Art
How Two DJs Are Defying the Iranian Government with Techno
In Raving Iran, filmmaker Susanne Regina Meures chronicles the struggle of DJs Anoosh and Arash to produce electronic music and raves in their home country.
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Art
Getting Lost in James Siena's Drawn Labyrinths
As a non-discursive kind of writing, Siena's drawing speaks to a level of consciousness deeper than thought, bypassing the nagging intellect and going straight for the nervous system.
Art
The Crimson Fantasies of Louise Bourgeois’s Holograms
At Cheim & Read there is a new exhibition of Louise Bourgeois’s holograms, which she began making in 1998.
News
Mississippi Arts Commission Lives to Grant Another Day
Two bills intended to fold the Mississippi Arts Commission into the Mississippi Development Authority died in the Senate and House Appropriations Committees.
Performance
The Dances of the Slavic Goddesses
Artist Paulina Olowska collaborated with choreographer Katy Pyle to create a suite of solo dances based a 1918 series of prints depicting Slavic deities.
Announcement
Open Call: apexart Franchise Exhibition Program 2017–18
apexart’s Franchise Exhibition Program invites organizers to propose and produce a focused, idea-driven, and original group exhibition that takes place anywhere in the world except New York City.
Art
From Texas to DC, Artists and DIY Spaces Struggle with Permits and Trolls
After the deadly Ghost Ship fire, internet trolls have tried to get DIY art spaces around the country shut down by calling in bogus safety code violations.
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.
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.