In Brief
Botched Spanish Sculpture Restoration Evokes the Infamy of Beast Jesus
A church in a small Spanish city entrusted the restoration of a neglected artwork to an amateur art restorer. Sound familiar?
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Art
Sabina Ott, an Artist Who Believed Making Was an Act of Generosity, Dies at 62
In a career spanning four decades, Ott built a community through her work as a prolific artist, energetic educator, and curator.
Film
Stanley Kubrick’s Lesser-Known Beginnings as a Photographer
An exhibit highlights the published and unpublished photos Kubrick snapped between 1945 and 1960, before he became the renowned filmmaker.
Opinion
Can Beyoncé and Jay-Z's Louvre Video Change Perceptions of Who Belongs in Museums?
The "Apeshit" video is important because people of color rarely have the opportunity to claim such spaces, but it also perpetuates the dangerous notion that art is a luxury.
Comics
An Ode to a Museum That Is Closing
I like to complain about museums. It leaves some people wondering why I go to them so often.
Books
The America that Wealth Forgot
Sarah Kendzior, in her book of essays, The View from Flyover Country: Dispatches from the Forgotten America, claims that economic crisis is the new normal.
Announcement
YBCA Presents Futurefarmers: Out of Place, in Place
Futurefarmers' environmentally-conscious projects provoke audiences to question the many ways that humans try to control nature, or imagine themselves as separate from it.
News
We Got to Visit the Exclusive LA Mural that Only “Verified Influencers” Can Photograph
A kind security guard monitors the entrance to the influencer-only social media shrine, which has drawn plenty of outrage.
Art
Giant Keith Haring Mural Revealed Nearly 30 Years After It Was Covered Up
Painted in 1986, the mural was covered up with aluminum siding three years later and has only just been brought back to light.
Art
A Zine and Small Press Fair for Book Artists of Color
The second annual edition of the Brown Paper Zine & Small Press Fair brings 23 exhibitors to Barnard Hall this weekend.
Announcement
BRIC Presents Alchemy, On View Through August 12
A group exhibition featuring artists who transform non-conventional materials to create visually layered statements.
Art
From the Gardens to the Galleries, the Getty Comes Alive with Sound and Dance
Friday Flights kick off with a group of works that respond to and animate the Getty's architecture and landscape.