Announcement
"Future of Images — The Lens and Screen Arts," a New Residency at SVA
A four-week summer artist residency from the MFA Photography, Video and Related Media Department at the School of Visual Arts (NYC).
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Books
From Seminal Fluid to Sassy Scribbles: The "Non-Art" Works of Marcel Duchamp
Even after digesting this considerable amount of ostensibly transitory disclosure, Duchamp remains an unadulterated, irreverent enigma.
Art
The Transporting, Tactile Pleasures of Porcelain
An exhibition at the Frick features pieces from its collection of Royal Meissen porcelain curated by artist Arlene Shechet, as well as works she made while in residence at the historic manufactory.
Art
The Artist Documenting the Rise of New York's Giant Ferris Wheel
Bill Murphy has for decades been the unofficial recorder of Staten Island’s changing landscape — a role for which his talents and vision are uniquely suited.
Art
A Western Cultural History of Pink, from Madame de Pompadour to Pussy Hats
It goes without saying that pink is unserious. But why?
Art
A Documentary on the Schisms of Second-Wave Feminism
The 1980 documentary Some American Feminists, which features in-depth interviews with prominent writers and thinkers, screens on February 22.
Art
Celebrating Intersectionality in the Futuristic Netflix Series 'Sense8'
As anti-immigrant, anti-LGBTQ, and isolationist policies sweep a growing number of nations, Sense8 takes us into a microcosm of a world these policies react against.
Art
When Great Art Makes You LOL
Is funny art actually funny? The answer, as we see it, is a rousing chorus of “it depends.”
Art
An Artist Stages and Self-Publishes Paparazzi-Style Trump Photos
Many of Alison Jackson’s images feature a fake Donald Trump engaging in lewd activities. Publishers wouldn't print them for fear of legal consequences.
Art
Required Reading
This week, all the art we don't see in museums, the Met Museum's problems, Tiny Trump takes off, what you need to know about 4chan, and more.
Art
Weekend Words: President
"I might be President by now if it weren't for this 'queer' thing."
Books
Reader’s Diary: The Potential Novel of a Conceivable Algeria
The 1950s through the mid-1970s were the great era of the unreadable novel. Kateb Yacine’s Nedjma was one of the first and most remarkable of these.