In Brief
Infamous Botched Bust of Cristiano Ronaldo Gets a Facelift
The revised bust of the soccer star hopes to quell mockery and redeem the artist in the eyes of soccer fans worldwide.
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Art
When Contemporary Art Feels Too Inaccessible
Some artists seem to negate any attempt at communication with the viewer, and pass on the inconvenient responsibility of generating some coherent meaning to curators.
News
French Authorities Move to Evict Decade-Old Commune, Tearing Down Unique Structures
The Zone à Défendre sprang up in the late 2000s in opposition to construction of a new airport in western France; now that project has been abandoned and authorities want to evict hundreds of occupiers.
Announcement
Mural Arts Presents Radio Silence, a Series of Broadcasts on Iraqi Culture
Created by artist Michael Rakowitz, Radio Silence brings together recordings of famed Iraqi broadcaster Bahjat Abdulwahed with other Philadelphia-based Iraqi refugees and Iraq War veterans.
Art
Rediscovering a Lost 17th-Century Wunderkammer and Its Treasures
At the Yale Center for British Art, treasures from a lost 17th-century wunderkammer are reunited with a painting of its wonders.
Comics
The Museum of Selfies Is All About You
This is about the viewer more than anything else.
Art
Centering Native American Women’s Voices During a Daylong Sewing Bee
Conceived by artist and choreographer Emily Johnson (Yup’ik), the sewing bee and roundtable discussion will be led by a council of indigenous women.
News
Hollywood Producer Sues Gagosian for Failing to Deliver $8M Koons Sculpture
Hollywood producer Joel Silver says the gallery refused to return the $3.2 million he paid for a Koons sculpture, whose completion date has been pushed back more than three years.
Books
A Cartoonist’s Early Morning Art-Making Ritual
According to Grant Snider, "genius" is: 1% inspiration, 29% perspiration, 5% improvisation, 8% aspiration, 7% contemplation, 15% exploration, 13% daily frustration, 11% imitation, 10.9% desperation, and 0.1% pure elation.
Art
Looking Back on Decades of Making Feminist Art in Mexico
Magali Lara and Mónica Mayer are both featured in Radical Women at the Brooklyn Museum, and on Friday they'll discuss the rise of politically outspoken art in Mexico in the 1970s.
Performance
As Governments Build Walls Between Us, Tapping into the Creative Potential of Destruction
Summoning within her own body the necessary force to make the assemblage crumble, Foulkes transforms the dancer-sculpture duet into an aerial mosh pit.
Books
An Artist's Portrait of State Violence in a Contested Corner of Turkey
Originally conceived as a video monument project, Still Life is a book that juxtaposes the Roboski families with the Turkish government’s war on terror.