News

A Digital Database for Threatened Archaeological Sites in the Middle East and North Africa

Freely accessible and the first of its kind, the EAMENA Database catalogues over 20,000 sites at severe risk in the region.

Books

A Photographer’s Uncanny Images of Amusement Parks at Night

After the sun set and the amusement park closed, photographer Stefano Cerio documented the surreal scenes of its vacant rides.

Art

From Farty Red to Le Cute White, an Algorithm Generates Absurd Color Names

Earlier this week, research scientist Janelle Shane posted the results of an experiment where a neural network generated some less-than-appealing paint swatch names.

Art

Moving Like Microbes on Santa Monica Beach

In a performance and workshop on May 28, the Laboratory for Embodied Intelligences will channel microbial intelligence through human movement.

Opinion

California Democrats Install “Fearless Girl” Knockoff on Headquarters’ Roof

Soon, defiant little girls cast in bronze will become the de facto symbol of gender discrimination the world over.

Art

Watch the British Museum Conserve Its Largest Print, a 16th-Century Dürer Woodcut

Albrecht Dürer's "Triumphal Arch" is one of the largest prints ever made, and after a century on view at the British Museum, its conservation was a colossal task.

Art

Collaborate with an Artist in a Xerox Performance

On May 24, the public is invited to make unusual xeroxes with the Brazilian artist Paulo Bruscky at the Americas Society.

News

Police Raid Major Moscow Theater, Detain Artistic Director over Alleged Embezzlement

Artists rallied outside the Gogol Center in support of Kirill Serebrennikov, an outspoken critic of Putin and the Russian Orthodox Church.

In Brief

Trump’s 2018 Budget Proposes Ending National Endowments for Arts and Humanities [UPDATED]

A slew of independent agencies would be done away with, while defense spending would go up by $54 billion, under the president's proposed budget.

Art

A Satire of the Moneyed ’90s Art Scene that Resonates Today

Seventeen years later, Artists Space is screening Laura Cottingham and Leslie Singer's The Anita Pallenberg Story, which uses the Rolling Stones as a lens into the white privilege of the art world.

Art

An Illustrated Guide to Linda Nochlin’s “Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?”

First published in ARTnews in 1971, Nochlin's essay is considered to be one of the first major works of feminist art history.

News

Playlists of Protest Music and Endangered Languages on New Smithsonian Folkways Site

Online visitors can now access and navigate decades of folk recordings from around the world more easily.