returned to court this week on sex-trafficking charges. Members of the art world are among Epstein's defenders and victims.
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Announcement
The Bard MFA Thesis Exhibition Say Ever Moves Opens July 20
Join the college to celebrate the culminating work of the MFA Class of 2020. On view until July 28 at the Bard College Exhibition Center/UBS Gallery in Red Hook.
Art
Performances and Interventions Inspired by Medieval European Astronomy and Astrology
A group of artists will stage performances and interventions at the Getty Center inspired by its exhibition, The Wondrous Cosmos in Medieval Manuscripts.
In Brief
Inside an Ai Weiwei-Designed Home in Upstate New York, Selling for $5.25 Million
A glimpse inside the Tsai Residence in Ancram, New York, the only private residence designed by the artist in the United States.
Art
Experience the “Sonic Medicine" Treating a Santa Monica Community
Two Postcommodity members, along with composer Guillermo Galindo, are partnering with members of a fast-gentrifying Santa Monica neighborhood to produce a sound-based artwork of contested histories.
Art
How Psychiatry and Hallucinogenic Drugs Meet in Painting
The Bethlem Museum of the Mind's latest exhibition Brilliant Visions: Mescaline, Art and Psychiatry plunges into the murky world of psychosis and psychedelics.
Comics
What's in the Stars for Artists in July
Astrological advice to free your artistic soul.
Announcement
Join The European Graduate School for Seminars Led by Angela Davis, Fred Moten, and More
Applications are still open for EGS programs this August and October – MA, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Certificate, Certificate of Study, or Individual Seminars.
Podcast
Kent Monkman’s Mission to Decenter the Colonial Museum
Leading contemporary artist Kent Monkman discusses how museums have influenced his life and his art, and what he is doing to help change them to tell a fuller picture of Canadian history.
Opinion
This Year's UNESCO Session Was an Insult to World Heritage
Djulfa, a sacred site for Armenian Christians, is disqualified from consideration because the host of this year’s UNESCO World Heritage Committee session, the government of Azerbaijan, has erased its existence and destroyed tens of thousands of Armenian cultural monuments.
Art
A Guided Tour Highlights the Absence of Artists Impacted by US Middle East Policy
Middle Eastern artists who have been banned entry to the United States, or could not afford the visa application and travel costs, lend their voices to a guided tour of an exhibition dedicated to their censored and damaged works.
Books
Chantal Akerman's Painful Final Memoir
Almost four years after her death, My Mother Laughs, the last book by the pioneering director, has been translated into English.