Interview
Ahmed Mater’s Photographic “Prayer for Mecca” Documents a Changing City
"Mecca is in a constant cycle of construction and deconstruction — it’s as if change is the only constant."
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Art
Celebrating the Voices and Art of Women Who "Don't Shut Up"
The feminist art space Ceres Gallery is hosting a panel discussion and one-night projection in honor of Women's History Month.
Books
A Graphic Novel Tells the Story of David Bowie, Orgies and All
With a nod to Heinz Edelmann and Milton Glaser, Néjib illustrates a couple of formative years in the life of David Bowie.
News
How Smell Tests Can Help Museums Conserve Art and Artifacts
UK chemists even followed their noses to the Tate, where they tested three decades-old plastic sculptures.
Art
Museum Puts Jackson Pollock Conservation Process on Public Display
The conservator of Pollock's "Number 1, 1949" shares the challenges he will face when conserving the artwork in the Museum of Contemporary Art's galleries.
Comics
Artists Inspiring Artists
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News
Protesters at Metropolitan Museum Chant “Shame on Sackler,” Targeting Donors Who Profited from Opioid Crisis [UPDATED]
On Saturday, members of the group PAIN Sackler and other organizations gathered at the Temple of Dendur to decry the Metropolitan Museum's association with the Sackler family's painkiller fortune.
Art
Baltimore's Confederate History Seen Through the Lens of Intersectional Feminism
Lauren Frances Adams offers three bodies of work that celebrate black female exceptionalism and expose the supporting roles of white women in US Confederate history and propaganda, offering a multifaceted site-specific, visual history lesson centered in Baltimore.
Announcement
Presenting C& América Latina, a New Multilingual Platform Focused on Latin America
The art magazine Contemporary And (C&) launches a new online publication focusing on the connections between Afro-Latin America, the Caribbean, and Africa.
Art
Soviet-Era Musical Records Up-Cycled from X-Rays
Rather than etched on vinyl, tiny grooves were cut onto a medical X-ray, tracing shallow circles over the ghostly shapes of bones.
Film
A New Film Charts 150 Years of African-American Art
Black Is the Color, a 50-minute documentary, offers a survey of African-American art from 1867 to today.
Art
Required Reading
This week, a new self-driving car, Kara Walker in New Orleans, #MeToo in the art and architecture worlds, the death of a historic Greenwich Village building, a gallerist quits art fairs, and more.