Art

The High Stakes of Lowrider and Chicano Culture in Three Documentaries

A slate of three short films at UnionDocs examines Chicano culture in the Bronx and Japan.

Art

The First Known Depiction of the Cosmos Adorns a 3,600-Year-Old Disk

Discovered in 1999 in Germany, the 3,600-year-old Nebra Sky Disk is recognized as the oldest known depiction of cosmic phenomena.

Art

Everybody Likes "Like Art"

"Like Art," a type of bright, attention-grabbing work that aims for easy acceptance by servicing screen-tap culture, is everywhere.

Art

Abstracting the Data of the Natural World with Colorful Geometries

Julie Wolfe tries to make sense of the natural world by gathering and categorizing all kinds of sights and objects that offer no scientific information but inspire search for meaning, like puzzles.

Books

The Psychedelic Pollution Floating in the Gowanus Canal

Steven Hirsch's photographs capture unexpected beauty in one of America's most polluted waterways.

Art

A Death Labyrinth, a Steampunk Space Club, and More in the New Museum's First VR Exhibition

From a watery remix of Call of Duty to an elegiac star system commemorating victims of police brutality, the online-only exhibition's six VR works showcase a range of possible worlds.

Art

A Video Game Immerses You in an Opera Composed by Dogs

In David Kanaga's latest game, Oiκοςpiel, an immortal Donkey Koch (of the Koch brothers) commissions a group of dogs to produce a digital opera for an arts festival scheduled for 2100.

Art

Fred Wilson Strips Culture Down to Black and White

The exhibition Black to the Powers of Ten at Oberlin's Allen Memorial Art Museum showcases the artist's extensive examination of black identity and labor.

News

Anti-Fascists Clash with White Nationalists at the Minneapolis Institute of Art [UPDATED]

The altercation took place outside and inside the museum. No artworks were damaged.

News

Director of the Metropolitan Museum, Thomas P. Campbell, Resigns Suddenly

The Metropolitan Museum of Art's director and chief executive Thomas P. Campbell resigned today after eight years serving the position.

In Brief

Homeland Security Will Issue Call for US–Mexico Border Wall Prototypes

The Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection announced a call "for the design and build of several prototype wall structures in the vicinity of the United States border with Mexico."

Announcement

Norman Rockwell Museum Invites Artists to Reimagine the Four Freedoms

Open call to artists working in all media for the “Reimagining the Four Freedoms”
 juried exhibition and international tour.