Art
Machine Art that Shoots Flames and Rips Stuff Apart
The Survival Research Laboratories stage large-scale sensational “machine art performances,” of which there have been over 55 to date.
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See the Finalists for the National Mall's First Memorial to Native American Veterans
Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian shared five potential concepts for the permanent monument in Washington, DC.
Film
A Loving Portrait of Fame, Fraud, and Disco at Studio 54
Studio 54 tells the story of an infamous disco club brought down by excess, but redeemed by its embrace of diversity, sexual liberation, and a sense of community.
Art
A Glitzy Pop-Up Exhibition Savors Surface and Substance
In Ann Arbor, Michigan, a bright and at times bizarre show highlights the work of Heidi Barlow, Shaina Kasztelan, and Bailey Scieszka.
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Apply Now for the Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program
The residency program awards studio space to 17 visual artists for year-long residencies in Brooklyn, NY. Apply by February 15, 2018.
Art
An Intimate Screening of Classic Cartoons at the Museum of Modern Art
As part of the Museum of Modern Art's exhibition about Club 57, animation historian Jerry Beck hosts a program of nine classic cartoons he screened there in the late 1970s and early '80s.
Art
Finding Art in the Afterlife of a Foreclosed Home in Florida
In a new exhibition, Ser Serpas explores the connections between destruction and reclamation.
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Take a Voyage of Discovery at Sotheby’s Institute of Art
The ability to see and to read an art object — whether a painting, sculpture, chair or vase, whether from the 16th century or the 21st century, from Asia or Europe — is an essential skill for working in the professional art world.
Film
48 Ingmar Bergman Films Ranked
Film Forum's retrospective marking the centennial of the Swedish auteur's birth includes 48 of his films, which we've dutifully ranked from best to worst.
Art
Two Fresh Takes on Portraying Female Bathers in Art
Katherine Bradford and Jen DeNike remind me how much more there is to water in their gem-like show at AE2.
News
Artists and Arts Workers Call on Institutions to Reject Calling Trump’s Border Wall Art [UPDATED]
Twenty-five artists and cultural workers have signed an open letter blasting art institutions' support of a project to have the prototypes for Trump's border wall designated as a national monument.
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Satirical Artist Sues Museums That Excluded Him for $100 Million
Artist Robert Cenedella alleges that a “corporate museum cartel” engaged in an “unlawful conspiracy” to manipulate the market.