Art

A Play About Metalheads and Metal Hearts

La Mélancolie des dragons is a magical play from director Philippe Quesne and Vivarium Studio about a crew of inventive metalheads.

Art

Occupy Museums Challenges Us to Face Fascism with the #J20 Art Strike

On the eve of the #J20 Art Strike and a solidarity event it's organizing at the Whitney Museum, the collective has released a statement outlining art's role in the fight against fascism in the US and around the world.

Comics

Artists, Go Find Your Mountaintop and Yell

What one artist in the country is considering to do for the #J20 Art Strike.

In Brief

Trump Team Plans to Eliminate National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities

The budget in the works by the Trump team allegedly calls for the complete elimination of the NEA and NEH, plus the privatization of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

Art

The Many Forms and Meanings of the Scientific Image

Seeing Science from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, is a yearlong online project that explores photography's role in defining, promoting, and furthering science.

Film

A 1969 Film Offers Lessons in Resistance

Robert Kramer's 1969 film Ice, about a group of revolutionaries in New York City, is part of a series of dystopian movies screening at Anthology Film Archives to coincide with Donald Trump's inauguration.

News

A Running List of Nationwide Art Spaces Closing for the #J20 Art Strike

Dozens of US galleries and nonprofits have announced their plans to close in solidarity with the #J20 Art Strike on Friday, January 20.

Opinion

Why We Should Acknowledge the Art Connection of Trump's Education Pick, Betsy DeVos [UPDATED]

DeVos's son Rick created ArtPrize, which her and her husband's foundation funded in its initial year.

Books

A Book and Exhibition Reveal Josef Albers's Rarely Seen Photocollages

In his only lecture on photography, Albers warned students against approaching photography carelessly, and the collages he made of his own photos show how he put that mantra into practice.

Art

13 Artists Design Flags for the Age of Trump (with Plans to Burn Them Later)

The 14 flags reflect the fury and despair over Donald Trump’s presidency, but with some glimmers of hope. Here are a few of my favorites.

Art

An Artist Seeks Women's Used Underwear for Sewing into Quilts

Send her your old drawers, and Coralina Meyer will sew them into one of her "Cunt Quilts," the first of which will fly at this weekend's Women's March on Washington.

Art

Rehabilitating the Untrendy Tradition of Still Life Painting

In their two-artist show at Mrs. Gallery, Sarah Bedford and Tracy Miller offer complementary approaches to bringing the historically devalued genre of still life painting into the 21st century.