Books
The Blindness of Edgar Degas
His virulent belief system, which led him to cut off his Jewish friends in the wake of the Dreyfus Affair, is unredeemed by his art.
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Art
Slippery Geometry and Beguiling Color
An exhibition of works by Gabriele Evertz and Sanford Wurmfeld demonstrates that color theory and painting can arrive at very different conclusions.
Art
Squeeze in Some Last-Minute Summer Adventure with These Cultural Landscape Guides
The Cultural Landscape Foundation wants to connect people to the places of culture around them.
Art
The Rubin Museum Becomes a Soothing Soundscape
Slip into The World Is Sound, close your eyes, and leave the jangled world outside for awhile.
News
Meet Singularity Black, the Blackest Paint on the Market
Singularity Black is a solvent-based paint that absorbs almost all light and makes objects look utterly flat.
In Brief
High School Student’s Painting of Lady Liberty in a Hijab Targeted by Conservatives
Members of a local anti-immigration group deemed the painting by a high school student in Santa Ana, California "inaccurate, unprofessional, and offensive."
News
US Artist Trolls Trump with Billboard in Mexico City
After being denied by US ad companies, Mitch O'Connell took his billboard depicting President Donald Trump as a sinewy alien to Mexico City, where it now prominently hangs.
Interview
Sci-Fi Films that Question What It Means to Be Human
While the summer science fiction series is a common repertory staple, MoMA’s Future Imperfect: The Uncanny in Science Fiction stands apart from the rest with its interest in the uncommon.
Art
From James Baldwin to Susan Sontag, Listen to Recordings from PEN America’s Vast Archive
After finding its literary archives inaccessible, PEN America launched a five-year project to digitize 1,500 hours of audio and video.
Art
How Coloring Books Can Teach Us About Diversity in Ancient Times
If we consider coloring books as pedagogical tools rather than amusing diversions, we can use the fad as food for thought.
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Art Movements
This week in art news: unknown sketches by Giacometti were discovered, two members of Pussy Riot were detained by Russian police, and previously withheld documents related to JFK's assassination were made public.
News
New Spray-painting Robot Creates 98-Foot-Tall Mural in Estonia
Created by the company SprayPrinter, the device is engineered to paint large-scale murals by following computer instructions.