Interview
The Chinese Exclusion Act and the “Bone Boxes” that Carried Immigrants Home
In Requiem, Summer Mei-Ling Lee remembers the hospital that shipped thousands of boxes full of bones from the US to China.
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News
Jewish Museum Terminates Jens Hoffmann Following Sexual Harassment Investigation [UPDATED]
After investigating sexual harassment allegations recently brought forth by staff members, the Jewish Museum announced today that it has ended its relationship with Hoffmann.
Art
The Seamless Weaving of Fine Arts with Crafts
Anissa Mack uses the county craft fair as inspiration, context, and content.
In Brief
France Declares 120 Days of Sodom Manuscript a National Treasure, Saving It from Auction
The French government has declared the original manuscript of the Marquis de Sade's notorious novel a national treasure and forbidden its removal from France.
Announcement
Process and Practice, an Exhibition of Rarely Seen Artists’ Boxes at the Fabric Workshop and Museum
On display are notes, sketches, tests, and models from over one hundred boxes, including those of such celebrated artists as Laurie Anderson, Chris Burden, Cai Guo-Qiang, and Kara Walker.
Art
A Classic of the Christmas Horror Movie Genre
In the lead-up to Christmas, Nitehawk in Williamsburg is screening Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984), a controversial and beloved slasher film about a murderous Santa.
Comics
The Small Pleasures and Anxieties of Comic Book Fairs
Sitting at a table in a comic book convention makes you confront some of your own insecurities.
Announcement
The Complete List of School of Visual Arts Continuing Education Spring 2018 Information Sessions
The Division of Continuing Education Information Sessions give you the chance to spend an evening with some of New York City’s top creative talent.
Art
The Artist Who Preserved the Vanishing Technology of Knots
Thou Shalt Knot at the New Bedford Whaling Museum celebrates the legacy of Clifford W. Ashley, artist and author of the most influential book on knots.
Art
Walker Evans's Eye on the City
While Walker Evans may be best known for his photographs from small towns across the US during the Great Depression, an exhibition at SFMOMA shows him also as a longtime New Yorker fascinated with the particulars of urban life.
Art
A Cartoonist’s Darkly Magical and Autobiographical Work
Cartoonist Laura Park shares her fascination with medical oddities, lesser-known murderers, morbid Victoriana, and more.
Art
Required Reading
This week, Ron Mueck's giant skulls, white men on pedestals, the world's first biological house, destroying modernist landscapes, a dog named Masterpiece, and more.