Music
Pop Fixations: St Vincent, Lorde, Taylor Swift, Portugal the Man
Three of these four albums count among 2017’s best, and they all share the same producer.
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Art
Conjuring the Demons and Mysteries of Society through Painting
For Collage as Painting, Kate Abercrombie and Trevor Winkfield look at mysterious, esoteric, and sometimes troubling aspects of everyday life.
Art
Painting the Sky on Sunday
Byron Kim's diaristic texts offer a bird’s-eye view of his life — the youth soccer games, the dinner parties, the glum and the optimistic moods, the children going away to college.
Books
The Entirely Fake Villages Erected Around the World
The Potemkin Village is a phenomena that appears in countries all around the world.
Film
Loving Vincent Is a Visually Dazzling But Weak Story About van Gogh
In short, the visuals far outmaneuver the storyline.
Film
A Darkly Comic Animated Film Set on China's Urban-Rural Fringe
Have a Nice Day is a stark, ruthless, and true-to-life movie about people living on the urban-rural fringe of China today.
News
Newly Discovered Mesolithic Crayon Is Among World's Oldest
Archaeologists discovered a 10,000-year-old elongated piece of ochre with a sharpened end in Britain.
Art
Seeing Beyond Basquiat's Market Value
With Basquiat’s work transformed into an overhyped commodity, it can seem difficult to assess it for ourselves.
News
Scientists and Curators Urge American Museum of Natural History to Drop Funder of Climate Change Denial from Its Board
Mercer, a Trump donor turned Trump advisor and a major supporter of climate change-denying organizations, has served on the museum's board since 2013.
News
National Gallery of Art Indefinitely Postpones Chuck Close and Thomas Roma Shows
Following accusations of sexual misconduct against Close and Roma, the National Gallery of Art has postponed solo presentations of their works.
Interview
How Printed Matter Will Bolster Its LA Presence After Canceling 2018 Art Book Fair
After cancelling the 2018 edition of its Los Angeles Art Book Fair, Printed Matter is planning alternative West Coast programming as it plots its return in 2019.
News
Art Movements
This week in art news: South Korea's former culture minister was jailed for two years, two members of Pussy Riot sought asylum in Sweden, and the Louvre closed some of its galleries after the Seine flooded.