Art

A Half-Documentary, Half-Fantasy Telling of the Caribbean’s Colonial Past

MIAMI — There is a dizzying effect in Beatriz Santiago Muñoz’s short film “Otro usos (Other Uses).”

Comics

Stone Truths

The artist who forgets to …

Art

A Sculptural Forest Made from 10,000 Species of Trees

Glasgow-born, Berlin-based artist Katie Paterson has spent the past three years collecting wood samples from around the world, trying to check off all the items on her tree species wish list.

Art

A Fleet of 2,000 Pigeons Takes Flight in Brooklyn, Ruffling Protesters’ Feathers

For over a decade, helicopter pilots practiced their landings on the deck of the US Navy's Baylander IX-514. Today, the now decommissioned and privately owned ship is serving as home base to flying creatures of another kind: pigeons.

Art

Revisiting the First American Folk Art Museum, Founded by a Modernist Sculptor

The rough finishes and loose poses of Elie Nadelman's sculptures of circus performers, pianists, and dancers were influenced by his incredible collection of folk art.

Art

House of Worship or Shopping Mall? The Drab Architecture of Megachurches

Of the 75 percent of Americans who identify as Christian, between 2 and 5 million regularly attend a megachurch — a super-sized house of Protestant worship that has a weekend attendance of 2,000 or more people; some draw up to 20,000.

Art

A Hidden Times Square Sound Installation Returns to Full Hum

Max Neuhaus's "Times Square" sound installation is meant to be stumbled upon by visitors to the chaotic crossroads in Manhattan.

Art

For a World Losing Its Head, an Artist Proffers Shamanism as a Solution

The terror incited by the sight of heads rolling down the plank of a guillotine one after another is difficult to conjure in the 21st century.

Art

Recording the Stories of Marginalized Students

TUCSON, Ariz. — Underrepresentation of marginalized and minority communities in society is nothing new; neither is it in the art world.

Art

Things to Know and Consider Before Taking an Unpaid Internship

A few years ago I worked at a commercial art gallery on the Lower East Side as the communications manager. In this role I was responsible for interviewing our unpaid interns, hiring them, and supervising their daily tasks.

News

Brazilian Artists Protest Interim President's Dissolution of Ministry of Culture

Vice President Michel Temer has only just assumed the interim presidency of Brazil, and already he's implementing contentious policies.

In Brief

Joan Miró Works Auctioned by His Grandson to Benefit Refugees

Today, 28 works by the Spanish surrealist Joan Miró were auctioned in London to benefit refugees fleeing conflict in the Middle East.