Art

Send a Text to SFMOMA and They’ll Text You Back an Artwork

You can explore SFMOMA's collection now with the ease of a text, though you don't always know what you're going to get.

Books

Paging Through Chris Marker’s Studio, a Spatial Representation of His Mind

A new book takes readers into the workspace of the venerated filmmaker.

Art

Falling in Love with a Felix Gonzalez-Torres Go-Go Dancer

During a recent visit to David Zwirner, I was transfixed by the dancer performing on a Gonzalez-Torres sculpture, so I decided to track him down.

Art

Ai Weiwei and Herzog & de Meuron Turn Surveillance into a Gimmick

Their new installation at the Park Avenue Armory features drones and facial-recognition technology, yet seems to have no politics at all.

Art

7 Audio Journeys that Let You Escape New York While Walking Its Streets

From an artist-led exploration of Central Park, to a field guide for a toxic waterway, here are seven recommendations for New York City sonic journeys.

News

Art Movements

This week in art news: a lawsuit between auctioneers revealed the true price of Gauguin's "Nafea Faa Ipoipo," Hobby Lobby was busted for smuggling ill-gotten Iraqi antiquities into the US, and the MFA Boston prepared to publicly restore a Ming Dynasty portrait of a demon queller.

Art

Artworks Woven on the Loom and in Looping Video

Deep Time at Radiator Arts finds artists exploring the formal ties between textile and digital art.

News

Did Amelia Earhart Survive the Crash? Some Say So, Based on a Blurry Photo [UPDATED]

The photo, which is circulating in advance of a new History Channel program, was discovered by retired federal agent Les Kinney while digging through the National Archives.

Art

From Oyster Shells to Cardboard Bales, the Politics of Everyday Materials

Material Politics explores how socioeconomic growth, rapid gentrification, increased mobility, the rise of digital technology, and lasting colonial legacies impact the materials used in Australian art.

Art

Playing Out Art Fantasies on the Phone with Customer Service

Artist Frank Heath collaborates with performers to speak with call center representatives, under the guise of service requests that quickly devolve into open-ended registers of existential distress.

In Brief

Hobby Lobby Busted for Illegally Importing Thousands of Iraqi Antiquities

The US government has raised serious questions about the origin of thousands of ancient artifacts being purchased for a Hobby Lobby-supported museum.

News

Frida Kahlo or Tacos al Pastor? Mexico City Is Taking Suggestions for Municipal Emoji

The government has asked how residents would express their city in symbols, with an open competition for the design of an emoji package representing this megalopolis.