Art

Painting a Fuller, More Complicated History of Mexican Modern Art

An exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Arts explores the many strands of Mexican modern art, shedding light on artists and movements beyond the best-known muralists.

Books

Architectural Histories of New Yorks that Never Were

From a Dodger Stadium by Buckminster Fuller to an Ellis Island by Frank Lloyd Wright, a new book gathers hundreds of alternate realities proposed for New York City.

Podcast

A Report from Standing Rock, Where Artists Listen, Learn, Inspire, and Heal

Dozens of artists have converged at Standing Rock, and we interviewed many of them about what's going on in the fight to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline and how they are getting involved.

Art

Seeing Spectral Visions in Fulsome Skirts

The artist Todd Murphy uses skirts as a means of projection, making them gateways to mythical realms.

Art

Maurizio Cattelan Shines in Paris's Ostentatious Mint

The Italian hyperrealist jokester's simultaneously self-deprecating and self-aggrandizing works benefit from being sparsely installed in the ostentatious rooms of the Paris mint.

Art

ArtRx LA

This week, Pieterspace hosts a discussion on making art during fascism, Los Angeles Contemporary Archive celebrates its new home, the Museum of Contemporary Art honors a Day With(out) Art with a film screening, and more.

Art

A Cozy Night in London's New Hotel for Artists

Designed to attract artists, actors, and musicians, Green Rooms offers affordable accommodations at a discounted rate to any creative.

News

Cuban Authorities Detain Dissident Artist the Day After Castro’s Death [UPDATED]

While exiled Cubans reveled in the death of the ruthless leader, artist Danilo "El Sexto" Maldonado Machado was taken from his home in Havana and thrown in prison.

Comics

Just Waiting On that Tweet

I'm still waiting to be tweeted at by the President-elect.

Announcement

IDSVA Students Pitch Philosophy as Art Practice at Annual Southeastern College Art Conference

The Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts (IDSVA) offers a world-class low-residency PhD in art theory and philosophy to visual artists and creative scholars.

News

150 Artists and Activists Take Their Trump Protest to Ivanka's Doorstep

Over 150 artists, writers, curators, gallery workers, and other activists showed up outside Ivanka Trump's Manhattan apartment in a protest organized by Halt Action Group.

In Brief

Critics Say Proposed Helsinki Guggenheim May Cost Taxpayers Over 100 million Euros

Critics say the proposed Guggenheim Helsinki project would cost Finnish citizens over 100 million Euros, but the museum foundation disputes those figures.