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Planned Amazon Headquarters in Queens Enrages Residents as Art Organizations Stay Mostly Quiet

Nearly 250 people gathered today, November 14, in Long Island City to protest the controversial announcement as arts organizations held their breath to see what financial fortunes might come their way from Amazon's touchdown in Queens.

Art

Some Critics Question the Choice of Thomas Campbell as New Director of San Francisco Museums

Some are questioning the choice, given previous accusations against Campbell of managerial misconduct and budget deficits.

Art

Andy Warhol's Friends Reminisce About the Artist at the Whitney Museum

This Friday, The Whitney will host a conversation with acquaintances of Andy Warhol on their personal experiences and interactions with the artist.

Art

From Monument to Commodity, Karl Marx in a Post-Cold War World

Two hundred years after Marx's birth, the Wende Museum and the Goethe-Institut Los Angeles have organized a discussion on the significance of communist monuments today.

Art

Queering the Art Historical Record to Make Space for an Invented Artist

Bruce Sargeant (1898–1938): The Lost Murals is a wonderfully mischievous lark that teases queerness out of an art historical epoch whose scholars seldom acknowledge the homosexuality of its most famous stars.

(Top Left): LoSai Clever Coat Rack, 2017 (Bottom Left): NEST Sound Sculpture, 2008 (Right): Moxi Healthcare Robot for Diligen

Announcement

Cranbrook Academy of Art Introduces New MFA in 4D Design

The program nurtures contemporary design practice by exploring today’s most pressing questions through the medium of emerging technologies.

Opinion

Will Blockchain Create a More Transparent Art Market or Merely Entice More Investors?

This week, Christie's announced that it would pilot blockchain technology to record its fall auction season, but will the digital ledger system solve the market's transparency problems?

Art

Helen Molesworth’s Last MOCA Exhibition Is an Act of Love

One Day at a Time: Manny Farber and Termite Art makes a compelling case for why we should be looking at the art of the everyday and why it is remarkable.

Art

Pioneers of German Expressionism Who Teetered on the Edge of Abstraction

With Franz Marc and August Macke: 1909-1914, the Neue Galerie implicitly argues that the two artists belong among the pantheon of Europe's modern masters.

Art

A Prisoner’s Reintegration into Society Is the Focus of a New Theater Piece

JACK &, a new theatrical piece from Kaneza Schaal, stars Cornell Alston, who served a 33-year sentence at a correctional facility.

Performance

In a Santa Monica Parking Lot, Performance Artists Air Their Grievances

The 18th Street Art Center celebrated its 30th anniversary with We the Artists, a multimedia festival in which residents expressed rage and frustration toward the political climate.

Art

An Artist's Impressions of New York City's Most Exclusive Funeral Home

Painter Cynthia Talmadge successfully captures the inherent grimness of funeral chapels combined with the contrived austerity that celebrity deaths demand.