Performance
Tino Sehgal Dances Across the Line Between Art and Life
Sehgal’s latest work will likely go down as one of the 21st century’s most interesting hybrids between contemporary art and dance.
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Art
How a Leg Splint Shaped the Iconic Eames Chair
Before Charles and Ray Eames made their name with modernist chairs, they perfected the molding of plywood with a military leg splint for World War II.
Art
Figures in the Industrial Landscape at Gowanus Open Studios 2016
There was a palpable prevalence of work dealing, unconventionally, with human figures and more or less natural landscapes at this weekend's open studios event in Gowanus.
Art
Guy Maddin's Algorithmic Cinema Resurrects Lost Silent Films
The director's latest project with the National Film Board of Canada shuffles scenes into a one-time viewing experience.
Announcement
Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Welcomes Visitors to Its Open Studios October 20–22
With a vibrant and diverse community of over 70 artists with established studio practices and recognized careers, all are invited to come explore and interact with the EFA artist community in their studios.[http://engine.nectarads.com/p/eyJhdiI6MzcyNCwiYXQiOjIwLCJidCI6MCwiY20iOjQ5Mjk4NSwiY2giOjE5MzA
Art
Pastry Recipes, Swiss Dragons, and More in a Trove of Early Printed Books
A trove of early printed medical, scientific, and travel books is going up for sale at Swann Auctions, though many are more valuable for the strange beliefs and tastes they betray about their times.
Comics
Great (Personal) Moments in Art
Back in 1980, drawing the figure meant everything to me.
Art
Making Free Associations at the São Paulo Biennial
With 90 artists featured from across the globe at this year's São Paulo biennial, it feels imprudent to cast all the work under a single theme.
Art
The Making of Grandma Moses, Folk Modernist
As she became a commercial success, Grandma Moses was tagged an “outsider” artist — but she emerged “inside” the art world, among modernists.
Art
Required Reading
This week, the world's tallest tower (again), LA gallery troubles, curating for change, MOCA's ethical issues, branding Ken Bone, and more.
Art
Weekend Words: Penny
"A penny saved is a penny to squander."
Books
Reader’s Diary: ‘Eva Hesse: Diaries’
An artist’s fame may continue, or even grow, as the actual works on which it is nominally based are lost from sight.