Books
How the Mythic Heroines of the New York School Changed Modern Art
Mary Gabriel charts the Abstract Expressionist movement through the lives of its five most prominent female painters in her newest work of biography, Ninth Street Women.
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Art
A "Performative Conference" Reimagines the Social World
Performance Space New York to host a conference on reimagining the social, looking at the relationships between humans and non-humans and how we interact on this planet.
News
A Postmortem on Trump's Proposed Chinese Art Tariff
Art dealers and economists weigh in on why Chinese art narrowly evaded a new 10% tariff on Chinese goods.
Art
The Beatitudes of Bill Traylor
I wonder if it is possible for black Americans and white Americans to really see the same thing when they look at the creations of institutionally minted “modern” black artists.
Art
An Aztec Opera Beautifully Relays the Birth of Two Volcanoes
LA Plaza de Culturas y Artes debuts a new production that offers a contemporary twist on this centuries-old story.
In Brief
Café Forced to Change Name After Court Sides with MoMA on Trademark Violation
The museum accused café and gallery formerly known as "MoMaCha" of copying the institution in bad faith.
Art
The Photos that Captured the First Day of the Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia
Exhibiting a series of images from only one day effectively gives viewers a sense of this historical moment.
Art
A Detroit Bartender Paints Portraits of Heavy-Drinking Patrons
Painter Thelonius Bone says his new series, called "Alcoholics Anonymous," is about “wanting to be unknown and unseen, rather than about recovery."
Performance
The Viscerally Uncomfortable Feeling of Being Transported to My Christian Upbringing
The immersive theater piece Rochester, 1996 captures with discomfiting specificity the world that millennials within conservative evangelicalism grew up in.
Art
An Insomniac Photographer Documents India’s Cities at Night
Over an eight-year period, Dhruv Malhotra spent sleepless nights wandering the streets of Noida, a satellite of Delhi, creating otherworldly photographs of the nocturnal cityscape.
Opinion
Damien Hirst Abandons a Seaside Town for a $52 Million Studio
The artist has also laid off 50 employees as part of his desire to "focus on his art."
Announcement
Visiting Artists Play a Pivotal Role in VCU School of the Arts’ Department of Sculpture + Extended Media
Students receive full tuition support, paid assistantships, research travel grants and exhibition opportunities.