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.
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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.
History
The Disturbing Force of Early Color Photos of Nazi Camps
12 Nazi Concentration Camps is a body of work by James Friedman who, in the early '80s, took the largely unprecedented step of documenting Nazi camps in color photography.
Performance
Contemporary Ballet Adventures with Trevor Paglen, Science Fiction, and More
Drawing inspiration from other arts, BalletCollective plumbs the connections between visual, literary, and choreographic forms.
In Brief
George Washington Portrait Flips Off Trump in Viral Photoshopped Images [UPDATED]
A batch of four photos, tweaked by Portland-based satirist Mike Wellins, show portraits of Washington, Hamilton, Jefferson, and Jackson ridiculing the current US president.
News
Activists Splatter Red Paint on Roosevelt Monument at American Museum of Natural History
The early-morning action, by a new activist group calling itself the Monument Removal Brigade, is the latest in a series of protests demanding the statue's removal.
Art
Allora & Calzadilla Confront Puerto Rico's Fraught Relationship with the US
The Puerto Rico-based artist duo examine a tense, close connection with a poetic show using sculpture, performance, photo, and video.