Books
The Dada Gaze into the Eternal Now
'Dada Presentism: An Essay on Art and History' is an exposé of the conflict between conscious and unconscious forces.
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Art
Channeling Lygia Pape’s Radical Relationship to Space
To accompany its retrospective on Lygia Pape, the Met Breuer organized a reenactment of the artist's performance "Divisor," where up to 225 people parade the streets under a giant sheet.
Comics
I Can't Find the Horizon
Some days you lack a clear perspective.
Art
A Yearlong Public Art Project to 3D Print 2,017 Roosters
Over the course of 2017, Chris Templeman's "Make and Take" installation in Boston's Rose Kennedy Greenway is 3D printing over 2,000 free roosters to celebrate the Year of the Rooster.
Film
A Fantastical Addition to the Fading Genre of Live-Action Children’s Films
Andrés Waissbluth’s Un caballo llamado Elefante (“Elephant, the Horse”), playing at the Museum of Modern Art, is a charming reversal of the trend toward animation.
Art
Paintings of New York at the Dawn of the Modern Age, Festering Sewers and All
In the 1870s, New York tinsmith William Chappel painted nearly 30 views of the city of his childhood, when peddlers hawked their wares, whale oil illuminated the night, and fresh water was a scarcity.
Art
Feminist Sculptures That Don’t Pull Punches
Zoe Buckman takes issue with the voice of command, teasing out how patriarchal authority permeates our ideas of femininity and the ways we deal with women’s bodies.
Art
A Master Hoaxer Reveals His Tactics at Recess
On April 1, Alan Abel will discuss a half-century of hoaxes and satiric scams he's pulled off, from prank political campaigns to faking his own death.
Art
Eight Decades of Sculpture by African American Women in LA
Opening this Saturday at Landing Gallery, Signifying Form features sculpture by African American women artists working in Los Angeles between 1935 and 2016.
In Brief
A Searchable Database for Every Bob Ross Canvas from Joy of Painting
He created 403 paintings for the popular TV series, and now you can search through them.
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"Planning for the Future: Place Breaking to Place Keeping," a Conversation at Moore College of Art & Design
"Planning for the Future" examines efforts underway in three Philadelphia neighborhoods to productively combine approaches from art and urban planning to make neighborhoods better.
Art
Incorporating Photography into Art History, Starting with August Sander
An exhibition at Hauser & Wirth uses the theme of seriality to drag photography out of isolation and into the larger framework of art making.