Art
Photographer Imagines the Dreams of Fellow Syrian Refugees
Before he started taking photographs at a refugee camp in Lebanon, 37-year-old Omar Imam was a refugee himself.
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Group Calls for Greater Latinx Participation in the College Art Association Conference
The U.S. Latina/o Art Forum has just put out a call to action for all its members, urging them to “increase the representation of Latinx art at the 2017 Annual [College Art Association] Conference by submitting a proposal to present a paper.”
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Crimes of the Art
On this week’s art crime blotter: the makers of a Millennium Falcon–shaped shed struck back, a thief attempted to hold a sculpture ransom, and a painting of a nude man with a teapot set local prudes boiling.
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ArtRx LA
LOS ANGELES — This week, Lari Pittman's massive illustrated books go on view at The Huntington, a seminal Hollywood book from the '70s is republished, drawings from outsider artist Charles Steffen come to Los Angeles for the first time, and more.
Art
The Abstract Gardens, Both Painted and Built, of a Brazilian Modernist
It’s not easy to summarize Roberto Burle Marx and the many facets of his creative output.
Film
Werner Herzog Taps into the Humanity of the Internet
Recently, I had to explain to a friend without internet access who Werner Herzog is.
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ArtRx NYC
This week, a film screening fights back against the violence of ethnography, an exhibition shows off the artists who run South Florida's alternative art spaces, the Morgan reunites a Hans Memling triptych, and more.
Art
The Fantastical Visions of a Forgotten Early-20th-Century Illustrator
Sidney Herbert Sime's art seems to capture the point at which a dream becomes a nightmare.
Art
Exploring the Art Galaxy in the WikiVerse, a 3-D Visualization of Wikipedia
After the singularity, how will we explain the internet pastime of going down a Wikihole to our cyborg children?
Books
An Alternative Encyclopedia of Birds Categorized by Poop, Art History, and More
The earliest photograph of a living bird may be one taken by William Henry Fox Talbot in the early 1840s.
Art
A Year of Lynda Benglis Shows in a Norwegian City
The Norwegian city of Bergen, home to about 265,000 people, is getting a full dose of Lynda Benglis this year.
Art
Vintage Subway Etiquette Posters Reveal Manspreading Has Always Been Annoying
When the New York Transit authority rolled out a courtesy campaign targeting manspreading last year, Men's Rights Activists and angry netizens accused “anti-spread” crusaders of being whiny “pseudo-feminists.”