Interview

"I’m the Opposite of Donald Trump": Yinka Shonibare MBE on His New Public Sculpture in NYC

The British-Nigerian artist's Public Art Fund commission, located just a few blocks from Trump Tower, is a tall, billowing form featuring a riotous pattern inspired by Dutch wax fabrics.

Art

The Colonialist Myth of the Frenchman Who "Saved" the Pyramids

The troubling story fits a tired orientalist theme: Europeans and Americans know more, and care more, about the culture and heritage of West Asia and North Africa than their own inhabitants.

Community

A View from the Easel

This week, artist studios in British Columbia, California, North Carolina, Wisconsin, and France.

News

Tourist Attraction in Indonesia Rips Off Chris Burden, Yayoi Kusama, and Museum of Ice Cream

The new attraction includes a copy of Burden's "Urban Light" called "Love Light," a version of Kusama's "Obliteration Room" dubbed "Love Lock," and a whole section called "Museum of Ice Cream."

Film

Style Transcends Story in Winter Brothers, a Film Set in a Limestone Mine

Hlynur Pálmason’s movie injects some fresh blood into the sometimes moribund state of cinema.

News

Lawyer Stalls Plan to Remove Statue that San Francisco Officials Consider Racist [UPDATED]

The bronze statue "Early Days" was called "racist and disrespectful" by the San Francisco Arts Commission, which voted unanimously for its removal earlier this month.

Art

The Getty Acquires the Archive of LACE, a Grassroots Alternative Art Space in Los Angeles

The Getty’s acquisition tells the story of how a once-scrappy alternative art space withstood decades of economic and cultural change and survived through the present.

Books

How David Lynch's Mulholland Drive Has Influenced Contemporary Art

The authors of a book about Lynch's influence on art try too hard to crack the mystery of his film Mulholland Drive.

Film

Wes Anderson's Isle of Dogs Has Bark But Lacks Bite

In a film set in futuristic Japan, Wes Anderson and his collaborators try to achieve more than cultural appropriation, with mixed results.

News

A Super-White Coating Based on a Beetle’s Scales Could Transform Paint

Developed from cellulose, it is remarkably thin and lightweight, and scatters light extremely well to achieve an incredibly bright white.

Books

How the Evolution of Graphic Design Lines Up with Historical Events

Covering the span of 1890 to 1959, A Visual History of Graphic Design illustrates design advancements alongside historical events, from the founding of Pepsi-Cola to the stock market crash.

Art

Mark Bradford Appropriates Comic Books and Delves Into the Sublime

Bradford's new paintings tell us how much we don’t know.