Art
Artists Update Bygone Myths
Even as Pollock was eliminating mythology in his work, younger artists born in the 1920s were finding ways to make it fresh.
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Upending Conventions with Figurative Painting
The works of painters Angela Dufresne and Louis Fratino are far more radical than anything some conceptual artists have recently received attention for.
Art
Monstrous Mutations (Part 2): From the Fascist State to Radical Hospitality
It wasn’t “just a jacket.”
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The Art of a Fired Cartoonist
What if we interpret Rob Rogers’s wild art cartoons as if they were conventional subjects for art writing?
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Harnessing the Revelatory Power of Masks
For almost 20 years, Gauri Gill has documented the lives of nomads, peasants, tribals, migrants, and other marginalized communities of rural India.
Interview
Beer with a Painter: Alfredo Gisholt
“I look at where things accumulate, where people leave things. Every house has a corner like that.”
Art
Brooklyn's Soldier Angel Inspires a Monument to Resistance
“Persistent Resistance” consists of a central speckled, decorative column that looks like a Rorschach ink blot that’s been stretched into a pillar.
News
New Yorkers Booked 9,500 Free Museum Tickets in Four Days, New Passes Arrive August 1
In the four days since it launched, the new Culture Pass NYC program helped New Yorkers book over 9,500 reservations for 33 museums and cultural institutions across the five boroughs.
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A Towering Figure of Venezuelan Modernism Gets His First Solo North American Exhibition
During his lifetime, Oswaldo Vigas was famous in Latin American art circles, but less well known internationally. Now, the late artist's foundation is trying to rectify that situation.
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Art Movements
This week in art news: Never-before-seen artwork by Nelson Mandela released, Beyoncé and Jay-Z file a request to film at the Colosseum, and Wes Anderson is now a curator.
Opinion
20 Alternative Curses for the 2019 Venice Biennale
The new Venice Biennale uses a fake Chinese curse for its title. We suggest 20 alternative curses.
Art
The Gamification of Intimacy Through Dating Sims
Digital technologies for games are developing at an unprecedented pace, compelling us ask how they are potentially shifting society's relationship to intimacy and social interaction.