Announcement

The ICA at Maine College of Art Presents American Genre: Contemporary Painting, Curated by Michelle Grabner

The exhibition is built on a triad of traditional painting genres: still life, landscape, and portraiture.

Art

A Ceremony Invites You to Trade Objects and Learn About Cooperation

On July 20–22, Iván Navarro and Courtney Smith will choreograph a trio of performances with 24 to 40 volunteers at the Garey Building.

News

Apple Unveils 12 of 69 New Emoji, from a Zombie to a Genie 🙃

Soon you’ll be able to text your bearded male friend about zombies launching coconuts from the backs of mermaids!

In Brief

Flooding Damages Three Paintings and Multiple Rooms at the Louvre

France's National Library and Ministry of Culture also suffered water damage during a deluge on the night of July 9.

News

Protesters Call for Boycott of B&H Photo After Company Ignores Workers' Demands

After B&H Photo refused to reconsider its decision to move operations at two Brooklyn warehouses to New Jersey, protesters are demanding a boycott of the company.

Art

The Playful, Feminist Sculptures of a Member of the Peruvian Avant-Garde

Teresa Burga's first solo museum exhibition in the United States focuses on her contributions to the Peruvian avant-garde and questioning of art-world hierarchies.

In Brief

Amede-No! Modigliani Show Shut Down After 21 Works Deemed Likely Fakes

The exhibition, at the Doge's Palace in Genoa, included pieces on loan from private collections and major institutions like the Musée de l'Orangerie and the Fitzwilliam Museum.

News

A Call to Save a Floating Performance Space by Louis Kahn [UPDATED]

A 50-year-old floating performance space designed by architect Louis Kahn may be sent to a Louisiana shipyard for scrap at the end of this year's tour.

Art

The Tender Gravity of Domestic Spaces Haunted by AIDS

A multimedia exhibit at Museum of the City of New York looks back at the domesticity of the AIDS crisis.

Comics

How to Deal with Rejection Letters

Sometimes you have to face rejection straight on and work through it.

Books

Unruly Poems that Illuminate White Supremacy in Everyday Life

Poet Nikki Wallschlaeger's new book Crawlspace discovers the violence embedded in our most familiar structures: mortgages, meals, rooms, houses, family relationships, and language itself.

Art

Required Reading

This week, the Venice Biennale's photo problem, the importance of Jimmie Durham's claim to Cherokee heritage, the politics of fire, the state of queerness, dissecting Munch's "The Scream," and more.