Interview
An Artist Investigates the Divide Between Russian Jews and Russian Gays
Yevgeniy Fiks and Galina Zelenina discuss the LGBTQ-Jewish dynamics and politics in Russia today and throughout history.
Latest
News
Major English Arts Organizations Lack Diversity in Leadership, Report Reveals
The new report finds a lack of minority members in top posts, and of workers with disabilities overall, among the staff of cultural organizations.
Art
A Library Haunted by Hologram Books
Wenyon & Gamble's "Bibliomancy" is a hologram library of ghostly books that conjures the past while considering the future of the printed word.
Art
Designing and Building for the World’s 65 Million Displaced People
The exhibition Insecurities takes an unorthodox approach to artists', architects', and designers' attempts to alleviate the crises faced by millions of forcibly displaced persons.
Announcement
A New Anthology, 'In Terms of Performance,' Explores the Keywords of Contemporary Cultural Practice
Co-edited by Shannon Jackson and Paula Marincola, the anthology is produced by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, Philadelphia and the Arts Research Center, University of California, Berkeley.
Books
A Photographer Retraces the Coastal Landscapes of Longfellow's "Evangeline"
Mark Marchesi spent several years documenting the emptiness of Acadia, which inspired Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's 1847 epic poem.
Art
Envisioning a World Where White Men Are Pedestals for Sculptures
For the opening performance of her exhibition at St. Louis's Millitzer Gallery, Catalina Ouyang had five young white male performers serving as human pedestals for her sculptures.
Art
Native Creators and Fans Converge at the First-Ever Indigenous Comic Con
The con gathered artists, writers, illustrators, and fans in one place to celebrate and discover contemporary Native nerd culture. It also served as a corrective.
In Brief
McDonald's Daring Homage to Contemporary Art
When you see art in everything.
News
Over 120 Protesters Ask Artis Nonprofit to Clarify "Organization’s Position by Signing onto BDS"
Protesters marched to the offices of Artis, a New York-based arts nonprofit that organizes trips for arts professionals to Israel, demanding the group demonstrate they're not part of a larger movement to normalize the occupation of Palestinian lands.
Art
Required Reading
This week, a house with moving walls, Dread Scott on flag burning, helping artists with illegal warehouse spaces, theorist Jacques Derrida just didn't get Seinfeld, and more.
Art
Weekend Words: Phoenix
"And glory, like the phoenix midst her fires, Exhales her odours, blazes, and expires."