Art
Vintage Postcards for the Apocalypse
David Opdyke has taken scores of vintage postcards and altered each image in a way that completely changes its meaning.
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Art
How Drawing Became Ida Applebroog’s Means to Communicate with the Outside World
Bouts of internal madness and discomfort have no one specific cure. But drawing did create an outlet and conversational platform for the otherwise silent Applebroog.
News
Art Movements
This week in art news: two new studies suggested that China's Terracotta Warriors were inspired by Ancient Greek sculpture, England scrapped its only remaining Art History A-level exam, and researchers found a long-lost film by Georges Méliès.
Performance
A Performance Where Victorian Mourning Braiding Meets Neuroscience
Artist Nene Humphrey’s 'Circling the Center' is a striking visual metaphor for grief.
Guide
Your Concise Guide to Gowanus Open Studios 2016
In which we try to help you make sense of the more than 320 artists' studios and spaces in Gowanus that will be open to the public this weekend.
Art
London’s Most Eccentric Museum Restores the Catacombs Beneath It
The public can now visit the Catacombs of the Sir John Soane's Museum as he intended them to be experienced.
In Brief
Prince's Urn Is a 3D-Printed Model of His Home and Studio
The late musician's ashes have been laid to rest in a custom-made scale model of Paisley Park.
Art
A Photographer’s Multifaceted Scenes of Mexican Street Life
An exhibition at the Aperture Foundation gathers pictures taken by Alex Webb over more than 30 years, all across Mexico.
Art
Constructive and Creative Approaches to Talking About the Weather
The exhibition features 17 artists, whose wide-ranging works put the lie to prevailing notions that the weather is a soporific subject, that environmental issues cannot be made engaging.
Art
Envisioning Our Future States Through Crypto Currencies
An artist helps us understand how crypto currencies are creeping their way into our global economies.
In Brief
Crazed Hotelier Sets Art Dealer's Dogs on Fire [UPDATED]
"They must die!" boutique hotel mogul Vikram Chatwal allegedly screamed at Molly and Finn, the Jack Russell terriers of gallerist Sean Kelly, before pulling out an aerosol can and lighter and attempting to torch the poor pups.
Books
Japan's Islands of Monsters
Every year around September, mud-covered figures run amok in the streets of the Shimajiri District in Japan's Okinawa Prefecture, smearing dirt on anyone they encounter.