Art
A Shop in LA Is Selling Art Objects Cast with Spells
The objects in Lazaros's Astral Oracles correspond to a spell cast by the artist, who is himself a spiritual practitioner.
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Opinion
Why I Did Not See the Picasso Show at the Tate Modern
It was with a certain incredibility that I discovered the museum was hosting a major Picasso exhibition titled Love, Fame, Tragedy. Nevertheless, I wanted to see the show for myself.
Comics
Rush Hour as Creative Practice
Driving in Los Angeles can be a goldmine for ideas.
News
What Can the Arts Do for Immigrants? NYC’s Cultural Leaders Convene an Event to Hear Your Thoughts
70 of New York City arts organizations have called upon the City's government to convene a symposium on how to better serve the city's immigrant community now under siege by ICE and the Trump administration.
Announcement
Innovate and Grow with Arts Activists from Around the Globe at NYU Tisch
New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts invites applications for its groundbreaking, one-year M.A. in Arts Politics.
Opinion
When Famous Academics Would Rather Condemn #MeToo Than Support Queer Victims
The seeming inability of rigorously trained, highly educated professors to identify what should be an obvious example of abuse on the part of Avital Ronell signals a fatal flaw in academia.
News
A New Orleans Museum Is Now Mobile, Transforming How People See Art
Housed in a customized trailer, the traveling counterpart of the New Orleans Museum of Art challenges elitist narratives about who museums are for.
In Brief
Politicians Pull the Plug on Bjarne Melgaard’s Proposed ‘House to Die In’
Politicians have feared that the bad-boy artist's dramatic architecture would disrupt the historic scenery that once inspired the work of Norway's most-famous painter, Edvard Munch.
Art
The Power of Artists’ Books to Bind Together Radical Ideas
An exhibition at the Getty Research Institute illustrates the myriad ways that contemporary artists have pushed the boundaries and definitions of the book.
Art
Revisiting the Profound Joy and Pain of Girlhood
Life in My Pocket is a simulacrum of Diamond Stingily's childhood: chain-link fences, a weathered basketball hoop, and looped telephone cords — perfect for jumping rope.
Art
Latinx Artists Are Highlighted for the First Time in a Group Show at the Whitney
In the wake of last year's Pacific Standard Time LA/LA, Pacha, Llaqta, Wasichay at the Whitney Museum continues Latinx art’s entry into New York City’s most iconic arts institutions.
Art
Giacometti and Fears of Emasculation
A retrospective at the Guggenheim presents Giacometti as one of art history's great vanishers of women.