In Brief

Animal Rights Activists Baaaash Artist’s Studio Over Indigo-Dyed Sheep at Documenta

For his project, artist Aboubakar Fofana dyed the coats of 54 sheep with indigo and brought them from Mali to the Greek capital.

Art

A Rare Deposition from the Salem Witch Trials Goes to Auction

Christie's is auctioning a rare 1692 deposition from the Salem witch trials that helped sentence an elderly widow to death.

Announcement

Guyanese Artists Launch Exhibit on Immigration at Landmark Firehouse in East Harlem

Opening June 17, the Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute’s Liminal Space offers a glimpse of the tensions immigrants face in being tethered to multiple places at once.

Performance

A Performance Celebrating Female Defiance Goes Off Course

Jessica Mitrani's performance "Traveling Lady" takes Nellie Bly's 72-day journey around the globe as its departure point, but the result is less than inspiring.

Art

Miniature Universes Constructed from Archaeological Fragments

In his current exhibition TERRAoptics at Sepia Gallery, Vivan Sundaram has created tableaux with ceramic pottery shards from an archeological dig at Pattanam, in the Indian state of Kerala.

Art

Figures Formed from the Primal Energies of Paint

Janice Nowinski's paintings, currently on view at John Davis Gallery in Hudson, possess a kind of brute grace.

Art

In Downtown LA, a Dance Set to the World War Two-Era “Quartet for the End of Time”

On June 16 and 17, Susan Silton is restaging the quartet Olivier Messiaen wrote while imprisoned in a camp, accompanied by a minimal score choreographed by Flora Wiegmann.

In Brief

Is the British Queen’s Speech Delayed Because It’s Being Written on Goatskin Parchment?

The wait for the ink to dry links to a greater debate about how the UK creates its documents.

News

David Choe’s Controversial Bowery Mural Tagged with Giant Letters [UPDATED]

The graffiti crew Big Time Mafia has scrawled its initials across Choe's controversial Lower East Side mural, completed less than a week ago.

Art

Breaking Down Nightlife Aesthetics at the Museum of Arts and Design

An event on June 15 will explore how nightclubs have historically been home to "nonconformist communities" through the lens of design.

In Brief

Bank of America and Delta Dump Public Theater Over Trump-Themed Julius Caesar [UPDATED]

Beware the ides of June.

Art

Cultural Diplomacy and Artwashing at Documenta in Athens

It remains a question whether Learning from Athens actually manages to learn anything from Greece and its financial crisis.