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.

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.