Art

Dada-Inspired Snack Foods for an Aesthetic Eating Experience

By infusing decadence and whimsy into snacking, these food products invite an unexpected visual experience to the typically mindless midday nosh.

Art

A Timely Remembrance For Witch Hunts Of The Past by Louise Bourgeois and Peter Zumthor

A pilgrimage to visit Louise Bourgeois and Peter Zumthor’s Norwegian memorial made for victims of the witchcraft trials hits home.

Film

Luca Guadagnino’s Indulgent Remake of Suspiria

The new Suspiria, more in line with modern sensibilities of "elevated" horror, is extremely different in form, feeling, and theme.

News

Week in Review: Smithsonian Gets $5 Million to Archive Underrepresented Artists, and MacDowell Colony Honors James Baldwin

Legendary drag queen Divine gets a mural in Baltimore, a fire at Dia:Beacon damages a $1 million painting, and more.

Podcast

The Artist as Lawyer, an Interview with Sergio Sarmiento about Art Law

Sergio Sarmiento went to law school as an art project, but now he is an authority on the burgeoning field of art law. We talk copyright, contracts, Richard Prince, Sam Durant, Banksy, and a lot of other things.

News

Whitney Museum Receives Works by Mary Ann Unger, and an Ugo Rondinone Sculpture Unveiled in Liverpool

Plus, the Louvre Abu Dhabi has unveiled 11 new acquisitions, and Marc Chagall's work sells at a Paris auction.

Art

Political Posters that Defined the 1968 Protests in Mexico City and Paris

An exhibition commemorating the 50th anniversary of the global clash between activist movements and their governments displays posters from Mexico and Paris.

Art

An Ohio Sculpture Festival that Is Curiously Light on Sculpture

Heavy on interactive works, audience intervention, and social practice art, Toledo's annual sculpture festival raises the question of why we organize festivals around the theme of common discipline.

Film

Frederick Wiseman Films the Humanity of a Midwestern Town in 2018

Monrovia, Indiana isn’t quite the scintillating investigation into life in a red state that audiences might expect.

Art

Frank Stella's Riotous Interpretation of Moby-Dick

There is something almost musical and improvisatory about the artist's interpretation of the epic tale of Captain Ahab and the whale.

Announcement

Emerging Artists Define Their Path at VCU School of the Arts Department of Photography and Film

VCUarts is one of the nation’s leading arts schools, dedicated to advancing creative expression, new scholarship and innovation.

Performance

A Marxist Performance Pays Participants for Oversharing and Simulated Sex

The directed actions in Ivo Dimchev's P Project progressed from audience members dancing alone in front strangers to nude performers simulating sex.