Art
Understated Protest Sewn into the Fabric of Brazilian Textile Art
The textile-based practices of three Brazilian artists presents a subtle opposition to the country's new president and his government's militaristic rhetoric and agenda.
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Optical Illusions That Help Us Understand How We See
Artist Daihei Shibata uses illusion to help us see the role our consciousness plays in seeing.
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St. Mark's Basilica in Venice Has Aged "20 Years in a Day" After Major Flooding
Last October’s flood submerged Venice under more than five feet of seawater. The city’s streets were a disaster, and they’re blaming the Italian government for it.
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A Series of Indigenous-Led Performances and Conversations Kick Off Across New York
On Saturday, the First Nations Dialogues marks the start of a week-long series in support of Indigenous performance and cultural change.
Art
A Manhattan Parade Celebrates a Latinx Holiday Tradition
This Friday, El Museo del Barrio hosts the 42nd Annual Three Kings Day Parade and Celebration, with live music, improv, dancing, and more.
Art
The Passions and Posthumanism of Two Abstract Expressionists
The works of painters Joan Mitchell and Jean-Paul Riopelle foster a dialectic between pure gestural abstraction and lyrical suggestions of the grandeur of nature.
Comics
New Year’s Resolutions for Artists
Maybe this will be the year. Fingers crossed.
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Happy Public Domain Day! Marcel Duchamp's “Bride Stripped Bare By Her Bachelors…” Is Now Copyright-Free
This year, public domain advocates in the United States have a lot to celebrate.
In Brief
Happy Public Domain Day! Marcel Duchamp's “Bride Stripped Bare By Her Bachelors…” Is Now Copyright-Free
This year, public domain advocates in the United States have a lot to celebrate.
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Was Banksy Involved in a Banana Prank in Cincinnati?
A curious stunt in Ohio suggests the international art prankster collaborated with a local artist to hit up the Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center.
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Was Banksy Involved in a Banana Prank in Cincinnati?
A curious stunt in Ohio suggests the international art prankster collaborated with a local artist to hit up the Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center.
Art
A Mad Scientist of the New York Avant-Garde Gets a Retrospective
Curiosity diverted Tony Conrad into the underground worlds of experimental music and filmmaking, and to an unpretentious understanding of himself as a conceptual artist.