Art

Romare Bearden’s Mythic Collages, Rooted in the American South

The characters of Romare Bearden's collages, on view now at DC Moore Gallery, form a kind of pantheon, a great mythological scheme particular only to the black American South.

Books

A Graphic Memoir About Learning to Cope with What's Left Behind

Kristen Radtke’s graphic memoir uses photos and the death of her uncle as touchstones to illustrate parallel forms of decay and loss.

Art

Honolulu’s New Biennial Makes the Case for Hawaiian Contemporary Art

Honolulu's first biennial, The Middle of Now | Here, is a challenge to the notion that Hawaii is “in the middle of nowhere.”

News

Art Movements

This week in art news: the co-founders of a Tehran gallery were charged with attempting to overthrow the Iranian government, demonstrators protested the opening of Carl Andre’s retrospective at LA MOCA, and a man stepped on a blue pigment piece by Yves Klein during a press conference in Nice.

Books

From Ceramic Sea Creatures to Bauhaus Blocks, a Compendium of Exquisite Chess Sets

A new book features detailed photos and short essays about an eclectic range of elaborate chess sets from across multiple centuries and continents.

Books

A Graphic Memoir About Growing Up with Modernist Playgrounds

Julia Jacquette's Playground of My Mind is a graphic memoir of growing up with the modernist playgrounds of Manhattan, and how their concrete geometries influenced her later art.

Film

Maurizio Cattelan’s Latest Prank Is a Documentary About His Life and Work

Maurizio Cattelan: Be Right Back makes an unconventional yet compelling case for the profundity of the artist's elaborate sculptural jokes.

Art

Miniature Dioramas That Contain the Chaos of the World

From a patchwork of shantytowns to retail spaces, Tracey Snelling's miniature worlds describe the disorder of life and offer a compelling argument that the way we inhabit space is subjective.

Announcement

Oregon College of Art and Craft Explores How Technology and Craft Inform Design Today

In OCAC’s three MFA programs, students join a community of artists and experience the intersection of historical analogue processes and advanced digital making.

Books

A Comprehensive and Contemporary Guide to Figurative Drawing

Figurative artists know the importance of learning “the rules” before they break them, which is precisely the opportunity this book intends to offer its most ambitious readers.

Art

The Avant-Garde Oeuvre of a Classically Trained Sculptor from North Korea

Seung-taek Lee is one of the most fascinating and deeply committed artists of this generation.

News

Sculptor of Wall Street’s “Charging Bull” Demands Relocation of “Fearless Girl” [UPDATED]

In a letter sent through his lawyer, Arturo Di Modica claims that the new statue violates the Visual Artists Rights Act and illegally commercializes his own sculpture.