Art
Viktor & Rolf Make Memeified Couture for a New Generation
Instead of designing couture that the masses would memeify, Viktor & Rolf designed memes that just happen to be couture.
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In Brief
The Smithsonian Loses $1 Million Every Week of the Government Shutdown
The institute's leader, David Skorton says that the lost revenues "are not recoverable" and "will have a lasting effect on our budget."
In Brief
Rashid Johnson's Native Son Adaptation Acquired by HBO Ahead of Sundance Premiere
This adaptation of Richard Wright's 1940 novel Native Son is the visual artist's first feature film.
Community
A View From the Easel
This week, artist studios in Alaska, California, New York, and Ohio.
News
In March, a Much-Needed Streaming Service for Arthouse Films Will Launch
A viable, dedicated platform for independent and art films has been needed. Enter OVID, a recently announced partnership between Docuseek and six independent film distribution companies.
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Naima Green Stacks Catherine Opie's "Dyke Deck" with Images of Queer Contemporaries
The artist has launched a Kickstarter to fund her project, which is partially an homage to Catherine Opie's "Dyke Deck," updated to celebrate a wider spectrum of queerness.
Announcement
Mills College Art Museum Presents Tree Talk by María Elena González
For her solo exhibition Tree Talk, María Elena González reconceives birch bark as music scores.
In Brief
Banksy’s Shredded Painting Will Rotate Through the Galleries of a German Museum
Banksy's controversial “Love is in the Bin” (2018) will go on long-term display at the Stuttgart Staatsgalerie this March. However, it won't stay in one room for long.
In Brief
A Massive 17th-Century Painting Was Hiding in the Walls of an Oscar de la Renta Boutique
Construction workers at the fashion brand's new Paris store found a hidden treasure depicting an elaborately dressed marquis on his way to Jerusalem.
Art
Mesmerized and Saddened by the Illusion of Sunlight
This is the kind of work we will share when we have so laid waste to the planet that most of what the world will have access to is this kind of simulacra.
News
Week in Review: British Museum Hires Curators to Surveil Looted Objects, Museum Guard Pleads to End Shutdown
Also, a prankster posted a scathing proposal for a Trump Presidential Library at Jared Kushner's new hotel, a New Jersey town received $1 million to turn illegal dumping sites into public art spaces, and more.
News
New Museum Staffers Vote to Unionize
After announcing their plans to organize a union earlier this month, this afternoon, the New Museum union received 38 yes votes against 8 no votes.