In Brief
You may find stick-and-pokes an intense form of tattooing, but the use of needles, safety pins, or other common sharp objects doesn't look quite so rough when you consider that ancient Melanesians inked themselves with volcanic glass.
Interview
CLEVELAND HEIGHTS — There's a good chance that if you think you know Joyce Brabner, you're picturing actress Hope Davis.
Art
LIMERICK, Ireland — Still (the) Barbarians is the bold title for this year’s EVA International Biennial in Limerick.
Comics
It's everywhere.
Art
This past Saturday, protesters gathered in Baton Rouge to protest the death of Alton Sterling, an African American man shot to death while being arrested by white police officers.
News
This is an artistically rich summer for Governors Island.
Interview
The death of the photograph has been announced more than once.
News
This week in art news: rediscovered sketches by van Gogh's doctor suggest that the artist cut off his entire ear, David Bowie’s art collection headed to auction, and Shepard Fairey created a stylized version of Jonathan Bachman's viral Black Lives Matter photograph.
Books
Some of us didn’t need letters from him, because he trusted us to do what we did without requiring his instruction or encouragement.
Art
A couple of ancient giants are extending their American debut by two years.
Books
In the 18th century, medical students and the general public learned about the insides of the human body through a tool that to 21st-century eyes likely appears shocking or offensive.
News
Could your Neil Gaiman book collection reveal something about both your political leanings and your willingness to squeal like a dolphin during sex if your partner asked?