Art
The Disturbingly Relevant Art of the Moscow Conceptualists
The political and cultural lethargy of the late Soviet Union gave rise to the Moscow Conceptualists, whose work today offers unexpected insights for our tempestuous times.
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After the Ghost Ship Tragedy, Bay Area Artists Fear Crackdown on DIY Spaces
The deadly fire at the Oakland art space earlier this month has brought intensified scrutiny to live-work warehouse complexes, many of which are illegal or not up to code.
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Iris van Herpen Makes a Case for Fashion as a Fine Art
Dutch designer Iris van Herpen stands out in a field that is fast-moving and codified, and where true innovation is difficult to master.
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ArtRx LA
This week, artists challenge mass media at the Getty Center, the Santa Monica Public Library hosts a participatory performance of a minimalist masterpiece, an artist-conceived pop-up shop in Chinatown offers last-minute holiday goods, and more.
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The Challenge of Making a Permanent Exhibit About Mercurial New York
The Museum of the City of New York opens its first permanent exhibition, an ambitious multimedia journey through 400 years of the city's turbulent history.
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The Distracting Whimsy of Nick Cave's Sculptural Field
The decorative alchemy that should transform these objects into a stronger form of messaging falls flat.
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New-York Historical Society Preserves Post-Election Post-it-Note Project
The society is partnering with the MTA on the archival effort, as well as inviting visitors to leave new sticky-note messages for the President-elect on a wall at the museum.
Opinion
Art After Trump: Eschewing Empathy for Self-Care
As an artist, I want to invoke something you can imagine — or even better, have experienced — and then ask you to start applying that lived knowledge outwards.
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At Day for Night Festival, a Surreal World of Light Provides Respite from the Music
In a modernist complex in downtown Houston, artists transform the dark corners and rooms into a light-filled cluster of art.
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SCI-Arc’s Studio Pedagogy Is Centered on the Idea of the Practicing Architect as Educator
Students at SCI-Arc learn from a faculty of renowned instructors with a distinct ability to advance leading design theory beyond the thresholds of academia.
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10 Art and Design Calendars to Help You Plan for an Uncertain 2017
From radical diaries to cosmic chronicles, here are 10 art and design calendars to plan for the upcoming year of 2017.
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The Masterful, Unsettling Work of a Female Cuban Printmaker
UCLA's Fowler Museum has organized the first solo museum show in the US for Belkis Ayón, a black Cuban artist who was a master of collography.