Art
How Leigh Bowery Defined the Look of Gay Culture in 1980s London
Queer artist Leigh Bowery defined New Romanticism and the look of gay culture in 1980s London.
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News
Architects Want to Build a Park on Top of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
BIG, the firm behind the proposal, calls the design "reminiscent of Brooklyn Heights historical conditions — where city and river interlaced seamlessly, prior to construction of the highway."
Art
Explore the Interior of a Rembrandt Masterpiece
A newly released app called Rembrandt Reality allows the user to enter and wander through the Rembrandt painting “The Anatomy Lesson of Dr Nicolaes Tulp."
In Brief
Felix Gonzalez-Torres Billboard Returns to New York for 50th Anniversary of Stonewall
Thirty years after its debut, the historic artwork will return to stop passersby in their tracks.
Art
The LA Art Book Fair Returns Bigger than Ever
Alongside the wealth of exhibitors, Printed Matter has put together a robust programming schedule with over 100 free discussions, workshops, and performances.
Art
Painting the Social Dimension of Turkey’s Civil War
For his debut exhibition, Nowhere, painter Sidar Baki foregrounds children within Gazi, an inner city neighborhood 20 kilometers from Istanbul’s core, where many Alawites live alongside internally displaced Anatolian youth.
Books
An Attempt to Translate Philosophy into Comics Fails Miserably
Unlike their earlier books illustrating philosophical ideas, this book lacks clarity.
Announcement
Announcing the Boston University 2019 MFA Thesis Exhibitions
This year’s Thesis Exhibitions are hosted in three installments, both on-campus and in Boston’s SoWA Arts District.
News
Artist Embroiled in Controversy for Depicting an Independent Taiwan in a Public Sculpture
While Turner Prize-winning artist Mark Wallinger called the decision to identify Taiwan as a state independent from China an "error," it has engendered a global discussion.
Art
The Underground Gay Art of Early 20th-Century New York
The Young and the Evil at David Zwirner casts a light on lesser-known gay artists who rejected the prevailing trend toward abstraction.
Art
A New Trend Among Superhero Movies: The Villains Are Right
The villains of movies like Black Panther and Infinity War pose a threat to the status quo, and their motivations for doing so are understandable or even inarguable.
Interview
DeviantArt Relaunches, Hoping to Foster Digital Creative Communities
"We are looking to help people build their own communities and then help them profit and thrive through those communities, to really activate careers in art."