In Brief
Selfie-Seeking Tourist Topples 18th-Century Sculpture
Another museum has felt the sting of selfie culture, and this time it is in Portugal.
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Searching for Oscar Murillo in a Small Town in Colombia
Even if Murillo poked fun at the art world’s oblivion and privilege, what a fool I was to think that my stint in Palenque would instantly morph into a sequel to his work.
Art
Training for a Marathon String Quartet at the Cloisters
On Saturday, the Calder Quartet will perform Morton Feldman’s five-hour String Quartet No. 2 in the Fuentidueña Chapel at the Cloisters.
Books
An Artist Who Survived the Paris Terrorist Attacks Draws His Experience
Artist Fred Dewilde was in the audience at the Bataclan the night of November 13, 2015, and he's turned his ordeal and its aftermath into a comic book.
Comics
Post-Election Weather Report
What's the weather outside, you ask?
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Start to Process the Election at These NYC Cultural Spaces and Events
A number of arts organizations and groups are creating spaces for people to gather, think, talk, and listen.
Announcement
Innovative Workshops Enhance Art & Design Education Curriculum at VCFA
VCFA’s Graduate Studies in Art & Design Education welcomes renowned visiting artists and educators, including Dr. Lois Hetland, for workshops during summer residencies.
Art
A Pioneer and Champion of Mid-20th-Century Cuban Modernism
Loló Soldevilla, an artist and catalyzing presence in Havana during the 1950s, presents a fascinating figure through whom to revisit this decade and the phenomenon of Concrete Cuban art.
Art
In Brooklyn, a Clinton Sign Joins a Collection Dedicated to Presidential Runners-Up
A sign for Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign joins presidential runners-up in Nina Katchadourian's “Monument to the Unelected” in Brooklyn's Prospect Park.
Art
Glimpses of 19th-Century Shanghai in Hand-Colored Photos
An exhibition features more than 35 prints by William Saunders, a British photographer who set up a studio in central Shanghai during the late Qing Dynasty.
Art
Maps Made to Look Like Cuts of Meat
In Japan, drawing this kind of visual comparison between two objects is at the root of the concept of mitate (見立て), which has been used in traditional art practices, like ukiyo-e prints, for centuries.
Art
An Artist Remembers a Prison Massacre in Brazil, Where Police Impunity Reigns
From November 1st to the 2nd, the artist Nuno Ramos held a 24-hour vigil in São Paulo for the 111 people killed in the Carandiru massacre in 1992.