Art

Get Involved with the Visual Resistance

Happening on March 1 at Aperture, the Visual Resistance Community Action Forum is open to anyone looking to fight oppression in creative ways.

Art

Researchers Bury Their Noses in Books to Sniff Out the Morgan Library's Original Smell

Researchers at the Morgan Library & Museum in New York are capturing the smell of its old books to reconstruct the building's 1906 aroma.

Art

The Spectral Sounds of Endangered and Extinct Languages

Susan Hiller's latest video, on view at Pérez Art Museum Miami, features 23 endangered or extinct languages spoken by the people who know them best.

Art

Hypnotizing Punk Loops and Binary Art in Pittsburgh

It seems like every month Pittsburgh gets name-checked on one hot list or another.

Interview

Collector Valeria Napoleone on the Need to Support Women Artists

On the occasion of publicly showing her private collection of work by women artists, Valeria Napoleone talks about why such a display is necessary.

Art

The Broken Promises of American Indian Treaties, Sewn onto Quilts

Gina Adams sews text from the American Indian Treaties onto quilts, articulating the deception and violence used to marginalize Native Americans in the formation of the United States.

Guide

Your Concise Guide to Armory Week 2017 — with GIFs!

Our handy guide to this week's 11 art fairs in New York City, from the august ADAA Art Show to the diminutive Salon Zürcher, supplemented with animated GIFs.

In Brief

Italian McDonald's Serves Up a Side of Roman Ruins

While digging to build a McDonald's in Marino, Italy, workers discovered an ancient road. The fast-food chain paid to restore it — and integrated it into a restaurant.

Art

From Flash Tattoos to a Fotomat Shack, Looking Beyond Books at the LA Art Book Fair 2017

At Printed Matter’s annual event, some of the highlights were objects that expanded upon the idea of what books can provide: an affordable means to experience and collect art.

Art

Aiming to Disrupt Ads in New York City, Artworks Instead Blend In

Public Art Fund's Commercial Break places interventions by 23 artists on advertising screens around the city.

News

Museumgoer Breaks a Kusama Pumpkin, Allegedly in Pursuit of a Selfie [UPDATED]

According to museum visitors, someone attempting to take a selfie in Yayoi Kusama's newest mirror room fell into the gleaming patch of pumpkin sculptures and broke one of them.

Art

The Loneliness of Luis Barragán's Domestic Spaces

James Casebere's latest photographs show the modernist homes of Luis Barragán alluringly yet threateningly devoid of people or any signs of human habitation.