Comics
Painting in the Footsteps of Thomas Cole
Cole wanted you to stare off into the impending destruction of a landscape and ponder the sublime beauty of it all — which, man, I did.
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Books
Remixing Six Centuries of Iconic Graphic Designs
In a new book, Phaidon considers the unexpected and deliberate connections between 500 of our most recognizable images.
Interview
Artists Pick Artists: Mario Mentrup
In his works, which are all performative to varying degrees, Mentrup tests our psychological limits.
Art
Visit 32 Artists’ Workspaces in a Lower Manhattan Skyscraper
On April 28 and 29, the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's current artists-in-residence will welcome the public to their studios at 28 Liberty Street.
Art
Parsing a Performance Art Festival in Terms of Labor and Ritual
The exuberant and enigmatic artists at the International Festival of Performance Art in Fort-de-France either approached performance as physical labor or abstract ritual.
Art
Breaking the “Buckskin Ceiling”: Notes from a Day Devoted to Native Feminist Art
The Feminist Art Project's annual "Crossroads" conference was a day of panels and performances centering queer, female, and Indigenous experiences.
Books
Matching the Smells of Musty Manuscripts with Chemical Compounds
Researchers at University College London studied the scents of old books to better understand how to identify and protect "heritage smells."
Film
A Long Overdue Biopic Tells Tom of Finland’s Life Story
A biographical film about the Finnish adman and expert draughtsman who made exquisite drawings of explicit gay erotic encounters is playing at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Art
Watch a Female Animator’s Abstract Films from the Mid-20th Century
On April 30, the Cinefamily is presenting a selection of Mary Ellen Bute's films in which vibrant shapes dance across the screen to soundtracks by classical composers.
Film
A Long-Censored Chilean Filmmaker Revisits a Documentary 30 Years Later
Playing at Film Society of Lincoln Center’s Art of the Real series, This Is the Way I Like It II is a playful, entangled follow-up to Ignacio Agüero's 1985 film.
News
Discover Your Ancient Sculptural Doppelgänger
On the website of Quebec's Musée de la Civilisation, facial recognition software will match your visage with a 2,000-year-old work of art.
Art
A Meditation on the Ineffable Grandeur of Churches
I find that crossing the narthex of a cathedral is like starting a great book: You simply aren’t in your home world anymore.