News
Express Your Feelings with Emoji Characters from Old Master Paintings
If you can't say it with words, you can now say it with expressions from Old Masters paintings.
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Interview
Personal Stories from Shakespeare and Company, Paris’s Beloved English-Language Bookstore
Sylvia Whitman, who now runs the shop, and Krista Halverson, who edited the book, discuss a new publication that tells an in-depth history of Shakespeare and Company.
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Art Movements
This week in art news: London’s mayor announced plans to help artists secure long-term studio spaces, restorers discovered a previously unknown work by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner at the Städel Museum, and Pussy Riot released a new track titled “Straight Outta Vagina."
Art
Unleashing Dogs' Inner Spirits in Photographs of Their Shadows
Thomas Roma's shadow portraits of dogs touch on something deeper than just the cuteness of frolicking pets.
Art
A Podcaster Crafts Site-Specific Audio Experiences for the Met
Over 10 episodes, Nate DiMeo of The Memory Palace podcast is exploring the historical narratives of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
In Brief
London Mayor Promises to Provide and Protect Affordable Artist Studios
London Mayor Sadiq Khan announced plans yesterday to set up a trust to finance and secure affordable artists’ studios across the city.
Opinion
Collective Pens Open Letter to Creative Time Regarding Femen
This letter was sent to Hyperallergic by the QOLEKTIV collective, in response to the Creative Time Summit in Washington, DC, earlier this month.
Art
Found Furniture Pulverized into Conceptual Art
For his exhibition, Daniel Turner turned a set of steel and wood tables and folding chairs into a fine dust and sprayed it on the floor of Berlin's König Galerie.
Comics
'Doomocracy' Now
A visit to Pedro Reyes's politically themed haunted house may be scarier than you think.
Art
When a Drowned Woman's Face Became the Muse of Paris
The face of "L'Inconnue de la Seine" was a fashionable fixture of salons and studios, her enigmatic expression of a slight smile and closed eyes haunted by stories of her suicide.
Announcement
SVA’s Curatorial Practice Program Trains Curators with a Hands-on Approach
SVA’s Curatorial Practice Program trains curators with a hands-on approach. Students work directly with leading curators, making exhibitions and other curatorial ventures, delving into history and theory while doing thorough practical training in curatorial practice.[http://engine.nectarads.com/p/ey
Art
The Early Life of Bruce Conner and His Rat Bastard Bohemia
To say that Conner was an outsider who also wanted to belong is to barely scratch the surface of his paradoxical persona.