Books

A Comprehensive and Contemporary Guide to Figurative Drawing

Figurative artists know the importance of learning “the rules” before they break them, which is precisely the opportunity this book intends to offer its most ambitious readers.

Art

The Avant-Garde Oeuvre of a Classically Trained Sculptor from North Korea

Seung-taek Lee is one of the most fascinating and deeply committed artists of this generation.

News

Sculptor of Wall Street’s “Charging Bull” Demands Relocation of “Fearless Girl” [UPDATED]

In a letter sent through his lawyer, Arturo Di Modica claims that the new statue violates the Visual Artists Rights Act and illegally commercializes his own sculpture.

Art

64 Highlights of the Internet's Early Years, from the First Webcam to a Net Art Gallery

An exhibition in London gathers 64 artifacts of the early web, from the first site that allowed users to order pizza online to one of the first animated GIFs to go viral.

Art

A Documentary Series Breaks Down the Infrastructure of Cloud Computing

When viewing promotional videos of data centers from corporations like Google and Microsoft, artist Matt Parker always felt something was missing: the sound of this internet infrastructure.

Art

Seeing Art in the Shadow of Qatar’s Extreme Wealth

A trip to three headline exhibitions in Doha suggests a culture pulled between global and local priorities.

Comics

Learning to Love the Space Between Projects

It's full of instability, but also possibility.

In Brief

More Than a Million Strangers Collaborate, Pixel by Pixel, on a Digital Canvas

For 72 hours, Redditors worked together on a million-pixel work that features everything from memes to blocky renditions of van Gogh's "The Starry Night."

Art

A Somber Sculpture of the First Black Actor to Play Othello

When Ira Aldridge took the London stage in 1825, he became the first black actor to portray Shakespeare's Othello.

Art

An Anthology of Resistance Poetry Launches at the Queens Museum

Celebrate the publication of Resist Much / Obey Little: Inaugural Poems to the Resistance with readings and more this Sunday, April 16.

Art

Two Artists Perform a Conversation on Dismantling Whiteness

As part of their residencies at PAM, Thinh Nguyen and Skip Snow will present a piece of experimental, political theater on April 15 and 16.

Art

The Violence of the British Slave Trade, as Told Through the Sea

John Akomfrah’s Tropikos, showing at the Pérez Art Museum Miami, navigates the United Kingdom’s role in the slave trade and the inherently formidable power of the sea.