Art

A Saudi Artist Pauses in the Face of Politics

Abdulnasser Gharem’s works question initial perceptions and reveal inherent contradictions about Islamic and Arabian art and culture.

Art

Helen Frankenthaler’s Panoramas of Paint

Dual retrospectives of paintings and woodcuts underscore Frankenthaler’s restless experimentation in image and materials.

Art

Revisiting the Witty Work of 1970s Bay Area Nut Artists

Parker Gallery's multimedia Nut Art survey intersperses new work with original pieces from the 1970s.

Art

Translating Computer Algorithms into Tangible Fabrics

Phillip Stearns creates pillows, tapestries, and other cozy objects from computational processes.

News

Sam Durant Speaks About the Aftermath of His Controversial Minneapolis Sculpture

At Mexico City's SOMA headquarters, Sam Durant reflected on his "Scaffold" sculpture and how there's an enormous disparity between the art world and everyday life in the United States.

Books

A Glossy Photo Book Captures a Beautiful But Sanitized Detroit

Michel Arnaud’s book makes a fine addition to any Detroit-lover’s library, but it takes away the elements that make the city real, vital, and colorful.

Art

Smashing Pennies to Protest Industrial Capitalism

After 10 years in the making, two Pittsburgh artists have created a penny machine that spits out coins with designs of endangered animals.

Art

A Wireless Vibration Suit Helps the Deaf “Feel” Music

Developed by Not Impossible Labs, the suit translates sounds into a cascade of vibrations, with different instruments registering in different zones across the body.

Art

The First Edition of the Brooklyn Dirty Book Fair

On July 15 and 16, visit Point Green Studio for a wide selection of pornographic books and zines, a screening of erotic short films, a new performance by M. Lamar, and more.

Art

Dispelling the Myths Around the Hobby Lobby Antiquities Case

The Hobby Lobby case brings up several vital issues relating to cultural heritage, theft, and war in West Asia, and many of our responses have so far been misdirected.

News

Art Movements

This week in art news: A federal judge ordered $81 million be paid to victims of the Knoedler Gallery art forgery, an art investigator believes the work stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is in Ireland, and an unpublished book by Maurice Sendak was discovered.

News

Posing for Photo, Gallery Visitor Topples Row of Pedestals Like Dominos [UPDATED]

In an LA exhibition by artist Simon Birch, a visitor lost her balance and damaged $200,000 worth of art.