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Deadly Earthquake Damages Historic Churches and Other Cultural Heritage in Central Italy
The town clock in the 13th-century bell tower in Amatrice, Italy, is frozen at 3:36 am, the time that Wednesday's earthquake struck, exacting a death toll that now stands at 241.
Art
Finding a Dwelling but Not Quite a Home in an Artwork
LOS ANGELES — "You don't know what work is." That's the last line of a poem by Philip Levine that immediately comes to mind when I wind my way through the Made in LA 2016 exhibition at the Hammer Museum and arrive at the final piece I encounter during my visit.
Art
The Monumental Totem Poles Built by a Retired Oklahoma Art Teacher
FOYIL, Okla. — In 1937, art teacher Ed Galloway began his retirement project: a 90-foot-tall totem pole rising from the back of a big blue turtle.
Art
Headless Trophies for Our Cultural Decadence
PORTLAND, Oregon — What can a herd of headless deer painted gold with gaudy tinsel tails teach the 1% and the rest of us? The answer is a lot.
Interview
Jamming in Traffic and Other Orchestrated Scenarios
BRIGHTON, UK — Johanna Billing is an artist who orchestrates and films idealistic group activities which involve the viewer, but only up to a bittersweet point.
Art
Terrible Taxidermy from When Exotic Animals Were Unknown in the West
Exotic animal visitors to Europe in the 18th and 19th centuries were more frequently dead than alive.
Comics
How to Make Museums Fun
In an effort to increase visitor engagement at our museum, we're pleased to announce a few new policies.
Art
The Abstract Patterns of Sound on Dusty Speaker Covers
There are no drawings on the walls for the Drawing Center's current exhibition — at least, none you may define in the conventional sense of the medium.
Art
After Flint Water Crisis, Police Murders, and More, Midwestern Artists Get Mad
TOLEDO, Ohio — Midwesterners are many things, but they aren’t, as a rule, complainers.
News
Peter Doig Wins Bizarre Court Battle, Proving He Didn’t Make a Painting
One of the most bizarre art authentication cases in recent memory came to a close yesterday with a federal judge’s ruling that Peter Doig did not paint a desert scene signed “Pete Doige 76.”
Opinion
Wanna Be a Tate Curator? Don't Quit Your Day Job!
In mid June, Tate opened the £260 million expansion of Tate Modern, the Switch House. In mid August, it posted three job listings for assistant curator positions at Tate Britain and Tate Modern with starting annual salaries of £24,360.