Art

The BABZ Fair Gathers 108 Independent Presses and Artists for Its Fifth Edition

The 2017 edition of the fair, which showcases independent publishers and artists, is taking place at the Knockdown Center on June 3 and 4.

Art

How a Smithsonian Naturalist’s Skeleton Ended Up on View at the Museum

The skeleton of 19th-century collector Robert Kennicott is on view in the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History's Objects of Wonder. The bones recently solved the long mystery of his death.

Art

An Artist Couple's Collaborations Have Chemistry, but No Alchemy

The poet and filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky and his wife, the artist Pascale Montandon-Jodorowsky, make bright and fantastical works together under the moniker pascALEjandro.

News

A Digital Database for Threatened Archaeological Sites in the Middle East and North Africa

Freely accessible and the first of its kind, the EAMENA Database catalogues over 20,000 sites at severe risk in the region.

Books

A Photographer’s Uncanny Images of Amusement Parks at Night

After the sun set and the amusement park closed, photographer Stefano Cerio documented the surreal scenes of its vacant rides.

Art

From Farty Red to Le Cute White, an Algorithm Generates Absurd Color Names

Earlier this week, research scientist Janelle Shane posted the results of an experiment where a neural network generated some less-than-appealing paint swatch names.

Art

Moving Like Microbes on Santa Monica Beach

In a performance and workshop on May 28, the Laboratory for Embodied Intelligences will channel microbial intelligence through human movement.

Opinion

California Democrats Install “Fearless Girl” Knockoff on Headquarters’ Roof

Soon, defiant little girls cast in bronze will become the de facto symbol of gender discrimination the world over.

Art

Watch the British Museum Conserve Its Largest Print, a 16th-Century Dürer Woodcut

Albrecht Dürer's "Triumphal Arch" is one of the largest prints ever made, and after a century on view at the British Museum, its conservation was a colossal task.

Art

Collaborate with an Artist in a Xerox Performance

On May 24, the public is invited to make unusual xeroxes with the Brazilian artist Paulo Bruscky at the Americas Society.

News

Police Raid Major Moscow Theater, Detain Artistic Director over Alleged Embezzlement

Artists rallied outside the Gogol Center in support of Kirill Serebrennikov, an outspoken critic of Putin and the Russian Orthodox Church.

In Brief

Trump’s 2018 Budget Proposes Ending National Endowments for Arts and Humanities [UPDATED]

A slew of independent agencies would be done away with, while defense spending would go up by $54 billion, under the president's proposed budget.