Art
Amid a Challenging, Changing City, SFMOMA Reopens with Global Aspirations
SAN FRANCISCO — After a three-year closure, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) reopens to the public on May 14.
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Art
The Hidden History of Estonian Impressionism Under Stalin
TALLINN, Estonia — It was very difficult to track down pieces for this show, since no archives exist for this work and its history is rather unofficial.
Interview
Five Mujeres Critique the Guerrilla Girls and Mainstream Feminism
SAINT PAUL, Minn. —“What happens when five feminist artists lock themselves up in a gallery for 48 hours?” asked the mujeres behind the Twin Cities arts collective Electric Machete Studios, located in the first Latino neighborhood of Minnesota, West St. Paul.
News
Artists in Guggenheim Show Urge Museum to Resume Talks on Migrant Rights in Abu Dhabi
In a statement issued today, a group of artists featured in a just-opened exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum expressed disappointment over the Guggenheim Foundation's decision to break off negotiations with the Gulf Labor Coalition.
Comics
Caption Contest? Well, That's Just Lazy!
Any ideas?
Announcement
At Flux Factory Fundraiser, Rove Long Island City Streets Dressed as an Art Spectacle
On Saturday, May 7, Flux Factory is holding the 1st Annual "Flux-a-Thon" — a spectacularly jubilant, semi-absurd twist on a traditional walk-a-thon — all to raise money for another year of Flux Factory’s unique, collaborative residency program.
Art
The Poetic Verse of Our Collective Google Queries
Type a search into Google and the most popular terms start auto-populating below, suggesting the collective desires, queries, and curiosities of internet users.
Art
Paintings that Sensuously Shift in Tone and Texture
Nathlie Provosty’s current exhibition at Nathalie Karg Gallery, (the third ear), is a study in the emotional, sensuous (and sensual) potential of tightly bound, minutely considered, rigorously constructed abstraction.
Books
Illustrated Dolphins and Vampire Squid from the Dawn of Ocean Exploration
In the 16th century, Pierre Belon published one of the earliest scientific depictions of a dolphin: a woodcut with finely hatched skin and pointed teeth.
News
Futuristic Mini-Golf Course in London Will Include Zaha Hadid-Designed Hole
This September, you may be able to perfect your golf swing in the center of Trafalgar Square.
In Brief
A Self-Driving Greenhouse Ball Could Be the Future of Urban Gardens
Imagine uprooting your community garden and replanting it inside a motorized geodesic sphere, then letting this sphere roam the city streets of its own volition, using sensors to seek out its plants' preferred environmental conditions.
Art
Two Artists Show How Beauty Can Be Beastly
TALLINN, Estonia — Be prepared to embark on a confusing journey upon entering the strange and colorful universe of beauty that artists Kris Lemsalu and Tiit Pääsuke constructed at the Tallinn Art Hall.