Books
The First Known Printed Bookplate
Dating to 1480, the oldest known printed bookplate is part of a centuries-long history of personalization by book lovers.
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Art
Life and Death in Portia Munson's Garden
The centerpiece of her new exhibition at PPOW is "The Garden" (1996–98), a kaleidoscopic, room-filling installation housing hundreds if not thousands of artificial flowers under a canopy of sewn together flower print dresses.
Art
Gilded Age Statues Return to the Manhattan Bridge, Now with Kinetic Illumination
Brian Tolle's new public sculpture features two long-lost guardians of the Manhattan Bridge, now illuminating its Brooklyn entrance.
In Brief
Ikea and UN's Flat-Packed Refugee Shelter Wins Design Award
A refugee shelter has won the annual Beazley Design of the Year award.
In Brief
Help Preserve Vincent van Gogh's Humble Grave
A crowdfunding campaign is rallying support from Vincent van Gogh fans to preserve and protect the painter's grave in Auvers-sur-Oise, France.
Art
An Artist Wittily Remixes Rodin
In her show at Paula Cooper Gallery, Liz Glynn keeps Rodin's signature realism and physicality, but sculpts her bodies to be more wretched.
Art
An Online Project Shames Selfie-Takers at Berlin's Holocaust Memorial
In his chilling project "YOLOCAUST," Shahak Shapira manipulates the original selfies at the memorial to include actual photos of Nazi crimes.
Announcement
Elsewhere Residency Applications Due February 11
Elsewhere invites artists across media to create new work using the resources of a three-story former thrift store. Elsewhere supports experimental, site-specific, and socially responsive artists for month-long residencies.
Art
ArtRx LA
This week, cultural critic Hilton Als gives a talk in Pasadena, the Los Angeles Fine Print Fair returns to Hollywood, an immersive installation by Edgar Arceneaux opens at the Main Museum, and more.
Art
A Multimedia Jungle of Moving Images
The Whitney Museum's Dreamlands gathers a century of immersive moving image art, cutting across time and technology.
Books
A Photographer Documents the Uncanny Consistency of Hilton Hotel Rooms
Swiss photographer Roger Eberhard traveled to 32 cities in five continents to document the uncanny uniformity of the Hilton's standard hotel room.
Art
Why Christo and Jeanne-Claude's Colorado Project Succeeded Despite Its Failure
"Over the River" was never about the sculpture, it was about the attempt.