Art
The Distracting Whimsy of Nick Cave's Sculptural Field
The decorative alchemy that should transform these objects into a stronger form of messaging falls flat.
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In Brief
New-York Historical Society Preserves Post-Election Post-it-Note Project
The society is partnering with the MTA on the archival effort, as well as inviting visitors to leave new sticky-note messages for the President-elect on a wall at the museum.
Opinion
Art After Trump: Eschewing Empathy for Self-Care
As an artist, I want to invoke something you can imagine — or even better, have experienced — and then ask you to start applying that lived knowledge outwards.
News
At Day for Night Festival, a Surreal World of Light Provides Respite from the Music
In a modernist complex in downtown Houston, artists transform the dark corners and rooms into a light-filled cluster of art.
Announcement
SCI-Arc’s Studio Pedagogy Is Centered on the Idea of the Practicing Architect as Educator
Students at SCI-Arc learn from a faculty of renowned instructors with a distinct ability to advance leading design theory beyond the thresholds of academia.
Art
10 Art and Design Calendars to Help You Plan for an Uncertain 2017
From radical diaries to cosmic chronicles, here are 10 art and design calendars to plan for the upcoming year of 2017.
Art
The Masterful, Unsettling Work of a Female Cuban Printmaker
UCLA's Fowler Museum has organized the first solo museum show in the US for Belkis Ayón, a black Cuban artist who was a master of collography.
Art
How General Idea Got Specific to Confront the AIDS Crisis
A retrospective in Mexico City traces the Canadian trio's evolution from Fluxus-inflected performance directives to twists on commercial objects and images directly addressing the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
Art
ArtRx NYC
This week, there's a trio of events to mark the winter solstice, plus an animal-inspired dance by Simone Forti and a chance to help shape the city's cultural plan.
Art
An Exhibition of Sea Creatures and Beach Gear Treads Water
Cosima von Bonin's exhibition at SculptureCenter features many splashy, maritime-themed works, but their cumulative effect lacks much depth.
Art
The Chameleonic Cate Blanchett Brings 20th-Century Art Manifestos to Life
In the 13-screen video installation Manifesto, Cate Blanchett plays sharply different characters while reading polemical 20th-century manifestos. Her transformation is astonishing.
Art
From a Crash Course in Fake News to a Sign-Making Station, a Fair Fosters Political Action
At the Forward Union Fair, visitors enthusiastically engaged with the fair participants, chatting and asking questions, taking pamphlets and signing up for further follow up.