Art
A View into the Living Room of America
If there ever was one American psychic space, soul, or ethos, it forked a long time ago into divergent streams you can see in this show.
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Books
The Regal, Bloody, and Fiery History of the Color Red
Michel Pastoureau's new book tackles the complicated history of the color red, from regal hue of kings to scandalous shade of harlots.
Art
Malta Returns to the Venice Biennale After 17 Years
Malta's pavilion offers a sense of the tiny nation interrogating itself as it steps onto the international stage.
Performance
A Performance Overwhelms the Audience with Racism in an Attempt to Heal
A show at 3-Legged Dog relies on the premise that the patient — the nation — is so ill, the most barbaric form of intervention is necessary: bloodletting.
Art
Humanizing a Museum’s Ancient Mummies
"The story of mummification begins with a person's death," starts the Mummies exhibition now at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
Art
A Ceramicist Displays His Private Experiments in Clay
At Volume Gallery, Anders Ruhwald is showing small, colorful ceramics that don't generally leave his studio.
Art
A Symposium and Festival for Periodicals and Other Printed Matter
On May 11–13, the Institute for Public Knowledge at NYU will host an event dedicated to the politics of printed matter and digital archiving.
Books
Rediscover a 19th-Century Compendium of North American Trees
Botanists François-André Michaux and Thomas Nuttall documented every known tree in North America. A new book compiles over 270 plates from their original publication.
Art
Spring/Break Art Show Trades Labyrinthine Rooms for Immersive Installations
For their second fair this year, the organizers of Spring/Break have set up shop in a multiuse development in Downtown Brooklyn.
Art
A Month of Artworks and Performances Inspired by the Historic Woman’s Building in LA
Animating the Archives: The Woman's Building opens on May 13 at the Avenue 50 Studio, where a series of performances, talks, and workshops will take place throughout the month.
Art
Decoding a Tiffany Glassmaker’s Secret Notebook
The small leather-bound book was used by Tiffany Studios glassmaker Leslie Nash to record recipes, designs, and personal notes on glass chemistry.
Art
The Body as a Field for Graphic Experiments
A show in Harlem takes on the human form with some surprising results.