Music

An Organ Gets a Noble Send-Off as a 1928 Brooklyn Theater Is Being Restored

Before the Brooklyn Paramount undergoes a two-year restoration into a performance space, a concert showed off its 1920s Wurlitzer organ.

Art

Joyce Kozloff Revisits Her Childhood Drawings and Maps to Address Present-Day Anxieties

Using her childhood drawings of maps and figures, Joyce Kozloff underscores the limits of our adult understanding.

News

A Project Hopes to Save India's Vanishing Living Root Bridges

For centuries, locals in the jungles of Meghalaya, India built living root bridges for practical purposes. Now there's a rush to ensure they survive in the face of industrialization.

In Brief

US Announces Withdrawal from UNESCO, Accusing UN Agency of “Anti-Israel” Bias [UPDATED]

The Trump administration's decision to withdraw from the 195-nation strong agency is raising questions about the commitment of the United States to global organizations.

Announcement

A Series at the Hirshhorn and Newseum Focuses on Art & Free Speech

Presented in association with the exhibition Ai Weiwei: Trace, this conversation series will include perspectives from artists, journalists, activists, and academics.

Art

Delivering the Internet, an Underground Network Keeps Cubans Connected

At the Queens Museum, an exhibition by Julia Weist and Nestor Siré explores Cuba's underground media-sharing network.

Books

A Graphic Designer's Love Letter to the Endangered Signage of Barcelona

Graphic designer Louise Fili photographed the distinctive signage of Barcelona, as a design inspiration, and argument for preservation.

Announcement

Ai Weiwei Creates Special Edition Artworks for Public Art Fund, Exclusively Available on eBay

A collaboration between eBay for Charity and Public Art Fund (PAF), 100% of proceeds will benefit PAF’s Ai Weiwei exhibition, Good Fences Make Good Neighbors.

Art

Kara Walker's Show is a Painful, Necessary Reminder That US Culture Wars Never Ended

Walker's drawn and collaged images depicting haunting scenes of abuse and violence refuse to let us look away from America's bloody past and present.

Comics

Painting Out Loud

Painting and talking aren't always in sync.

Art

Manuel Neri's Chromatic Chaos

Apparent in Manuel Neri's works with plaster figures is a kind of dualism: they reference classical forms while also radiating contemporary anxiety and subjectivity.

Art

A Painter Who Merged Korean Art Traditions with Abstract Expressionism

A retrospective at the Korea Society sheds light on the work of a painter who joined Korean influences and techniques with Abstract Expressionism.