Art
Glimpses of the Future of Architecture at a Chicago Biennial
The Chicago Architecture Biennial, which opened this past weekend, looks to history for inspiration.
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Workouts for the Working Artist
Inject some fitness into your practice with artcercise!
Art
A Game Lets You Navigate an Artist’s Flight from Syria
Path Out from Causa Creations is an RPG video game where players follow the escape of a Syrian artist from his home to Europe.
News
Prominent German Artists Object to Arms Manufacturer’s Exhibition Sponsorship
Rheinmetall, a Düsseldorf-based multinational defense company, is one of the sponsors of a sprawling exhibition of German contemporary art that recently opened in Beijing.
Interview
“A Year of Vomiting Color”: Sean Price Williams on Cinematography
Williams talks about his relationship to cinematography, including his latest work in Thirst Street, the truest visual smorgasbord of all.
Announcement
Apply Now for an MFA at Stamps School of Art & Design
The deadline for Fall 2018 applications is January 6.
Art
The Print Legacy of Louise Bourgeois Unfolds at MoMA
A new exhibition gathers some 300 works, including 265 prints, to show the increasingly central role printmaking played in Bourgeois's practice through the decades.
Art
Remembering Greg Escalante, a Gallerist and Friend to Artists
One reason that Greg Escalante’s battle with depression remained largely hidden was that he drew attention to himself in order to serve others, especially artists.
History
The Creative Chemistry of a Photography Duo from the 1840s
In 1840s Edinburgh, painter David Octavius Hill and engineer Robert Adamson formed the city's first photography studio, which created thousands of images until Adamson's sudden death.
Art
How a Mark Twain Travel Book Turned Palestine into a Desert
The Innocents Abroad, the most famous 19th-century account of Palestine, is in the end an elaborate, sustained joke at the expense of the peoples and places of the Mediterranean.
News
Earliest Known Zero Symbol Identified in Ancient Indian Manuscript
Carbon dating reveals the earliest known symbol for zero is in a 3rd or 4th century Indian manuscript at the University of Oxford's Bodleian Libraries.
Art
Underdog Artists and Publishers at the NY Art Book Fair
In an effort to promote the underdog, we decided to focus on booths from the artists and publications that will be their state or country’s sole representative.