In Brief
Anish Kapoor's Bean Will Be Windexed, Baked (by Guy Fieri), Turned into a Ghost, and More
A new meme has people creating Facebook events to render peculiar tributes to Chicago's iconic "Cloud Gate" sculpture.
Latest
History
A 1903 Proposal to Preserve the Dead in Glass Cubes
In 1903, an inventor patented a method of preserving corpses in glass, one of a number of radical inventions that has sought to resist death's decay.
In Brief
A Week of Chaos at Artforum Magazine Following Sexual Harassment Allegations
One of the magazine's longtime publishers, Knight Landesman, resigned after a string of sexual harassment allegations were made public this week.
Film
In Ken Burns's Vietnam War Documentary, Claims of Objectivity Obscure Patriotic Bias
By accepting patriotic doctrine even as it claims to present all sides, the epic documentary takes some slippery liberties with truth and history.
Art
A Virtual Project Connects Visitors to Holocaust Survivors and Their Stories
New Dimensions in Testimony invites visitors to the Museum of Jewish Heritage to have a virtual conversation with a Holocaust survivor.
Art
Playing with the Privilege to Make Art About Anything
Dominique Duroseau's exhibition shows us what black bodies look like when "glamoured" by a racist imagination.
Books
A Salute to North Korea's Dated But Dependable Airline
North Korea's Air Koryo may not fly many places, but the state-owned airline is definitely a trip back in time.
Performance
Ryan McNamara’s Populist Approach to Dance Falls Short at the Guggenheim
Commedia dell’arte packed less punch, in part because of the formal space of the Guggenheim and McNamara’s status as an art-world darling.
Art
The Lovingly Crafted Horror of American Haunted Houses
Misty Keasler explored 13 haunted houses across the United States, photographing their blood-spattered interiors and dark architecture of terror.
Art
The Rise and Fall of the Viking "Allah" Textile
There is something very troubling about what the Viking “Allah” story reveals about the relationship between news media and experts.
News
Art Movements
This week in art news: Artforum’s co-publisher Knight Landesman resigned over accusations of sexual harassment, Condé Nast banned its publications from hiring photographer Terry Richardson, and a bust of Napoleon newly attributed to Rodin went on public display.
Art
An Augmented Reality Coral Reef Thrives or Dies by Your Tweets
The White Noise augmented reality installation visualizes the online conversations we have around consumption and conservation.