Art
A Play Gives Voice to the "Hottentot Venus"
Running at the Tank through February 12, Hottentotted pays tribute to Saartjie Baartman and the exploitation she endured.
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Art
Ann Hamilton's Portraits that Blur and Isolate
For a commission at the University of Texas at Austin, Hamilton photographed over 500 people at locations around the city through sheets of milky, semi-opaque Duraflex.
Art
Watch the UK's Oldest Known Erotic Film, a Victorian-Era Striptease
The British Film Institute's newly digitized "The Pleasure Principle" collection gathers examples of erotic cinema from the 19th to 21st centuries.
News
Recently Discovered Photographs May Be the Only Ones of Paul Gauguin in Tahiti
Two photographs taken on the same day in July 1896 show a person resembling known photos of Gauguin as well as the artist's self-portraits.
Books
Build a Miniature Brutalist London Out of Paper
By crafting tiny paper replicas of brutalist London buildings, the design studio Zupagrafika encourages a better appreciation for concrete architecture.
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Over 500 Artists and Art Professionals Sign Letter Opposing Trump's Travel Ban
Trump's Executive Order could impact the lives of millions of people around the world and the art community has something to say about it.
Books
The Artist as Acerbic Critic: Donald Judd's Writings
A new volume of Donald Judd's art criticism contains previously published essays, rejected ones, and choice passages from his notebooks.
Art
An Exhibition Mines the History of SoCal's Gay Motorcycle Clubs
An exhibition at the ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives restages performances and displays ephemera from Southern California's gay motorcycle clubs of the 1960s and '70s.
Books
Tracing Beatrix Potter's Artistic Evolution, from Fungi to Peter Rabbit
A new book chronicles Potter's evolution from a precocious naturalist to an expert artist with a scientific eye to a wildly successful author of children's books.
Art
The Lifespan of Bauhaus Utopianism
An exhibition at Paris's decorative arts museum hones in on the myriad ways that students and teachers at the Bauhaus sought to integrate art, architecture, and design into total artworks.
Comics
Hot Hairdos for Republican Congressmen
The Republican-led Congress deserves to be represented by their hair as well as their actions.
Art
A Decorative Cosmology Bridging Heaven and Earth
In her new exhibition, Tamara Gonzales continues to mine our material culture to chart the world all around.