Announcement

No Longer Empty Curatorial Lab Invites Applications from Emerging Curators

Emerging curators and arts professionals are invited to apply to NLE Lab for the opportunity to co-curate the inaugural Southeast Queens Biennial.

News

Andrew Wyeth’s Paintings Featured on New USPS Stamps

Andrew Wyeth's melancholic paintings of rural American life will soon be available as postage stamps, released on the centennial of his birth.

Art

A Display of Sweat, Ants, and Bacteria at the Guggenheim

By ushering into the museum elements that are conventionally seen as unsanitary, Anicka Yi explores the "biopolitics of the senses."

Film

Reactivating the Lost Revolutionary Films of Guinea-Bissau

In her debut feature, artist Filipa César documents the digitization of films made in the African country around the time of its independence.

Art

The Spiritual Photographs Khadija Saye Left Behind

Khadija Saye's final photographs before her tragic death reveal misty self-portraits grounded in Gambian spirituality.

Film

Albert Maysles’s Final Film Rides with Train Passengers Across the US

In Transit, the late documentarian Albert Maysles’s final film, was completed after he died in March 2015 and focuses on the journeys of passengers at various stages of life.

Performance

A Faustian Satire of Our Shitty President

The new play Faust 3: The Turd Coming, or The Fart of the Deal is a gloves-off attack on Donald Trump — though it never mentions him by name.

In Brief

ACLU and Academics Concerned over TSA Proposal to Inspect Travelers’ Books [UPDATED]

If we all have to remove paper products — including books — from our carry-on bags, will it lead to new scrutiny of what we're reading?

In Brief

In Surreal Twist, Court Orders Dalí’s Body Exhumed for Paternity Test

A judge in Madrid has ruled that the artist's body must be exhumed in order to carry out a paternity test.

Announcement

VCFA’s MFA in Visual Art Welcomes Prospective Students to Attend Summer Residency

Visitors can experience the MFA in Visual Art summer residency July 24-27.

In Brief

Goldfish Bashes Tiny Furniture with a Hammer

Artist Neil Mendoza has endowed a goldfish with the power to "smash people stuff," reversing the typically anthropocentric dynamics of marine power relations.

Film

How the TV Adaptation of I Love Dick Recenters the Female Gaze

I Love Dick is a show about how women are discouraged from having ideas and what happens when one woman lets her fantasies drive her art.