Art
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The first blue pigment to hold its color was often prized over gold. The semi-precious stone lapis lazuli was ground into an iridescent pigment, sometimes called ultramarine, that seemed to shine when applied to the canvas.
Opinion
At a round-table discussion at Smack Mellon gallery, convened on July 27 by Hyperallergic and the gallery, the issue of the distinction between propaganda and art was in focus.
Comics
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Art
While traveling through Finland, artist Ilan Manouach came up with an idea for a graphic novel, but unlike traditional graphic novels this one would be designed for blind readers.
Art
MEXICO CITY — Two artists who couldn’t be more opposite — blue-chip celebrity superstar Anish Kapoor and the Cuban magician of minimalism Wilfredo Prieto — have solo shows currently on view in two of Mexico's most distinguished contemporary art spaces.
Art
In the small foyer of the 8th Floor gallery, a video shows artist Carmen Papalia with a bullhorn in place of a cane — Papalia, who is blind, beckons those who pass him as he strolls the sidewalk of a busy Vancouver street, making a public declaration of his need to cross.
News
This week in art news: artist Giancarlo Neri lost funding for his Olympic art installation, Turkish artist and journalist Zehra Doğan was arrested as part of President Erdogan’s crackdown in the wake of last month’s failed coup d’état, and a long-lost copper engraving by Albrecht Dürer was recovered
Books
Roughly 30 minutes into Pieter van Huystee’s first feature-length film, Hieronymus Bosch: Touched by the Devil, Gabriele Finaldi, former deputy director of conservation and research at the Museo del Prado in Madrid, gives a sterling, succinct answer as to why El Bosco (as the Dutch artist is known i
Art
PHILADELPHIA — In Akinbode Akinbiyi’s photograph, the pyramids of Giza, built over 4,500 years ago, are captured through a mess of fencing, with the tight rows of rigid iron rods obscuring the ancient wonders.
In Brief
Airport officials in England detained a Muslim healthcare worker and interrogated her under the British Parliament's Terrorism Acts — for simply reading a book on Syrian art and culture.
Art
HAMTRAMCK, Mich. — Outsider artists walk a fine line between being perceived as inspired or insane.
In Brief
Pantone has just released a new app, and using it feels a bit like an Easter Egg hunt for artists and designers.