Art
Merry Christmas from Krampus, Santa's Demonic Helper
Krampuskarten depict Saint Nicholas's darker counterpart: the devilish Krampus, whose current image visually carries centuries of folklore.
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Art
The British Artist Who Painted Through War and Found Surrealism
A retrospective devoted to the British painter Paul Nash shifts the focus from his radical interpretations of war and Surrealism to his innovative use of color.
News
Art Movements
This week in art news: San Francisco's Academy of Art University agreed to pay the city a $60-million settlement, a Manhattan art dealer was charged with trafficking illegal antiquities, and the first UK exhibition dedicated to the Moomins opened in London.
Art
The Lasting Presence of a 51-Year-Old Performance Piece
First performed in 1965, Robert Whitman's "Prune. Flat." contrasts cinematic images with live performers to create its own kind of theater.
Books
A Spin Through the History of Photographic Album Covers
Though revisiting the vinyl record is in danger of becoming little more than an act of nostalgia, 'Total Records' explores the art of the album cover within the context of our thoroughly modern practice of image sharing.
Podcast
Marilyn Minter and Xaviera Simmons Talk Art, Sex, and Democracy
"Sometimes I say I make pictures of things that don't exist but everyone knows they're there."
Art
The Accidental Social Media Artist Who Can’t Stop Falling
Paige Ginn films herself not only in a state of collapse, but also while getting there.
Books
An Artist’s 50-Year Project to Alter and Deconstruct a Victorian Novel
After five decades of mutating an obscure Victorian novel, Thomas Phillips's A Humument is printed in its final form.
Art
Printing Two Perspectives on Indigenous Lives
In his new series, Brian Jungen explores how the Canadian media have told the stories of First Nations people.
Opinion
Art After Trump: A Wish List
The art world is part of the actual world. Let’s imagine and reflect the society we want to live in.
Books
A Work of Comics Journalism Relays Refugees' Stories from Iraq, Syria, and Turkey
In 2010, cartoonist Sarah Glidden embarked on a trip with two reporters to speak to refugees and make a book about how journalism works.
Art
Tripping Through Hélio Oiticica’s Mythical World
To Organize Delirium at the Carnegie Museum of Art is Hélio Oiticica's second retrospective in the US and is the first to delve into the Brazilian artist's critical New York years.