Art

A Chinese Museum Invites Artists to Respond to the Local Landscape

"Mountain Sites" is a merry chase of an exhibition that remains tuned in to the presence and the (often anachronistic) contemporaneity of its locality.

Art

The Loneliness of a Digitally Manipulated Boxing Match

Encountering a boxing match projected on the wall of a darkened room is pretty unlikely while roaming around Chelsea galleries — unless you’re at a Paul Pfeiffer show.

Art

Divination, Geomancy, and the Supernatural in Islamic Art

Over 100 rare objects from the 12th to 20th centuries are used to explore the role of the supernatural in Islamic art at the Ashmoleon Museum in Oxford.

Art

Unpacking Trauma by Examining the Bullet that Caused It

The video essay is Vanessa Gravenor’s attempt to make sense of her trauma, which remains serpentine, meandrous, never subsiding, ever present.

Art

A Small Celebration of One of the Kiowa Six’s Most Prolific Painters

Four paintings by Stephen Mopope, discovered a few years ago at Brown University, are on view for the first time.

Books

Visions of the US Flag that Could Have Been

A book revisits a selection of 50 previously unseen suggested redesigns of the American flag made between 1958 and 1959.

Art

Exploring the Faulty Nature of Memory in Video Art and Clay

Artist and composer Alexis Gideon synesthetically examines the nebulous line between memory and truth in The Comet and the Glacier, on view at Locust Projects.

Art

A Video Cookbook Documents the Diverse Food Experiences of New York City

Artists Theresa Loong and Laura Nova's Feed Me a Story gathers family recipes and immigrant food experiences through a roving social engagement project.

Hyperallergic

Happy Thanksgiving from Hyperallergic!

Thanks to artist Anthony Antonellis for cooking up a special Hyperallergic treat for Thanksgiving.

Art

Queens Residents Write to Donald Trump to Remind Him Where He Comes From

The Center for Artistic Activism organized a postcard campaign to remind the President-elect that he grew up in one of the most ethnically diverse places on Earth.

Art

11 Art-Related Movies and Shows to Watch on Netflix Instant

From a Tim Burton artist biopic and a documentary about a master forger to the soothing sounds and brushstrokes of Bob Ross, this handy playlist will get you through Thanksgiving and other tough times.

Music

Musical Compositions Stitched from Lace Patterns

Harpist Zeena Parkins's project LACE translates the visuals of lace fragments and knitting charts into notation for instruments.