Art

An Exhibition Inspired by Walter Benjamin's 'The Arcades Project'

Opening on March 17 at the Jewish Museum, The Arcades: Contemporary Art and Walter Benjamin intends to reflect the sprawling text in both content and form.

Art

MoMA’s Travel Ban Protest Exposes a Legacy of Closeted Modernism

While MoMA has received accolades for its rehang in protest of the so-called Muslim ban, the issue brings up many questions about the work that never gets shown and why.

News

Art Jameel Unveils Plans for Complex in Dubai, Launches Acquisition Fund for Metropolitan Museum

A new arts complex in Dubai may suggest a new direction for contemporary art in the UAE.

News

Utah Moves to Make “Spiral Jetty” and Indigenous Rock Art Official State Artworks [UPDATED]

If Governor Gary Herbert signs the two bills passed by the state legislature, Utah would become the first state to establish official works of art.

Film

The Horror Story of a Dystopian Painter Obsessed with Control

The Last Family is a domestic horror story portraying the violent dissolution of a family.

Art

Toward a "Herstory" of Minimalism

Two gallery shows currently on view in Los Angeles place women artists in conversation with a period of contemporary art history that has been primarily shaped by the output of male artists.

Art

Isamu Noguchi’s Voluntary Stay in a Japanese-American Incarceration Camp

The modernist sculptor voluntarily entered one of the many incarceration camps for Japanese Americans, and it was an experience that deeply impacted him.

Performance

An Episode of Immersive Theater Unravels for an Audience of Five

Here is a new series of immersive theater experiences in New York that will link an evolving web of characters and storylines propelled by loss.

Art

When the Language Meant to Prop Up Art Makes It Fall Over

In Practice: Material Deviance, the group exhibition currently occupying the quirky basement space at SculptureCenter, can't quite live up to its curatorial statement.

Art

A Zine Fair for Underrepresented Voices at the Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance

On March 16, the Zinister Zine Fair will showcase self-published and printed works made by and for people of color and LGBTQ people.

Art

The Faces and Streets of New York's Chinatown in the 1980s

Bud Glick is sharing his decades-old photographs online in an attempt to reconnect with their subjects.

Books

360-Degree Panoramas of Grand American Libraries

Thomas R. Schiff's photographs capture the American library as it transformed from a members-only space into a public institution.