Art
The Feminist Avant-Garde, Now More than Ever
Their only solution was to make their revolution their own way, without help and without precedent.
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Art
Botticelli's Venuses and Our Enduring Need for Beauty
The Botticelli exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, so filled with the hopes and ambitions of the Renaissance, seems especially timely in our deplorable political moment.
Art
When Wrong Goes Right: 30 Creative Museum 404 Error Pages
404 pages are the dead ends of the internet, but some museums are using them for a bit of playful audience engagement.
Art
A Steve McQueen Video Ponders the Vulnerability of a Young Man’s Life
The artist and filmmaker's two-channel video piece "Ashes," having its US debut at the ICA in Boston, forces the viewer to reconcile disparate scenes projected onto either side of a suspended screen.
News
Artists and Activists Propose a "People’s Cultural Plan" for New York City
As the Department of Cultural Affairs works on the official NYC cultural plan, a group of activists has advanced its own ambitious vision.
News
Artist Projects Image of Jeff Sessions as Klansman on Department of Justice
Robin Bell lit up the DOJ and FBI façades with phrases such as "#RefusaltoRecuse" and comically sinister portraits of members of the Trump administration.
Performance
A New Play Celebrates the Lesbian Kiss that Scandalized Broadway in 1923
Indecent, by Paula Vogel and Rebecca Taichman, presents Sholem Asch's God of Vengeance as a triumphant, defiant showcase of queer love far ahead of its time.
Art
When Ritual Performances Slip Dangerously into the Real
Cameron Jamie's three short films currently on view at Gladstone Gallery blur the boundary between documentation of ritualized performances and something more sinister.
News
Basquiat Painting Sells for $110.5 Million, Becoming Most Expensive Work by US Artist at Auction
The Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezaw who bought the 1982 painting last night at Sotheby's New York posted multiple images of himself posing with his treasure on Twitter and Instagram.
In Brief
Katy Perry Serves Up Bland Performance Art Prank at the Whitney Museum
The pop superstar’s half-baked viral stunt turned out flatter than a botched soufflé.
Art
Mourning eBay’s Days as the Internet’s Kitschiest, Most Surreal Mall
The passing of the old eBay is the last nail in the cyberflâneur’s coffin.
Books
The Graphic Persuasiveness of 20th-Century Communist Posters
The first major survey of communist poster art considers the visual legacy of propaganda graphic design in nations around the world.