Art

Queer Artists Show that Activism Is Key to Survival

VOICE = SURVIVAL contains some wrong turns and dead ends, but these impediments are few and do not detract from the sublime experience of listening to activists speaks their truth.

Interview

Yvonne Rainer on How Filmmaking Gave Her Language

The dancer, choreographer, and filmmaker looks back on her career in light of her film retrospective starting at the Film Society of Lincoln Center.

News

Art Movements

This week in art news: Artworks attributed to Modigliani were confiscated after being deemed fake, Spanish police recovered three stolen Francis Bacon paintings, and researchers claimed to detect particles indicative of torture on the Turin Shroud.

Art

Artists Embrace the Grayscale

Gray Matters, featuring 37 artists working almost exclusively in shades of gray, is a dazzling exhibition.

Art

Playing with Words in the Most Linguistically Diverse Place in the World

At Flux Factory in Queens, Tongue Tide treats other languages as treasure chests of unique expressions.

Art

Radical Art from the Past Decade, from Tahrir Square to Recife

In MoMA’s Unfinished Conversations, artists around the world engage with today’s political struggles while exposing their personal, cultural, and historical roots.

Art

Painting Cosmic Phenomena with Patterns of Subatomic Decay

Kysa Johnson represents nebula, neutron stars, and star clouds using the spiraling paths of the tiniest particles.

In Brief

Was the Oldest Smiley Found on a 3,700-Year-Old Jug?

A new archeological discovery may suggest the first known “smiley” is thousands of years older than previously thought.

Art

Carnal Humans and Bookish Animals Cohabitate in a Sprawling Video Installation

At Tyler Rollins Fine Art, Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook’s complex, fragmented narrative features goats being read French philosophy and horses getting lectured on Plato.

Comics

Phishing for Artists

Let the fish tell you about phishing.

Art

Hokusai’s “Great Wave” Was Only a Drop in the Bucket

Already fully accomplished by his fifties in a range of styles, from his sixties Katsushika Hokusai’s paintings and prints begin to accelerate in ambition and sophistication, leaping between styles and subjects.

Art

Seeing 1970s Italy Through Its Subversive Public Broadcasting Network

Francesco Vezzoli has delved into the archival material of Radiotelevisione Italiana, shaping a narrative of the culture, politics, and entertainment of the period.