Art
Repairing a Broken Planet Through Optimism and Design
Could you empathize better with a blade of grass if it had an email address? What about the entire ecosystem?
Latest
Film
A Cuban Filmmaker's Brutal Satire of Religion and Colonialism
Tomás Gutiérrez Alea’s The Last Supper plays as part of Film Forum's ongoing series The Hour of Liberation: Decolonizing Cinema, 1966-1981, which presents both classic and overlooked anti-imperialist films.
News
A Nonprofit Distributes $2 Million Worth of Art Supplies and Books to New York City Public Schools
Mister ArtSee received an in-kind donation of over 100,000 art education books and kits to be distributed to children in public schools throughout NYC.
Art
Two Mexican Artists Deported from Cuba and Accused of Attempting to Subvert the Havana Biennial
Their exhibition was shut down by Cuban authorities on the day of its opening at the Museum of Dissidence, and the artists were interrogated for six hours before being deported.
Books
An Art Historian’s Ode to His Mentors, Including Leo Steinberg and Beatrice Wood
Francis M. Naumann's Mentors is an accessible and richly detailed celebration of intense cross-generational exchanges.
Art
Marion Greenwood and Anne Poor: The Women Artists of the WWII Art Program
It appears that the two women never met. Yet their paths often ran parallel.
Art
Experiencing the Flurry of the Internet in Physical Spaces
In exhibitions at the Vincent Price Art Museum and the Orange County Museum of Art, York Chang explores “fake news” as the foundation of mass media.
Art
Queer Artists in Their Own Words: Sable Elyse Smith Wants a Mean Falsetto
LGBTQ Pride Month is now. Every day in June, we are celebrating the community by featuring one queer artist and letting them speak for themselves.
News
Turkish Filmmaker Chains Himself to Culture Ministry to Protest Confiscation of His Archive
Oktay Ince, a longtime video activist fighting to retrieve an archive worth 20 years of his work, was held in police custody and accused of terrorist propaganda after he chained himself to a pole outside the culture ministry in Ankara.
In Brief
Revenge of the Blimp: Baby Trump Returns to Troll President's First State Visit to UK
Protesters projected the bloated caricature of President Donald Trump on the Cliffs of Dover, much to the enjoyment of locals.
Art
A Young Painter Burlesques the Role of Outsider Artist
Mystified as ever by the rise of Josh Smith whose work resembles the efforts of a tipsy van Gogh in an art bar, seeing this show, my inner critic is confronted with mostly disagreeable choices.
Announcement
Stamps Gallery Presents an Exhibition on African American Jazz Culture in Detroit
Call & Response will be on view from June 14 to August 29, with a performance, panel discussion, and reception on Thursday, August 3 from 2 to 6 pm.