Art

Photographs Revisit the Places Terminally Ill Patients Chose to See Before They Died

"Once visited by these terminal patients, these places aren’t just places anymore, they turn into monuments," artist Hrair Sarkissian said of his Last Scene project.

Art

MoMA’s Items Exhibition is Smart About Fashion but Too Cozy with Advertising

The ambitious show takes fashion seriously, but blurs the line between design and commerce.

Art

An Archipelago of Precariousness at the Yokohama Trienniale

The work installed in the Yokohama Triennial demonstrate that issues of crisis regarding nationalism, poverty, the fallout of war, and natural disasters should evoke our concern.

History

Digitized Photos by Julia Margaret Cameron, 19th-Century Pioneer of the Soft Focus

Bodleian Libraries digitized over 100 photographs by 19th-century photographer Julia Margaret Cameron, who brought a dreamy softness to her images.

Books

A Photographer's Infrared Journey to the Island of the Colorblind

Photographer Sanne de Wilde's The Island of the Colorblind investigates a Pacific atoll where an unusually high percentage of the population has total color blindness.

News

Art Movements

This week in art news: Marina Abramović abandoned plans to open the Marina Abramović Institute, the UK government announced a public consultation on ivory sales, and Semiotext(e) cancelled an event following pressure from the anti-gentrification group Defend Boyle Heights.

Art

Adrian Paci Shows Us How We Mourn the Death of Dictators

A meditation on the theater of state funerals for dictators, artist Adrian Paci removes the focus on grief to focus on the mourners.

Announcement

A Weekend of Artist Studio Tours and Workshops at the Manufacturers Village in East Orange, NJ

On October 21-22, the artists of Manufacturer's Village invite you to explore their spaces, experience their work in progress, and meet to engage with their ideas and projects.

Music

An Organ Gets a Noble Send-Off as a 1928 Brooklyn Theater Is Being Restored

Before the Brooklyn Paramount undergoes a two-year restoration into a performance space, a concert showed off its 1920s Wurlitzer organ.

Art

Joyce Kozloff Revisits Her Childhood Drawings and Maps to Address Present-Day Anxieties

Using her childhood drawings of maps and figures, Joyce Kozloff underscores the limits of our adult understanding.

News

A Project Hopes to Save India's Vanishing Living Root Bridges

For centuries, locals in the jungles of Meghalaya, India built living root bridges for practical purposes. Now there's a rush to ensure they survive in the face of industrialization.

In Brief

US Announces Withdrawal from UNESCO, Accusing UN Agency of “Anti-Israel” Bias [UPDATED]

The Trump administration's decision to withdraw from the 195-nation strong agency is raising questions about the commitment of the United States to global organizations.