Books

Watch the British Library Digitize One of the World's Largest Books

The 1660 Klencke Atlas is taller than most people, and now its rare maps are easily accessible online.

News

Mark Bradford Faults New York Times for Publishing Photos of His Work Without His Permission [UPDATED]

The article, published earlier this week, includes images of unfinished works that will be featured in his solo show at the Venice Biennale.

News

Vito Acconci, Audacious Artist and Experimental Architect, Dies at 77

For a little under two decades, Acconci produced strikingly original and impressionable art, before abandoning it for experimental architecture and design.

Art

An International Exhibition Imagines an Intersectional Future

The pieces in Transparency Shade build the aesthetics of a hybrid world, where identities are blurred and cultural or racial dichotomies dissolved.

News

NFL Draft Blocks Access to Philadelphia Museum of Art’s Iconic Stairs

For the past two weeks, as the NFL has erected a huge stage for its 2017 draft on the front steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, making access to the area very difficult.

Books

The Early-20th-Century Photographer Who Magnified the Alien Beauty of Plants

Using a homemade camera, Karl Blossfeldt captured the sculptural details of plants, from the geometry of a seed pod to the alien curl of a fern.

In Brief

Meteorologists: Munch Was Mad for Mother-of-Pearl Clouds When He Made "The Scream"

In a new study, three scientists claim that Edvard Munch's iconic image was inspired by nacreous clouds, a rare meteorological phenomenon.

Books

Photos Evoke the Terror and Hope of the Underground Railroad

For her new book, Jeanine Michna-Bales photographed 100 sites along the Underground Railroad under cover of darkness.

Art

A Spectacular Cross Section of Contemporary Indian Art

Visions from India, the newest exhibition from the Pizzuti Collection, is a celebration of material abundance.

Art

A Redesigned Floor at the New-York Historical Society Helps Illuminate the City’s Past

On April 29, the museum will reopen its fourth floor with a Gallery of Tiffany Lamps, Center for Women's History, and new space for permanent collection highlights.

News

Art Movements

This week in art news: Iraqi troops recaptured the ancient city of Hatra from ISIS, President Trump ordered a review of national monument designations, and a set of uncanny sleeping masks won the Rijksmuseum’s design contest.

Art

The Political, Pornographic, Experimental World of Public Access TV

At BRIC House, Public Access/Open Networks will feed your nostalgia for channel-surfing.