Books
A Comics Artist’s Eerie, Relentlessly Stark Storytelling
I'm Not Here, written under a pseudonym, uneasily follows an immigrant family as they go about their everyday life.
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History
Thousands of Objects Tell of Sex, Drugs, and Transcendence Across the Centuries
Altered States: Sex, Drugs, and Transcendence in the Ludlow-Santo Domingo Library at Harvard's Houghton Library explores the human desire to escape the ordinary.
News
Art Movements
This week in art news: Benjamin Genocchio was ousted as executive director of the Armory Show after the New York Times investigated sexual harassment claims, a judge approved the Berkshire Museum's sale of works from its collection, and the Louvre Abu Dhabi was inaugurated.
Performance
Reaching for Transcendence with Voice and Light
In Rashaad Newsome's "Running," a vocal tradition reaches expressive new heights and plumbs emotional depths.
In Brief
The Famously Photo-Wary Barnes Foundation Makes Its Art More Accessible Online
The museum has a notriously strict no-photos policy, but has now made much of its collection available for digital download and sharing.
In Brief
How Do We Define Culture? A Study Tries to Find Out
Culture Track surveys how Americans define culture, as well as which cultural activities they seek.
Announcement
Registration is Open for the 106th CAA Annual Conference in Los Angeles
Held from February 21-24, the 2018 Annual Conference will include over 300 themed sessions, more professional-development workshops than ever, and offers a long list of LA-museums and cultural institutions that attendees can visit for free with their conference badges.
Art
In an Indiana Town, a Treasure Trove of Modernist Design
"Exhibit Columbus" celebrates the legacies of the architects and designers who filled the town with private and civic works before going on to be some of Modernism's biggest names.
Interview
After the Northern California Wildfires, an Artist Pieces Together a Life
A photographer lost her home and studio in the Atlas fire; now she is taking stock of the future and making work with remnants she salvaged from the ashes.
Art
An Interactive Documentary About Everyday Life in a Palestinian Village
The Invisible Walls of Occupation is an online interactive documentary that takes viewers into Burqah, a Palestinian village.
Announcement
Project Row Houses and UH Invite Artists to Work with Houston’s Third Ward Community
Two fellows will each receive a $15,000 stipend, a research grant, and access to a community brain trust.
Art
In Search of the Authentic Selfie
In this chapter from her new book, The Selfie Generation, Alicia Eler examines how artists and others have harnessed selfies as acts of defiant self-representation.