Art
Keith Haring and Ancient Egypt Connect at Frieze Masters
A joint booth by Salon 94 and Antiquarium Ltd. juxtaposes Ancient Egyptian art with contemporary works, foremost among them Haring's hieroglyphic sculptures and prints.
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Interview
Julie Mehretu Talks Music, Manifest Destiny, and Her Massive Mural for SFMOMA
Reflecting on “HOWL, eon (I, II),” her new commission for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Julie Mehretu talks about working at a huge scale, how live music affects her process, and how the 2016 election impacted her work.
In Brief
Firm Behind "Fearless Girl" Reaches $5M Settlement for Allegedly Underpaying Women and Minorities
According to a 2012 audit by the Department of Labor, State Street underpaid more than 300 women in senior positions and 15 black vice presidents.
Announcement
Faces Places, a New Film by Unlikely Duo Agnès Varda and JR
The legendary filmmaker and street artist travel through rural France and meditate on the value of art and the imagination.
Art
Treading on Euphemisms for Women
At Galerie Lelong, one of China's most celebrated contemporary artists covers the floor with a three-inch-thick carpet literally woven out of dozens of words for "woman."
Art
At Frieze London, Feminism Sells, Paul Chan Slumps, and Nothing Ever Changes
At the London mega-fair, a special exhibition champions (and de-politicizes) feminist art, Hans-Ulrich Obrist is everywhere, and political art is conspicuously absent.
News
A New Instant Camera Prints Actual GIFs
The DIY camera Instagif NextStep snaps three-second GIFs and pops them out in an instant.
Interview
Why Patti Smith Writes
In her latest book, the iconic writer and musician examines belief, friendship, mentorship, and what drives her to make art.
Performance
A New Opera Tells the Story of a Paleoart Pioneer Through His Granddaughter's Eyes
On Site Opera's Rhoda and the Fossil Hunt in the dinosaur hall of the American Museum of Natural History explores the paleoart of Charles Knight.
Books
A Cartoonist's Dazzling History of NYC
Julia Wertz's new black-and-white book of comics, Tenements, Towers & Trash, is a stirring ode to America’s most densely populated metropolis.
News
Art Movements
This week in art news: Theresa May sported a Frida Kahlo bracelet during her disastrous Conservative party conference speech, the highest level of the Colosseum was made accessible to tourists, and performance artist Deborah de Robertis was charged with exhibitionism after exposing herself in front
History
The Histories Erased by a Monument to the Los Angeles Aqueduct
A fountain dedicated to Frank Putnam Flint, the senator who devised the aqueduct supplying LA's water, makes no mention of the human cost of the project.