Interview
Collector Valeria Napoleone on the Need to Support Women Artists
On the occasion of publicly showing her private collection of work by women artists, Valeria Napoleone talks about why such a display is necessary.
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Art
The Broken Promises of American Indian Treaties, Sewn onto Quilts
Gina Adams sews text from the American Indian Treaties onto quilts, articulating the deception and violence used to marginalize Native Americans in the formation of the United States.
Guide
Your Concise Guide to Armory Week 2017 — with GIFs!
Our handy guide to this week's 11 art fairs in New York City, from the august ADAA Art Show to the diminutive Salon Zürcher, supplemented with animated GIFs.
In Brief
Italian McDonald's Serves Up a Side of Roman Ruins
While digging to build a McDonald's in Marino, Italy, workers discovered an ancient road. The fast-food chain paid to restore it — and integrated it into a restaurant.
Art
From Flash Tattoos to a Fotomat Shack, Looking Beyond Books at the LA Art Book Fair 2017
At Printed Matter’s annual event, some of the highlights were objects that expanded upon the idea of what books can provide: an affordable means to experience and collect art.
Art
Aiming to Disrupt Ads in New York City, Artworks Instead Blend In
Public Art Fund's Commercial Break places interventions by 23 artists on advertising screens around the city.
News
Museumgoer Breaks a Kusama Pumpkin, Allegedly in Pursuit of a Selfie
According to museum visitors, someone attempting to take a selfie in Yayoi Kusama's newest mirror room fell into the gleaming patch of pumpkin sculptures and broke one of them.
Art
The Loneliness of Luis Barragán's Domestic Spaces
James Casebere's latest photographs show the modernist homes of Luis Barragán alluringly yet threateningly devoid of people or any signs of human habitation.
Art
Potent Photos of New York City Protests in the 1980s and '90s
Whose Streets? Our Streets! New York City: 1980–2000, now on view at the Bronx Documentary Center, collects 20 years of protest photography in New York City.
Art
On a Foggy Film Set, Karl Marx Sings "The Internationale"
The latest iteration of artist and curator Willy Kautz's Jippies Asquerosos ("dirty hippies") project takes up themes of religion, capitalism, and communism with lightness and theatricality.
Books
When "Queer" Art Becomes Commonplace
In The Estrangement Principle, author Ariel Goldberg warns against the dangers of overusing the word “queer."
Comics
How Much Does Your Art Cost?
It seems like a simple question, but it unleashes a lot.