Books
The Sad Story of the Last Cop on the Moon
In Tom Gauld’s new graphic novel, Mooncop — published by Drawn & Quarterly — the age of the moon has waxed and waned.
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Art Movements
This week in art news: Ai Weiwei's lawyer was jailed for 12 years, a fire tore through Stockholm's Royal Institute of Art, and a statue of Vladimir Lenin was removed from the East Village.
Art
The Bird-Based Color System that Eventually Became Pantone
WASHINGTON, DC — An effort to describe the diversity of birds led to one of the first modern color systems.
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Gowanus Artists Are Evicted from Building, and Trash Pickup Suddenly Halts [UPDATED]
Garbage has been piling up for weeks in the halls of 112 2nd Avenue.
Books
The Chairs that Architects Have Designed
Before he designed the soaring 1962 TWA Flight Center at JFK Airport, Eero Saarinen experimented with gravity-defying design through his one-legged white and red Tulip chair.
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Mary Reid Kelley, Joyce J. Scott, and Other Art Worlders Win MacArthur "Genius Grants"
Several artists are among the just-announced winners of this year's John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation fellowships, often called "genius grants."
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Court Orders Marina Abramović to Pay Ulay and Give Him Credit for Their Art
After almost a year of legal negotiations with Marina Abramović, Ulay will now receive payment and full accreditation for works he created with his former partner.
Announcement
Work by Women Abstract Expressionists Goes on Display at the Anita Shapolsky Gallery
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Appropriated Images of Black People Spark Boycott of St. Louis Museum [UPDATED]
Kelley Walker's solo exhibition at the Contemporary Art Museum in St. Louis features photographs of black men and women smeared with chocolate and toothpaste that have triggered a public boycott of the institution.
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Activists in LA’s Boyle Heights Serve Galleries with Eviction Notices
LOS ANGELES — “No one is an innocent actor in the fine art of gentrification,” said a woman with a bandana covering her face, as she stood with dozens of protesters last Saturday evening outside of Museum as Retail Space, a gallery in the Eastside neighborhood of Boyle Heights.
Art
Peer Around Houston's Vast, Underground Cistern with a Digital Periscope
A subterranean reservoir in Houston, Texas, once slated for demolition is being reimagined as an unconventional art space.
Announcement
Exploring Ana Mendieta’s Legacy in the Work of Five Contemporary Artists
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