Art
The Photographers of La Raza Newspaper Bring to Light the Chicano Movement
One LA newspaper made a big impact on the Chicano movement, this event talks about the impact and influence of its photographers.
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Opinion
Letters on Frieze London: Paul Chan and Zachary Small Respond
Paul Chan and Zachary Small grapple with criticism and what makes work political (but agree that art fairs are awful).
History
RIP Cassini: A Space Art Obituary
A look back at 20 years of space art to celebrate 20 years of Cassini.
History
What Sewing Samplers Tell Us About Women's Lives from the 17th to 19th Centuries
A sewing sampler can be the only trace of a 17th- to 19th-century woman's existence, and the Fitzwilliam Museum at Cambridge is recovering this lost history through over 100 examples.
Announcement
Announcing CalArts Fall 2017 WHAP! Lecture Series
WHAP! — the West Hollywood Aesthetics and Politics lecture series — is co-hosted by the City of West Hollywood and CalArts MA Aesthetics and Politics Program.
Books
If These Books Could Talk, This Is What They’d Say
In a collection of one-page graphic stories, anthropomorphic books and imaginative characters take on God, museums, and identity crises.
News
Anti-Columbus Day Tour Attended by Hundreds at the American Museum of Natural History
Hundreds of people came out to attend a decolonization tour of one of New York's most popular museums.
Art
Philadelphia's Monument Lab Asks, "What's Right for Public Space?"
In Philadelphia, artists including Mel Chin, Hank Willis Thomas, Karyn Olivier, and Michelle Angela Ortiz create new possibilities for monuments in public spaces.
Announcement
Bard MFA Fall 2017 Information Sessions in NYC, Chicago, and on the Bard College Campus
Join the Conversation. Application deadline: January 8, 2018.
Art
An Exhibition About Blindness Engages All the Senses
In Naples, using sight, sound, voice, and movement to evoke the varied experiences of blindness.
Books
The Stories of 100 Midcentury Chairs
Midcentury modernism continues to inspire our desire to sit on something beautiful and fashionable.
Art
Images from Boston’s Island of Exile
Mark Lamster's The Island That Nobody Knows explores Boston's Deer Island, a former prison and quarantine site that now houses the city's sewage plant.