Art
The Clothes Make the Painting
Medrie MacPhee's newest paintings are made from the shapes and contours of disassembled garments, giving “pattern painting” an entirely new meaning.
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Art
An Artist Couple's Domestic Gesamtkunstwerk
The outsider artist Eugene Von Bruenchenhein and his wife, Marie, created a miniature universe in their bungalow in a Milwaukee suburb.
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In the Arizona Desert, Artists Rediscover Relics of a Cold War Satellite Program
Julie Anand and Damon Sauer are photographing the x-shaped calibration markers from a once top-secret spying project by the US government.
In Brief
Disturbing Stock Photos Play Out the Darkest Scenarios
A brilliant Twitter account compiles outrageous, absurd, sad, and confoundingly real stock photos.
In Brief
Shocking Study of 2,000 Objects in SF’s Mexican Museum Finds 1,917 Are Fake [UPDATED]
The chair of the museum's board of directors fears that as much as half of its 16,500-object collection could turn out to be inauthentic.
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.
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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.