Latest

Art

Conjuring a Piece of the Earth by Its Outline

Upon entering Odetta gallery in Bushwick, one is confronted with an irregular but geometric plywood sculpture that nearly fills the space, hovering within an inch of the floor.

Art

An Uncanny World of Manipulated Animals and Machines

DALLAS, Tex. — In 2007, Italian artist Paola Pivi brazenly preempted her audience’s response to a work by titling it, “If you like it, thank you. If you don’t like it, I am sorry. Enjoy anyway.”

Art

Original Winnie-the-Pooh Dolls, All Stuffed with Fluff, Go Back on View

Before Winnie-the-Pooh was a Disney superstar, before author A. A. Milne even considered the forest adventures of a beloved bumbling bear, he was a gift to a young boy on his first birthday.

In Brief

Our Prayers Are Answered as Beast Jesus Stars in a Comic Opera

It is the botched restoration that just keeps giving. Beast Jesus — the "Ecce Homo" fresco that now resembles a primate thanks to octonagerian restorer Cecilia Giménez — will make its stage debut this month.

Comics

A Shy Artist in Public

Sometimes being an artist requires interacting with the public.

Art

Keith Haring Envisions Manhattan as a Kingdom of Penises

Manhattan is full of dicks. Keith Haring, perhaps the most famous 1980s pop and graffiti artist to come out of New York’s downtown scene, knew this well.

Art

Three Artists Blur the Line Between Art and Play

DETROIT — It's an art world convention for conceptual art to be disruptive, or at least leave the viewer feeling unsettled, somewhat uncomfortable.

Opinion

Required Reading

This week, why we need art, art students today, office design in Tokyo, meth in North Korea, a 17th-century Turkish travel writer, writing the other, and more.