Art
Works Whose Resonance Overcomes Its Everyday Setting
An exhibition at the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts is installed in an office space. But the fact that the artworks hold up and make me want to spend time with them speaks to their powers.
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Art
Cai Guo-Qiang's Pyrotechnic Mushroom Cloud Commemorates the First Nuclear Reaction
The work was timed to coincide exactly with the 75th anniversary of the first controlled, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.
In Brief
Metropolitan Museum Defends Balthus Painting After Petition Demands Its Removal
A petition calling on the Met to remove a painting by Balthus from its walls for its troublingly sexualized depiction of a young girl has gained over 8,000 signatures.
Announcement
Linking Art and Architecture Through Cindy Sherman and Rem Koolhaas
Inaugurated in 1976, the Southern California Institute of Architecture's lectures can be accessed online at the SCI-Arc Media Archive.
Interview
“You Can’t Say It Doesn’t Exist”: A Curator on the Art of Latin American Women from 1960 to '85
Cecilia Fajardo-Hill, a curator of the Radical Women exhibition at the Hammer Museum, talks about this largely ignored history.
Art
Remembering the Abandoned Art Schools of the Cuban Revolution
An artist and scholar dive into the history of Havana's National Art Schools, which were abandoned when their architects fell out of favor with the regime.
News
Artist Alleges Raghubir Singh Assaulted Her, Stages #MeToo Performance at His Retrospective
Jaishri Abichandani staged a performance in front of the Met Breuer to speak out about an incident with the well-known photographer.
Art
A 24-Hour Cultural Filibuster Against Gun Violence
For Bang, Bang, Gun Amok, artist George Emilio Sanchez has brought together some 50 artists to perform for a full day.
In Brief
French President Emmanuel Macron Promises Restitution of African Art
In a speech in Burkina Faso, Emmanuel Macron bemoaned the fact that so much of Africa's cultural patrimony is held by European collectors and museums.
Art
Strike at Columbia College Chicago Spotlights Problems for Part-Time Faculty
The historic first part-time faculty union in the nation at Columbia College held the two-day strike to convey to the administration the seriousness of unresolved bargaining issues.
Performance
A Performance About Queerness Emulates a Soap Opera
With humor and intellectual curiosity, the Dyke Division of the Two-Headed Calf's Room for Cream uses the lens of soap operas to investigate contemporary queerness.
Announcement
Emmanuel Iduma, Faculty Member in SVA’s MFA Art Writing Program, Awarded 2017 Arts Writers Grant
Iduma, a graduate of the SVA’s MFA Art Writing program, foregrounds the question of what good writing about art is and what it can become.